This thematic brief traces some of the most relevant shifts in power dynamics currently taking place in the development sector. Additionally, key questions and debates are identified, insights are mapped…...
Dream paper: Shift the Power
This publication provides a summary of the thought processes of all dialogues, debates, workshops and events organized under the CoP – Shift the Power. The synthesis summarizes the highlights of…...
Support Sudan’s Revolution, Not an Elite Peace Deal
Foreign powers’ obsessive focus on a transition process empowered generals and weakened democracy activists, paving the way to war....
Reimagining Citizen-Driven Conflict Prevention and Management Mechanisms in Africa
The role of community citizens in conflict prevention and management cannot be overstated. Because when there is peace in a nation, growth and development are critical catalysts that drive progress…...
Advancing Local Peacebuilding Impact Through Quality Financing
On 23 May 2023, a civil society-donor roundtable discussion took place in Yaoundé. The discussion focused on best practices that champion solutions for more impactful financing for peacebuilding in Cameroon,…...
Rethinking Humanitarian Reform: Toward Demand-Driven Action
The world is currently facing the highest levels of forced displacement and humanitarian need. Yet the humanitarian system allocates its resources inefficiently, reaches too few people, and fails to provide…...
Overcoming Obstacles: Deep Diving into Challenges of the HDP Nexus
Many civil society organisations have good conceptual understanding of the Humanitarian, Development, and Peace (HDP) nexus. Nevertheless, several still face difficulties. In response, Global Focus developed a comprehensive approach …...
Sealing the Cracks – An intersectional feminist perspective on digital peacebuilding
This paper fills a gap in existing literature and practice where intersectional feminist approaches to technology meet intersectional feminist approaches to peacebuilding. It set out to explore how intersectionality might…...
RINGO Phase 2 Strategy: Executive Summary
During the first phase of the RINGO Project, our Social Lab of changemakers embarked on a unique journey of re-imagining the INGO. This involved a process of discovering the barriers…...
Peace as a Foundation for the Triple Nexus – A Global Policy Perspective
On 4 April 2023, Sharon Bhagwan Rolls, Regional Representative – GPPAC Pacific & Shifting the Power Coalition, Programme – Manager Pacific Women's Mediators Network, offered her reflections during the launch…...