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Investing in the Protection of Human Rights Defenders
Against a backdrop of rising authoritarianism, democratic backsliding and deteriorating armed conflicts worldwide, people working to defend human rights and freedoms are facing growing threats and attacks. Indeed, over 401 human rights defenders were killed …
LGBTQI issues chronically underfunded despite UK government pledge
LGBTQI issues face chronically underfunding from both government and wider philanthropic institutions with ‘very few in the philanthropy sector [are] aware of how underfunded the LGBTQI movement is’. That’s according to new research commissioned by …
A call to COP28 participants
The Shift the Power Movement, a global network of grassroots organizations, offers an unprecedented opportunity to efficiently and effectively work in solidarity with communities to address our greatest challenge, the climate crisis. As global …
System change is both a marathon and a team sport
Three things are important if foundations want to solve wicked problems and drive real system change: binding cross-sector collaborations, experimenting with new solutions, and exercising patience. And, above all, you need to build trust. Homelessness, …
Suzanne Biegel endowment fund makes first investments to tackle gender inequality and climate crisis
Heading for Change, the $3.5 million climate endowment set up by the late gender-smart investing pioneer Suzanne Biegel, has made its first five investments. Investees include AiiM, a woman of colour-owned climate technology fund with …
A call to support human rights defenders’ protection networks
On December 10th we commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, an occasion to reflect on the past and envision the future role of human rights in addressing the world’s profound …
COP28: Philanthropy forum hails ‘paradigm shift’, critics dismay at ‘new Davos’
Philanthropy’s role in discussions at COP28 represents a “paradigm shift” that could have a “multiplier effect” on accelerating climate solutions, according to Badr Jafar, chair of the COP28 Business and Philanthropy Climate Forum. Business and …
COP28: Philanthropy-public-private partnership needed to plug $3 trillion climate funding gap
A $3 trillion annual funding gap for climate solutions must be met with a tri-sector philanthropic-public-private partnership. That’s according to a new report published by the World Economic Forum’s Giving to Amplify Earth Action (GAEA) initiative, in …
We need a new vocabulary in global development
In our dedication to shifting power within ‘global development’, we have often reflected that one of the most overlooked but most influential aspects of any power structure is the language and terminology that we use …
Time to reassess the tradition of keeping philanthropy and politics separate
In the early years of the Christian era, Pliny the Younger, then administrator of the Roman province of Bithynia-Pontus, wrote to the Emperor Trajan asking for permission to establish a ‘society of 150 firemen’ in …
