
Monitoring and evaluation, whatever you call it, should not be perceived as ‘something for donors’
Daria Rybalchenko Everyone in our organisation understands the importance of data. We have intentionally built a system where every team ...

Where there is power, there is resistance: reflections on the Antifascist and Antiracist Pride manifestations in Argentina
Graciela Hopstein The massive demonstrations that took place on February 1st in various cities in Argentina represent an authentic resistance ...

Facing the Aid Freeze: What We Must Do Now and Tomorrow
Dzikamai Bere Coming to Terms with the AID Freeze On 6 February 2025, at the invitation of the National Association ...

Giving for Change: Insights from WACSI on Community Philanthropy and Civic Space in Ghana
Ghana, a Giving for Change country with a population of over 32 million, is the second most populous country in ...

#ShiftThePower without make-up
The 2024 Cazumbada* was a journey into brutal honesty. There was no staging. There was no show for donors or ...

Announcing the 2024 / 2025 #ShiftThePower Fellows
We are excited to announce the third cohort of the #ShiftThePower Fellowship! This includes fifteen global change-makers from 12 countries, ...

Connecting the dots between community philanthropy, women’s philanthropy and feminist philanthropy
In 2020, the GFCF, together with Serbian feminist activist and consultant, Marija Jakovljević, embarked on a journey of inquiry to ...

The INGO problem and why it’s time for radical reimagining
In the mid-2000s, international NGOs (INGOs) were some of the most trusted institutions in the global development landscape. 20 years ...

The decisions we make now, will flow through for years to come
John Huigen What a day and a morning! I went to the #ShiftThePower Summit yesterday, which finished up this morning ...

Language matters when you want to be heard
Stacey Thomas With over 50 people joining us from across Australia and as far afield as Nepal, the U.K., and ...