Kate Sayer to step down as Bond Chair
After nearly five years in her role as Chair of the Board of Trustees at Bond, Kate Sayer will be…
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Shifting power to save lives: how the new UK government can become a champion for global partnerships and local leadership in crisis response
Exactly one year ago, CAFOD and CEFORD supported FCDO in an unprecedented dialogue with local civil society in Ukraine, Myanmar and South Sudan to identify how the UK can better support locally led humanitarian action. But what comes next?
Beyond the buzzwords: how can we fix localisation to shift power in humanitarian aid?
Even as discussion becomes more commonplace, there remains a danger that decolonisation and localisation can act as empty buzzwords, not truly transferring power to local organisations and communities. What are the main problems, and how can we fix them?
IFS report on Home Office budgeting and asylum overspending – Bond reaction
Today the IFS has released a report on the Home Office budgeting and asylum overspends, finding that the Home Office…
Creating inclusive movements: navigating the role of male allies in dismantling the patriarchy
Dismantling patriarchy is possible, and will ensure a better world for everyone—men, women, and non-binary people. Purposeful undertake this work through various initiatives rooted in power theory: in voices, money, spaces, and political education. One such initiative is the Feminist Night School, piloted in Sierra Leone in 2023.
Bridging the digital divide for inclusive financial empowerment
Taking a ‘high-touch’, high-tech, and human-centred approach to microfinance is helping to close the gap created by limited access to smartphones and internet connectivity, low digital literacy and mistrust in technology. And it is women and other underrepresented groups who are benefiting the most.
An argument against field notes
Development is not a laboratory, its participants are not subjects – so why does the term ‘field notes’ persist? Joseph Brammer of BRAC explores the subject.
Defining a new era for UK international development: Part 2
Bond’s working groups outline the issues that the new UK government must prioritise to bring in a more effective era of UK overseas development assistance.
Building treasury functions in NGOs – How can European organisations build a more mature approach?
Treasury management is a complex task. A one-size fits all approach neglects the complexity of the communities we are seeking to support, and better communication needs to exist across the whole system of humanitarian and development finance distribution. CAB Payments Europe tell us more.