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The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) – the UK’s independent aid watchdog – was unexpectedly is back in the news, as MPs were told that its future may well be in doubt…again.
As STiR fully localises its programmes in Uganda and Indonesia, Co-CEO Jenny Willmott and Uganda Country Director Modern Karema reflect on what they’ve learned so far.
Nahedeh Rashti, Director of Safeguarding Support at Mercy Corps, on why being participant-centred and grounded in operational realities makes training work, even across screens.
Today, Thursday 5th February, the International Development Committee has published an interim report on the future of UK aid and development assistance, warning…
As the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector faces increasing pressure to do more with less, platforms like the Muslim Hands Annual WASH Forum offer vital spaces for peer-to-peer learning, operational improvement and long-term resilience.
Charles Kojo Vandyck discusses his new book, The Engine Behind the Mission: Re-imagining Non-Profit Operating Models in the Global Majority and how he was inspired to write it having seen passionate teams slowly lose energy, not because they no longer believe in the cause, but because the way their organisation is structured makes everyday work unnecessarily hard.
When women’s rights, voices and priorities are missing from plans, policies address only part of the risk and opportunities, funding bypasses the people who could use it best, and solutions do not match how communities actually adapt. Gender-responsive approaches matter because they help everyone adapt.
One year on from the gutting of USAID by the Trump administration, our Media Advisor, Emily Loynes, looks back over a period of upheaval and uncertainty for the sector, including many of Bond’s members, and a global aid landscape still coming to terms with its new reality.
This new blog looks at why including all people with disabilities matters by exploring invisible and unrecognised disabilities, and what their exclusion reveals about how disability is understood within inequality campaigning and social justice movements.
