The women who stood up for the “witches” of Northern Ghana: Community philanthropy’s role in challenging stigma and discrimination
In 2020, a 90-year-old woman, Madam Denteh, was publicly lynched to death in the Savannah region in Ghana after being ...
Why we all need to be systems thinkers
Systems thinkers are notoriously bad at describing what it is they do, and what they mean. So I am going ...
A different way is possible: Re-imagining development in Mozambique
Working in civil society in Mozambique is a challenge. Not only is the country classed as repressed by the Civicus ...
An open letter to international donors and NGOs who want to genuinely help Ukraine
This letter originally appears on the website of the National Network of Local Philanthropy Development in Ukraine. We welcome you ...
Myths of preparedness: What we’ve learnt from the pandemic
Is preparedness for the pandemic and for other disasters a myth or a reality? Whatever might be claimed at national ...
Decolonization cannot be cosmetic: Moving the development industry beyond rhetoric
There can be no band-aid solutions to reversing the insidious and perverse nature of coloniality. For those of us in ...
A new path to mentorship for emerging global health leaders in low-income and middle-income countries
The fifth annual Global Health 50/50 report highlighted that 75% of the 2,000 governing board seats are held by high-income ...
I am neither powerless or powerful, so where is my place in #ShiftThePower?
When I first got the request to write this piece after a webinar on the challenges to #ShiftThePower I was ...
Localization, decolonizing and #ShiftThePower; are we saying the same thing?
Many advocates of localization would prefer to ignore the issue of racism, hoping that it will go away or that ...
Re-imagining development: The case of Uganda
In 2021, Ugandan civil society was being beaten on multiple fronts. As the pandemic forced lock-downs, the country faced simultaneous ...
