As today marks international Human Rights Day, it is a moment to reflect on the commitments made to uphold the rights and dignity of all people. Among some of the most urgent of these injustices is Female genital mutilation, a practice that affects 230 million girls and women worldwide.
It’s been a year of difficult conversations, shrinking resources, and moments where the gap between what we say and stand for and what we’re able to deliver has felt unbearably wide. But it’s also been a year that has clarified, for Bond’s Mustafa Al-Soufi at least, what this work is really about—and what it demands of us.
The issues raised in a recent Bond blog are important and its recommendations sound. But not all international volunteering is voluntourism – and failing to recognise this risks a valuable aspect of development work.
In a time of shrinking resources and increasing crises, UNICEF UK describes how it takes proven approaches and embeds them into public systems, scaling solutions through policy and finance to achieve lasting, systemic change.
We have seen how powerful the international community can be with the way the world responded to the outbreak of war in Ukraine. Politicians, diplomats and leaders now have a role to play in making sure that Sudan is not left behind, before it’s too late for the next generation.
By 2050, one in five people will be over 60, with 80% living in low- and middle-income countries. Yet the humanitarian system remains largely unprepared to anticipate and meet older people’s needs, uphold their rights or support their contributions.
As the international development sector increasingly seeks to decolonise practice and ‘shift the power’, is there still a place for global volunteering?
The new EU and UK deforestation regulations pose significant challenges for smallholder farmers. How can the UK government ensure no one is ‘left behind’?
After years of research, reform and advocacy, there is broad consensus on one essential truth: children thrive best when they grow up in families, not institutions.
