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,…
United Edge
Registering refugees with disabilities in refugee settings in Jordan
…existing data is often not comparable as it is collected in different ways – often using binary yes/no questions, such as “do you have a disability or medical condition”, which…
Mental health and psychosocial support: Seven elements for effective programmes in peacebuilding
…open conversation on the wrongs that we did to them.” Sustaining and supporting places to bring people together improves trust, community ties, and group solidarity. Conflict-affected communities often lack spaces…
Mint Analysis
Is the future of imagery and photography being rewritten by AI?
…social media companies lobbied governments globally and went almost unregulated for 20 years, I think there’s reason to be wary. Regulation will be needed. When the companies themselves ask for…
Beyond buzzwords, do community foundations offer an alternative to top-down development?
…members. Using a community’s assets to meet its needs Rather than conducting needs assessments, stakeholder consultations or research-based interventions, community foundations bring together citizens to agree what they need, and…
Is “Talk to Loop” the answer to getting feedback from the communities we work with?
…voice messages. Submitting feedback is free through short code reverse charging numbers. Importantly, the platform is also accessible back and forth across languages and operates as close to real time…
Lost in translation? The role of local language in anti-racist practice
…They chose to translate Chichewa terms that are central to their vision of development and commonplace English development jargon. Becoming a language-inclusive organisation The glossary can be downloaded for free…
How to overcome barriers to INGO structural innovation
…and between Send a Cow and Emerge Poverty Free; the formation of United Purpose; and the creation of Humentum from Mango, InsideNGO and LINGOs. But there have also been plenty…