Global research, vital for economic and social progress, remains largely inaccessible due to costly paywalls and inequitable publishing models. South Africa’s 2025 G20 leadership presents an opportunity to champion transformative, inclusive reforms in research publishing.
To celebrate International Day for Women and Girls in Science, we asked AuthorAID MOOC participants to share what most excites them about their work, the challenges they face and what they would say to women and girls considering going into their research area.
This case study looks at how a grant provided by INASP’s AuthorAID project in 2016 to support research writing training for Batwa graduates has helped to attract research funding.
This case study looks at the Improving Information Literacy for Urban Service Planning and Delivery Project (INFO-LIT) which was devised by Lagos-based public policy think tank the Centre for Public Policy Alternatives (CPPA).
In this case study Joshua Okonya talks about the challenges developing country researchers face in getting their research published in scientific journals, and how AuthorAID can help.
Physician Dr Djibril I. Moussa Handulen describes how AuthorAID has helped him overcome multiple challenges to publish 15 papers in some of the world's most widely-read medical journals and, in turn, influence mental-health improvements in Somalia.
