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In Mozambique, it is forecasted that 3.3 million people, with over 144,000 hungry children and nearly 24,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women, will need malnutrition treatment by October 2024. To ensure a just and equitable response, climate policies and finance must prioritize gender equality, ensuring that women have access to resources and decision-making power. https://ow.ly/RLbg50Tjr7O

UN High Level week has started which means a lot of events and meetings on the margins. Outright International works year round at UN Headquarters but this is the week when everyone is coming into Midtown of Manhattan. Yesterday I was at Panorama Global’s Leadership Forum. I appreciate the opportunity to listen to and network with leaders focused on gender, human rights, health and climate issues - all our issues are intersecting and we need to discuss and strategize together how we can move all issues forward. Today I am at the Clinton Global Initiative where even at 7 am there are change-makers like Alex Gray, CA (who has been instrumental in supporting Outright's work in Ukraine) to meet. The CGI agenda is packed and I am particularly interested in the session on getting ahead of the next humanitarian crisis given Outright’s recent research (https://lnkd.in/dPvkxAfj) on solutions to the humanitarian system’s failure to consider the needs of LGBTIQ individuals in their response. I’m hoping to hear from speakers like David Miliband (IRC President and CEO), Bård Vegar Solhjell (Director General of the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation), and Alexander Díaz (Head of AI for Social Good at Google.org) on how humanitarian organizations, donors, and the private sector can work together to build a better system - inclusive of LGBTIQ people’s needs - as we are in a world where more people than ever are affected by humanitarian crisis. #CGI2024 #DigitalInclusion #LGBTIQInclusion #WomenInLeadership #GlobalImpact #OutrightInternational

As #consultants, we have a unique opportunity to challenge traditional power structures in the #humanitarian and #development sector. We see phenomena across organizations, giving us a unique view to spot issues and come up with solutions. Now, what do we mean by traditional power structures? How can we be part of practices that truly empower and don’t harm local organizations? 💡 Explore our insights on this topic and discover company practices we recommend implementing. Looking to understand how to rethink power dynamics in NGO work? Consider exploring these organizations' resources and insights on decolonizing aid and shifting power structures: ✨ Start Network: global coalition of NGOs working to revolutionize humanitarian aid through locally-led action, innovation, and rapid financing to provide more effective and timely crisis response worldwide. ✨ Centre for Humanitarian Leadership: organization that transforms humanitarian leaders and influences aid organizations through specialized leadership training, academic research, and global dialogue events, aiming to improve humanitarian aid delivery in complex environments. ✨ VIDEA: non-profit organization dedicated to ending global poverty and fostering justice for over 40 years by empowering youth and communities, especially Indigenous and underrepresented groups, through education, skills development, and support for issues like decolonization, social justice, human rights, climate justice, and gender equality. ✨ INTRAC: organization that supports and strengthens civil society organizations to effectively address poverty and inequality worldwide. ✨ The Development Hub:  social enterprise focused on decolonizing development, intersectional feminism, poverty dynamics, and bottom-up growth through research, advisory services, training, and policy engagement to promote social justice and empower marginalized voices. ✨ Peace Direct: organization that supports local peacebuilders by providing the resources needed to achieve lasting peace, believing that local people are the best experts in resolving their own conflicts. ✨ Adeso: organization that advocates for better humanitarian aid, empowers communities to overcome poverty and insecurity, and promotes the involvement of Global South civil society in international policy discussions. #shiftthepower #decoloniseaid

On this World Humanitarian Day, I'm reminded that true compassion isn’t nurtured in five-star hotel conferences but in the streets, fields, and communities where real struggles exist. We talk endlessly about change, but talk is cheap when it isn’t backed by action. It’s time to step out of comfort zones and into the reality of those we claim to support. The future demands that we don’t just observe suffering from afar but stand shoulder to shoulder with those facing it. I commit to doing more than just speaking—I'll be working on the ground, addressing issues like climate change, gender inequality, and access to basic human rights. Let’s make a real difference, not just in words, but in deeds. #UnitedNations #UNDP #UNFPA #ClimateChange #Globalcrises #Pakistan #DiplomHeroes #worldhumanitarianday #CommunityService |United Nations Climate Group United Heroes |

How we can amplify women's voices to boost #humanitarian and development #aid efforts #Conflict, #climate extremes and #economic shocks all contributed to the more than 333 million people facing #foodinsecurity in 2023 — a 200 million person increase from pre-COVID levels. By listening to #women, we can find better ways to help them. CARE https://lnkd.in/etMAGyWH

This is the summary of a research report on the feminist response to crisis by Equality Fund Enlightening & powerful as it reflects on crisis being structural, intersectional and political and weaves a tapestry of strategies from the feminist perspective. I found this extremely useful as someone who is involved in working with women on the climate crisis. https://lnkd.in/g9KaSeAy #crisis #climatecrisis #feminism #equity #intersectionality

🔁Repost cause Uncle Algo is a sexist tool. November 25th is "#InternationalDay for the Elimination of Violence against Women." [Yesterday started] the 16 day countdown from one day about human rights to another. December 10th is "International #HumanRights Day." I've written extensively about my thoughts on “special” days—how they can be very performative, but no less important to acknowledge. Global days are meant to spread awareness and they make me painfully aware of the gap between funding, the comms around “the good”, and actually investing in change. Seeing the UN posts and other orgs make it difficult to ignore the pandering required to get people to give a $hit. Truly, the head of the UN has to beg for $ to fund their operating budget and meet their aid goals. And, the U.S. is the primary funder of UN HQ. The paltry humanitarian aid we give annually $43-50 Billion GLOBALLY is a drop in the bucket, especially considering the harm and human rights violations we're party to, domestically as well as abroad. Simultaneously the Feds spend 30x (THIRTY times) that on weapons and military aid. The numbers don’t lie, even when the U.S. govt does right to our faces. They want you to believe they “only spend” $750-850 Billion USD on the defense budget. One study estimated the actual spending is about double that, aka $1.5 Trillion USD, and counting. Why talk about military aid on a day when we're supposed to be talking about GBV and ending violence against women and girls? Because these numbers don't lie either. 1 in 3 women globally experience some form of violence ⏱️ Every 10 Minutes a woman is killed by a partner or family member. Home is the most dangerous place for women. 85,000 women killed by men in 2023; 60% by a partner or family member 70% of women in a humanitarian crises experience violence 80% of those impacted by climate change are women and girls, but the majority of Big Tech, Big Oil, Big Banks, and Big Philanthropy are led by men. Orgs supporting women and girls receive only 1.6% of ALL philanthropic dollars–less than orgs that focus on animals or the climate. If that isn't violent, I don't know what is.  Ending gender based violence first and foremost MUST be intersectional. The U.N. does not include trans, non-binary or gender nonconforming in ANY of their comms, policies, charters, or special days. Any marginalized gender, which is to say those who identify as something other than a cis-man deserve to be safe from violence. The first End Violence against women day was marked in Beijing a quarter of a century ago…when Hillary Clinton famously said “Human rights are women’s rights and women’s rights are human rights.” A 2024 report noted ~zero progress was made in the past 25 years towards gender equality. Given the majority of the violence is coming from one gender, I suggest we call it "International Day to End Patriarchal Violence and Gender Oppression." Maybe then we will actually see some #change.

In Alliance magazine, Amitabh Behar (Interim Executive Director of Oxfam International & GFCF board member) writes that inequality in #GlobalDevelopment is a manifestation of deeper inequality around the world. The #ShiftThePower movement must therefore "Move away from demands for better charity and more benevolent paternalistic welfarism to a reframing around solidarity and redistributive justice by addressing unjust colonial history, white privilege, inequalities of existing neo-liberal political economy, and oppressive patriarchy." https://lnkd.in/e8WZcayz

In Zimbabwe, the impacts of climate change are deeply gendered. Women face disproportionate burdens, from displacement into precarious urban environments or mining camps to heightened risks of gender-based violence. Men, too, grapple with the loss of traditional livelihoods, leading to mental health struggles and disrupted family structures. This blog post by the CGIAR #ClimateSecurity Southern Africa team examines these intersecting challenges and highlights the role of community resilience, sustainable livelihoods, and gender equity in addressing them. Read more ⏩ https://lnkd.in/dGM8q7G9 Dr Gracsious Maviza (nee Ncube) Thea Synnestvedt Dr Joseph Makanda Dr Siyaxola Gadu MANDLENKOSI MAPHOSA Giulia Caroli