Lucy was born with a motor disability and uses a wheelchair. She grew up in a small community outside San Luis Potosí in Mexico and is the youngest of 10 children. For most of her life, Lucy rarely left her house, feared for her future, and did not think she could ever live independently. Lucy’s life completely changed when she joined Juntos, a local organization that created a workplace inclusion program for women with disabilities. …

At the recent Global Inclusive Growth summit hosted by the Mastercard Centre for Inclusive Growth, we heard how gender inequality is bad for growth and leaves ‘trillions on the table instead of catapulting gross domestic product (GDP) growth.’ This was further evidenced with data from the African Development Bank which noted that bridging the $42 billon spending gap for female entrepreneurs in Africa would unlock $300 billion of extra GDP.   These are mind-boggling amounts of …

In developing Healing Solidarity in 2018, I was trying to reignite conversations about re-imagining ‘development’ which had been happening for decades. At the time, I was amazed by the 1500 e-responses and took it as (further) evidence that many of us who work in and around the sector knew that substantive change in how we work was needed. In time, and against a backdrop of the murder of George Floyd, Black Lives Matter and Covid, …

Reflecting on discussions held in Belfast, framed by the question ‘Countering Violent Conflict and Polarisation: How Can Donors Help?’ Melanie Greenberg (Humanity United) praised the event – ‘I think it was for creative imagination, moral support, celebration, but also for some serious reflection.’  Held in February 2024, the gathering was timely given global events.  Some 200 participants, from a wide range of regions and organisations, delivered a vibrancy and sense of urgency to the issues …