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At least 196 land and environmental defenders were murdered in 2023, with over 1500 reported violations against human rights defenders. It is imperative the new government steps up to protect them. Ben Leather of PBI UK tells us more.
Following the Bond Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Group’s face-to-face event last month, the steering committee reflect on the discussions they had, and offer a pathway forwards.
After nearly five years in her role as Chair of the Board of Trustees at Bond, Kate Sayer will be…
Exactly one year ago, CAFOD and CEFORD supported FCDO in an unprecedented dialogue with local civil society in Ukraine, Myanmar and South Sudan to identify how the UK can better support locally led humanitarian action. But what comes next?
Even as discussion becomes more commonplace, there remains a danger that decolonisation and localisation can act as empty buzzwords, not truly transferring power to local organisations and communities. What are the main problems, and how can we fix them?
Today the IFS has released a report on the Home Office budgeting and asylum overspends, finding that the Home Office…
Dismantling patriarchy is possible, and will ensure a better world for everyone—men, women, and non-binary people. Purposeful undertake this work through various initiatives rooted in power theory: in voices, money, spaces, and political education. One such initiative is the Feminist Night School, piloted in Sierra Leone in 2023.
Taking a ‘high-touch’, high-tech, and human-centred approach to microfinance is helping to close the gap created by limited access to smartphones and internet connectivity, low digital literacy and mistrust in technology. And it is women and other underrepresented groups who are benefiting the most.
Development is not a laboratory, its participants are not subjects – so why does the term ‘field notes’ persist? Joseph Brammer of BRAC explores the subject.
