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A response to ‘Invisible Prejudice’ and Racial Microaggressions
After spending the bulk of my life living around the world, last summer I returned to Rome, the Città Eterna , the city of my birth and...

Anwaar Ahmed
Jun 236 min read


Justice Over Aid: The Only Future Worth Rising For
People are not just calling for more aid – they are calling for more Justice. We can create greater and deeper change by removing extractive systems of exploitation instead of simply designing projects to adapt to the harm they cause.

Matt Kletzing
May 217 min read


Aid and Its Discontents
“In 2023, the richest 1% in the Global North were paid US$263 billion by the Global South through the financial system–over US$30 million...

Matt Kletzing
Mar 65 min read


Foresight Leadership: Ten Skills Needed in a Fast-Changing World
Aside from dealing with various social, economic, political, and environmental issues with the communities they serve, social development...

Shiela R. Castillo
Feb 65 min read


Enhancing Equity and Future Readiness: JBA and Futures Insights from Malawi
Reflecting on my career in project management and research over the years, I've always been on the lookout for innovative methodologies...

Benson Mwambene
Jul 3, 20243 min read


Project Management, Survivor Voices, and the Justice Based Approach
We hear a lot about victims’ and survivors’ participation in humanitarian, development, or social justice projects. Who is a victim or...

Shalila Raj
Jun 25, 20243 min read


Safeguarding Reimagined: Paving the Way for Transformation
Just the word ‘safeguarding’ is enough to put most aid and community development professionals to sleep. It refers to the collection of...

Daniel Bevan
Mar 5, 20247 min read


Overcoming Inbuilt Injustices in English-Language Learning and Teaching
Intercultural communicative competence (ICC) is one of a number of intercultural skills which according to the World Economic Forum (WEF)...

Fiona Locke
Feb 6, 20243 min read


Navigating Social Justice: Why Strategic Foresight is Important
Anticipating and planning for the future is not a luxury in the dynamic and complex world of social justice. It’s a necessary instrument...

Shiela R. Castillo
Nov 24, 20233 min read


Rethinking Work: Challenging Biased Practices
Family, society, and culture try to define how I should act as an “ideal or good woman,” but I learned in my socialisation journey what...

Tajmary Akter
Aug 10, 20234 min read


System Change, Not Charity
More and more individuals and organisations recognize that business-as-usual is an insufficient response to today’s development aid. As a...

Samuel Murage
May 31, 20234 min read


Urgent Response Funding for Human Rights Defenders: 2023
Are you a human rights defender or activist looking for urgent protection or rapid response funding? Most nonprofit grants out there take...

Victoria Forsgate
May 9, 20232 min read


Myanmar’s Silent Strikes: A Call for Human Rights and Justice
Democracy, justice, and human rights have been under threat in Myanmar since the 2021 February military coup. The military coup triggered...

Stephan Nyein Han Tun
Jan 30, 20233 min read


Social Justice and TESOL
The two most common reactions I face when I talk about social justice with my English-teacher colleagues are confusion or a kind of...

Fiona Locke
Jan 7, 20234 min read


A Justice Revolution
Years as an activist, development worker, and humanitarian professional taught me that the biggest mistake we can make in life is...

Daniel Bevan
Jan 21, 20224 min read


Being Eco-Conscious: What’s Even the Point?
“Each child belongs to all of us and they will bring us a tomorrow in direct relation to the responsibility that we have shown them.” –...

Annalisa Renna
Jan 5, 20223 min read


Participating in Justice - Invited or Invented?
Marikana informal settlement residents outside the Western Cape High Court (Dennis Webster) Terms like ‘transparency’, ‘accountability’,...

Alana Potter
Nov 18, 20215 min read


The Justice Based Approach: Challenging the ‘Norm’ of Unjust Practices
Looking to a future that includes nature and the planet, a whole society approach, and creatures other than the human beings “Human...

Ashish Barua
Oct 26, 20215 min read


Kamla Bhasin: A Warrior We All Want To Be Like
I was on a call with my team when I received the news of the passing away of Kamla Bhasin, one of the most prominent icons on gender...

Mousumi Gupta
Oct 5, 20213 min read


Solidarity: We Seek the Same Justice
Have you heard anyone talking about justice recently? We certainly have. Movements around the world have been calling for justice for...

Daniel Bevan
Apr 13, 20213 min read
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