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Reinventing the HIV Organising: Lessons from ICASA 2019
From 2-7 December 2019, the largest regional HIV conference took place in Kigali, Rwanda. The country that once witnessed the genocide of the Tutsi minority and civil war from the early to mid-90s opened its …
Is philanthropic crowdfunding a growing industry?
What are the characteristics and recent developments of crowdfunding worldwide? Crowdfunding markets have experienced a severe growth in recent years; however, this was mostly among non-philanthropic platforms (Chervyakov & Rocholl, 2019). Philanthropic crowdfunding builds on …
Shifting the power in a feminist funding ecosystem
Rhetoric supporting women and girls is all very well, but it needs to be matched by a corresponding increase in funding for feminist movements Feminist movements are blazing a path towards justice and creating feminist …
Care is a very important word
Dreilinden’s Claudia Bollwinkel talks to Nino Ugrekhelidze and María Díaz Ezquerro of FRIDA The Young Feminist Fund about the importance of hearing and shifting power to the grassroots and the need for self- and collective …
Making Aid Agencies Work – Terry Gibson
Reviewed by Mary Ann Clements, Healing Solidarity Terry Gibson’s book outlines the major challenges that prevent INGOs from responding effectively to the experience and knowledge of people they claim to help. It’s an accessible read …
Philanthropy needs a feminist consciousness
As someone who went to an all-boys, mostly white, and quite elite private school until 16, gender issues were not at the forefront of my consciousness. Despite seeing myself as liberal, I was still a product of my school, family and …
ViiV Healthcare & Coalition for Children Affected by AIDS award grants to support children and adolescents affected by HIV
ViiV Healthcare’s Positive Action and the Coalition for Children Affected by AIDS announced this week that they have awarded $40,000 in grants to eights dedicated to helping children and adolescents affected by HIV. Each winner of the ‘Reaching …
A man’s call for gender equality: Why feminist philanthropy helps us all
One in three women globally experience violence in their lifetime. If gender-based violence were a disease, it would be the largest epidemic we’ve ever known. 650 million women worldwide have suffered the consequences of child, …
Pathways to Power Symposium: New ways of deciding and doing
The Pathways to Power Symposium brought together a diverse group of people from around the world who are deeply engaged in different efforts to shift power, and who see a value in the opportunity to come together …
World Heart Beat Music Academy wins Achates individual philanthropy award
The 2019 Achates individual philanthropy prize winner is Nick Thomlinson with the World Heart Beat Music Academy, founded by Sahana Gero, after his £37,500 donation. Selected from a list of seven nominees, Thomlinson accepted the …
