Chilvers, Richard

Gaza has long been a place of desperate need, with huge challenges in all areas of civic life. Devastating escalations in violence not only destroy lives and infrastructure, but also hope and aspiration. In the midst of this, the most marginalized people are often ignored or forgotten. As part of the Within and Without the […]

Within and Without the State (WWS), a programme funded by the UK Department for International Development, has been working in South Sudan since 2012 to improve the relationship between citizen and state. This case study describes the efforts of Community Empowerment and Progress Organization, a WWS partner, to work with young people in cattle raiding […]

Since 2012, Within and Without the State (WWS) has been working in South Sudan to improve the relationship between citizen and state, mainly using the ‘social contract’ model. Richard Chilvers, learning and communications officer for WWS, recently visited and identified six lessons on how to support positive change in gender equality, peacebuilding and working with the state.