The world we live in is plagued by conflicts, wars, and crises that have devastating impacts on people’s lives. The urgency for having effective and lasting peacebuilding and development strategies…...
Who Pays the Piper?
CivSource Africa (CSA) is a feminist Pan African organisation that occupies the delicate space between philanthropy and civil society organising. By virtue of its placement, CSA has provided advisory services…...
The transformative power of intersectionality: Practices to promote social justice
How can intersectional approaches to reducing inequalities be applied in practice? Eleven of our partner organizations from our Support Program „Reducing Inequalities through Intersectional Practice“ addressed this question. Their experiences,…...
Claiming spaces: women mobilising for peace and equality in Myanmar
The Learning Brief focuses on the following overarching questions: In terms of the relevance and impact of the GPS window, what did the GPS funding mechanism enable CSOs to achieve?…...
The failure to fund refugee-led organisations: why the current system is not working, and the potential for change
Refugee-led organisations (RLOs) are a crucial cog in the refugee-response machine, providing essential services to their communities, as well as being more likely to lead responses that are accountable, legitimate,…...
What Does It Mean To Be Community‑Led?: Community Leaders’ Perspectives On Principles, Practices, And Impacts
“Re‑thinking,” “re‑imagining,” “shifting power” . . . Conversations about doingdevelopment differently – and better – abound across the philanthropy andinternational development sectors these days. As GlobalGiving and the Global Fundfor…...
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…...
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…...
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 counter currents, which…...
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 has been…...