Stories

Discover the real-world impact of research

Explore how knowledge and know-how are transforming lives and livelihoods by tackling pressing global challenges and sparking change in communities. From innovative solutions to inspiring collaborations, these stories bring IDRC-supported projects to life. Dive in and discover the transformative power of research.

Lab assistant Ruth Onywera working as part of a livestock vaccination project in Kenya. As women represent only a third of the world’s researchers, IDrC strives to tackle the systemic barriers to women’s participation and leadership in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields.

Annual Report 2024-2025

A woman walks through a community

The Motherload: Shouldering the burden of unpaid care work

Adibi Nor shows off farmed Gracilaria seaweed at Laman Alamjaya farm on the west coast of peninsular Malaysia.

Supporting aquaculture entrepreneurs and sustainable seafood in Asia-Pacific

Residents of Sedibeng district with industrial smokestacks in the background

South African researchers tackle the global problem of poor air quality

defend Ghana’s healthy food environment laws

Ghana tackles junk food

The schoolyard where it all began, in Deraa.

Syria: Assad’s sacrificed generation

A woman builder in a hardhat stands in a construction site.

Breaking ground to empower women in the Kenyan construction industry

first-time mother with her daughter

Technology in support of maternity

Unleashing creativity and the confidence to dream