UK Government is spending more UK aid on refugee costs in the UK than in both Africa and Asia ย
…250% (£2.6bn) between 2021 and 2022 and 487% (£3.1bn) from 2020 to 2022. The UK spent £3.7 billion of the ODA budget on in-donor refugee costs in 2022 compared to £2,047…
Bond launches guide for INGOs on how to become locally led as an anti-racist practice
…unjust and entrenched power imbalances between them and the communities they work with. The free online resource, Becoming Locally Led as an Anti-Racist Practice, has been put together by Bond…
Why re-examining “niche” issues is crucial to achieving gender equality
…can leave people unmoved, but it is important to communicate the scale of this practice: 200 million women and girls have undergone FGM/C, with 4.1 million girls cut each year….
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Supporting Bond to shift power: meet our advisory group
…locally based public research examining the needs and struggles of the local communities they are working on, and don’t depend solely on international advocacy to shape policies and practices on…
Languages matter if we are serious about inclusion
…do? Examine deeply the linguistic and communications practices and needs of the most excluded. Do your language practices and communications strategies include or exclude? Consider languages spoken, disability, gender, literacy,…
4 ways to adopt disability inclusion in development
The global development community has made a commitment to help everybody. Yet people with disabilities are routinely excluded from development efforts and often face more barriers than other marginalised groups…
Is the international development sector ready for change?
…Locally Led Development Working Group Bond’s Practice for locally led development group is a community of practice which supports INGOs to enable locally led development. This group is open to…
Over 60 CEOs of UK NGOs sign open letter re-committing to tackling and dismantling racism
Today, Monday 12 August, leaders of 68 UK NGOs have come together to stand in solidarity with people of colour and communities who have been targeted and threatened by racist,…
UK government fails to adopt aid transparency
…of several commitments, including our Aid Transparency Commitment and without civil society support. This is just the latest in a series of failures that represent a missed opportunity by the…