“Re‑thinking,” “re‑imagining,” “shifting power” . . . Conversations about doingdevelopment differently – and better – abound across the philanthropy andinternational development sectors these days. A
Philanthropy’s crossroads: Navigating dilemmas to champion systemic change
As philanthropy grapples with weighty questions about its responsibility and role in addressing systemic issues, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors and the Shifting Systems Initiative are diving deepe
Resourcing Change: Supporting Women’s Rights Organizations in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States
Funded by the UK’s Conflict, Stability and Security Fund, our ‘Resourcing Change’ project – in partnership with WILPF and Saferworld – has provided 21 women’s rights organizations in Nigeria, South S
Localization of Women, Peace, and Security
This briefing paper outlines the links between the impacts of the women’s rights organizations’ work and the advancement of the WPS agenda. On the 23rd anniversary of the first UN Security Council Re
Facilitating change: localising monitoring, evaluation and learning
How do we create the tools and environment needed to recentre monitoring, evaluation and learning in the populations development programmes are delivered in?
Learning from partnership: Effective donor support to civil society-led peacebuilding
Donor governments and multilateral institutions recognise that a diverse, resilient and effective civil society is key to increased peace and stability in conflict-affected contexts. Yet there are
Integrating gender in the DNA of peacebuilding: Learning with peers
Peacebuilding and conflict resolution organisations have worked to address structural inequalities and power dynamics core to gender inequality in the contexts in which they are working. Yet there ha
Localisation Re-imagined: Fertilising the soil of state-led solutions
In this second article, Arbie considered the state’s role within the localisation agenda and how international actors do, or do not, work with national governments
Decolonisation is a comfortable buzzword for the aid sector
Decolonisation is fast becoming a buzzword for those who are critically examining the practices and objectives of the international aid industry along with many other sectors. It is seen as the way t
Reparations as Philanthropy: Radically Rethinking ‘Giving’ in Africa
Uzodinma Iweala, 35, is an author who lives in New York and Lagos. This is a slightly modified version of the opening talk he gave at the conference 'Rethinking philanthropy' organized on October 12