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Policy and advocacy

May 2017

  • Children looking through rubbish on landfill siteCalcutta (Kolkata), India. Neoliberal policies have led to social and environmental failures.

    'International development' is a loaded term. It's time for a rethink

    Jennifer Lentfer
    Our organisation was formed 30 years ago to share ideas on making the poor richer. Now a new mindset has led the organisation to change its name

April 2017

  • A boy drinks water from the tap of a water tank outside a night shelter in New Delhi, India.

    Water in development
    When it comes to water access we keep doing the same thing. And failing

    Ajay Paul
    Many water and sanitation services are unreliable and sub-standard. We NGOs must change our way of working and be accountable when projects fail

March 2016

  • A campaigner against Rotherham council's closure of Apna Haq holds a sign in Trafalgar Square stating that specialist services for black and minority ethnic women save lives.

    The cost of cuts
    Osborne's budget cuts will cripple services for vulnerable BME women

    Mary O'Hara
    Specialist black and minority ethnic domestic violence services are already under strain. Without ringfenced funding, they will be forced to close

November 2015

  • Indian woman sitting on bench at McDonald's fast food restaurant, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia<br>C3TKG0 Indian woman sitting on bench at McDonald's fast food restaurant, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

    Best bits
    14 steps to eradicating malnutrition in 15 years

  • SOCIAL Aid 2<br>Rob MacGillivray, emergencies advisor from Save the Children, checks pallets before they are loaded onto a plane at Manston airport in Kent, Tuesday August 12, 2003, bound for Liberia in West Africa. Conditions in the Liberian capital were appalling, Oxfam said, with as many as 10 families displaced by fighting living in one hut no larger than the average bedroom. Many at the city’s displacement camps had to wait for fierce shooting to subside before making perilous runs for clean water. See PA story SOCIAL Aid. PA Photo:Gareth Fuller.

    Turbulence at Save the Children: share your stories of working for the NGO

October 2015

  • Egyptian women show their ink-marked fingers after casting their ballots. Without women's empowerment and voices, we cannot affect change.

    Best bits
    Ten ways to build a global civil society movement

    How can we protect and strengthen civil society across the world? Our expert panel had these suggestions

September 2015

  • Campaigners against slavery in Mauritania

    Live Q&A: What will it take to build a global civil society movement?

  • Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah

    Global goals: a chance to hold power accountable and to disrupt

    Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah
  • Children in Uganda collect water used for drinking and bathing by villagers.

    Water in development
    Seven ways to get water on the climate agenda

  • The shadows of Sudanese women and children are reflected in a pool of standing water as they wait at a water distribution point in the village of Guit.

    Water in development
    Live Q&A: What does an action agenda on water policy look like?

June 2015

  • How can universal access to affordable energy be achieved?

    Development 2030
    Six bright ideas for switching on sustainable energy for all

    How can the most remote, poor communities access quality affordable energy? Experts from the UN, business and NGOs offer these suggestions

April 2015

  • Children fill cans with drinking water from a community tap in Kabul

    Water in development
    Getting water where it's needed: will the Lisbon Charter help?

    Tom Williams
  • David Miliband and Hillary Clinton

    Best bits
    11 ways NGOs can work with politicians

March 2015

  • The UK became the first country in the G7 to adopt the long-standing UN target to spend 0.7% of GDP on foreign aid.

    Live Q&A: How can NGOs lobby effectively to impact the political agenda?

    As the UK General Election campaign kicks off we ask how NGOs can lobby effectively. Join our panel from 1-3pm BST on Thursday 2 April to discuss how to make changes happen

February 2015

  • Climate Change and Poverty go hand in hand in many places in the World

    Development 2030
    Live Q&A: Poverty and climate change, will we get it right in 2015?

    2015 is a crucial year for tackling poverty and climate change. Join our panel from 1-3pm GMT on Wednesday 11 February to discuss how to make changes happen

January 2015

  • A Greenpeace activist protests against GM crops in Bangalore.

    Live Q&A: How can NGOs work in Modi’s India?

    Since he came to office last year Prime Minister Modi has been making life difficult for foreign-funded NGOs in India. How can they work together?
  • Martyn Day

    Global injustices: getting access to the law is still impossible for most

    He is famous for winning ‘unwinnable’ David-Goliath cases, but the head of legal firm Leigh Day is gloomy about the state of international law, writes Bibi van der Zee

    • Development disruptors
      805 million people go hungry. Who will uphold their right to food?

    • GDPN explainers
      What are the Green party's policies?

    • Development 2030
      Eight months until new development goals are agreed. Then what?

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