LA FILANTROPIA HA BISOGNO DI STRATEGIE E AZIONI CHE SI FONDINO SUI DIRITTI UMANI PER FAR FRONTE ALLA CRISI CLIMATICA
“La filantropia ha svolto un ruolo cruciale nelle lotte dei popoli per la libertà e la giustizia nel corso dei secoli – dal suffragio, alla fine dell’apartheid, al rafforzamento della democrazia, alla promozione della pace, all’impegno per l’uguaglianza. Così come deve assumere una prospettiva di diritti umani nell’azione per il clima, una lotta planetaria che riguarda tutti noi”, scrive Carla Fredericks, CEO de Christensen Fund.
“PER ANDARE LONTANO, BISOGNA ANDARE INSIEME” – COME I FONDI COLLABORATIVI STANNO CAMBIANDO IL MONDO
La Gates Foundation ha creato una raccolta online, accessibile a tutti, con i riferimenti ad oltre 400 fondi collaborativi di tutto il mondo con l’obiettivo di aumentare la consapevolezza dell’impatto e importanza di questo importante strumento filantropico e facilitare potenziali sinergie con iniziative già esistenti.
FONDAZIONI ED ENTI FILANTROPICI AMERICANI IMPEGNANO 500 MILIONI PER FAR FRONTE ALLA CRISI DEL GIORNALISMO LOCALE
L’iniziativa, promossa dalla MacArthur Foundation, prevede la messa a disposizione e sostegno delle redazioni giornalistiche e delle start-up, in considerazione della crescente preoccupazione per la rapida scomparsa dei notiziari locali, considerando il loro ruolo chiave nella tenuta democratica dei Paesi.
L’INIZIATIVA DI BLENDED FINANCE PROMOSSA DA UBS OPTIMUS FOUNDATION ATTRAE NUOVI SOSTENITORI
L’iniziativa di “finanza mista”, legata agli Obiettivi di Sviluppo Sostenibile, da 100 milioni di dollari, descritta come “una delle prime nel suo genere”, ha ottenuto un sostegno importante da diverse istituzioni e investitori del Regno Unito.
SUDANESE FEMINIST SISTERHOOD: AT THE FRONTLINE OF RADICAL RESISTANCE AND SOLIDARITY
In loving memory of Roya Hassan and Ahmad Sibar, our comrade activists, friends, and siblings, whose absent presence will linger around, reminding us of their power and all the battles they won for women and girls. We shall always remember Roya as a true beacon of hope and resilience; her writings will never cease being an integral part of the Sudanese literature on feminism. We are also in awe of all the times Ahmed, the lawyer, the human rights activist, was there for every woman in Sudan…
CONNECTING THE DOTS BETWEEN CLIMATE DISMAY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION
To understand the impact of the Climate Museum, it’s perhaps better to start at the end of the experience rather than the beginning. At the Climate Museum’s first of a series of pop-up spaces, which opened in New York City’s SoHo neighborhood in 2022, exiting visitors are asked to select one of a dozen round stickers with “action pledges” like these
INTERSECTIONALITY BEYOND THE BUZZ
In the area of inequality, intersectionality has become a well-established framework used to analyse and work on the multidimensional nature of inequalities. The term was first coined by Black feminist scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw to describe the specific experience of discrimination faced by Black women in the United States. An intersectional lens emphasises the interplay of different social identities, which produce distinct experiences of inequality, such as gender, race, age, ability, religion and class. It helps us to understand why groups and individuals experiencing multiple forms of disadvantage often fall through the cracks, as policies and programmes are often designed to address one single dimension. Crucially, an intersectional lens also invites us to understand the root causes and structural factors behind those disadvantages, specifically imbalances of power – what produces them, how they manifest, and how to challenge them.
HOW TO BUILD WOMEN LEADERSHIP IN CIVIL SOCIETY
This year, we topped the FAIR SHARE Index for Women Leadership with 77 percent of leadership positions held by women. This is a proportionate representation of CIVICUS workforce which is also 77 percent women. As the Head of People, I take immense pride because our path to get here hasn’t been easy. But our journey to achieving social and gender equality isn’t quite finished.