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Indigenous youth and international development: a decolonial analysis of Canada’s International Aboriginal Youth Internship programme

12/12/2023

20 pages long

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Indigenous youth and international development: a decolonial analysis of Canada’s International Aboriginal Youth Internship programme

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The international development sector has witnessed an increasing shift towards programming focused on feminist goals and Indigenous inclusion over the past decade. In this context, the government of Canada under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s leadership has branded itself a feminist and progressive leader in the sector. Canada launched its Feminist International Assistance Policy (FIAP), as […]

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Introduction: Reimagining International Development

18/03/2020

9 pages long

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Introduction: Reimagining International Development

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This is the introductory article to Gender & Development issue 28(1) Reimagining International Development.

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Building new practices of solidarity: the community mobilisation in crisis project

18/03/2020

17 pages long

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Building new practices of solidarity: the community mobilisation in crisis project

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‘What can the development and aid sectors do differently?’ Based on our experience of developing and running an innovative digital learning programme – originally intended as a distance learning programme for Syrian refugees in the Middle East, but now grown beyond that – this article seeks to address this very question. Inspired by efforts such […]

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Using critical reflection to question self and power in international development

18/03/2020

17 pages long

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Using critical reflection to question self and power in international development

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Unequal power relations exist between the global North and the global South, between those in need of ‘development’ and the development policymakers and practitioners who work with them in projects and programmes intending to meet their needs – and, less often, support those in need to challenge the underlying inequalities that create these inequities. These […]

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Towards an intersectional praxis in international development: what can the sector learn from Black feminists located in the global North?

18/03/2020

19 pages long

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Towards an intersectional praxis in international development: what can the sector learn from Black feminists located in the global North?

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This article is based on knowledge gained through more than two decades of established ways of working by Imkaan, a Black feminist ending-violence against women and girls organisation based in London. At the time of writing, both authors were employed at Imkaan. Imkaan’s work and existence is clearly grounded in ‘those who came before us’: […]

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Researching women’s leadership in Asia and the Pacific – reflections on feminist research approaches in design and in practice

05/11/2019

16 pages long

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Researching women’s leadership in Asia and the Pacific – reflections on feminist research approaches in design and in practice

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This article explores how the International Women’s Development Agency (IWDA) and partners have navigated the complexities and, sometimes competing, priorities, of feminist research methodology and values, in our practice. It demonstrates how, ultimately, decision-making processes along the way have been guided by the feminist values that underpin the research designs and the assertion that the […]

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A young feminist new order: an exploration of why young feminists organise the way they do

14/11/2018

17 pages long

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A young feminist new order: an exploration of why young feminists organise the way they do

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This article draws on FRIDA/The Young Feminist Fund’s experience of young feminist activism. It explores a range of examples from around the world of how young feminists are reinventing and building different institutions based on new cultures of leadership, greater emphasis on the collective, and more holistic compensation for activist work. These strategies are needed […]

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LGBTQI-identified human rights defenders: courage in the face of adversity at the United Nations

20/03/2018

12 pages long

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LGBTQI-identified human rights defenders: courage in the face of adversity at the United Nations

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The role of LGBTQI human rights defenders in the international arena at the United Nations (UN) is a particularly risky and insecure one, especially for those who themselves identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, transgender, two spirit, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI). This article focuses on the anecdotal experiences of LGBTQI-identified human rights defenders and their […]

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