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Arab philanthropy commits to climate
Arab philanthropy has pledged to take action on climate injustice by signing the Arab Philanthropy Commitment on Climate Change (APCCC), which launched today at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Commitment was launched by the Arab …
Unequal footing: Struggles of Egyptian nonprofits in a post-revolution era
The 2011 Egyptian revolution has had a serious – and often overlooked impact – on Egypt’s civil society. The country’s local organisations are being left behind in a culture that advantages INGOs and expert consultants. …
A new vision for philanthropy in Israel and Palestine
In February, I was lucky to be among the 200 delegates from the fields of philanthropy and peacebuilding who were hosted in Belfast by the Social Change Initiative. Over four days, we examined our era …
Can Israel and Palestine learn from philanthropy in Northern Ireland
Alliance has invited us to comment on the two sets of contributions about the response of Palestinian and Israeli and Jewish philanthropy to the unfolding terrifying events in the Middle East. In February of this …
Meet the team: Alliance regional representative Huda Hakki
Huda Hakki has joined Alliance magazine as regional representative covering the GCC countries. Hakki is a socio-economic development professional based in Saudi Arabia. Hakki joins a growing team of Alliance regional representatives that now cover nine regions including …
Swiss and Arab philanthropies respond to Lebanon crisis as displacement follows Israeli air strikes
The Swiss Philanthropy Foundation and the Arab Foundations Forum have both launched emergency appeals for Lebanon amidst an escalation in violence and subsequent displacement since Israel’s military strikes on the capital Beirut and in southern …
Women and girls underfunded in Middle East, next generation female philanthropists excluded from senior positions
Women and girls are chronically underfunded in the Middle East and will continue to be so without a fundamental change of those in senior positions, warns a new report published by the Pearl Initiative and …
Aid is dying: The time to #ShiftThePower is now
Talk of the ‘post-aid world’ is everywhere. Sweden, Finland, Germany and the Netherlands have joined the UK in huge cuts to official development assistance. This is resulting in large-scale redundancies for INGOs that have pursued …
Climate philanthropy must reckon with itself
Philanthropies that are engaging in the climate space must be careful that their work is not exacerbating existing inequities. Though climate justice is now recognised in the mainstream as an essential part of the climate …
