Afghan women have a long history of fighting for their rights, and speaking up, in the face of incredible obstacles. The responsibility to stand up for women’s rights cannot rest on the shoulders of Afghan women alone. It is our global responsibility.

Featured on BBC WORKLIFE, Kim Goodwin explained "Mansplaining" in one chart. On this International Women's Day, everyone can also celebrate and support gender equality and women's empowerment through quiet reflection on our own un…lnkd.in/eYkmUwV4 lnkd.in/egKFc6PA

What do grassroots women's organisations want from donors, the UN and INGOs? They want trust, recognition, support for long-term empowerment and sustainability, and a platform for their voices to be heard in the global development arena! Just as we aim…lnkd.in/ebyDz4WP

Let's try to reach #PWDs unable to flee Ukraine in this crisis! Please consider donating to Asociatia Ceva de Spus, a disabled people's organisation (DPO) I have personally worked with for many years in Romania. They are bringing supplies to people wit…lnkd.in/eycWSkV7

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Showing up is not enough. Working as an "international civil servant" and many UN staff identify is not enough. Southern women's rights organisations and feminist activists challenge international development practitioners to deeply learn how to truly cen…lnkd.in/eSRw8ntX

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Intrinsic in #shiftthepower advocacy is the need to reimagine #philanthropy and #fundingpractices so that #participatorygrantmaking is put into real practice and contributes to more sustainable #globaldev that is #communityled ! Philea - Philanthropy Euro…lnkd.in/ePGu9cGZ

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What can we achieve when we act as united global citizens? Inspiring lessons from the work of CIVICA, a Romanian NGO that mobilises volunteers to support refugees fleeing the Ukrainian invasion with immediate supplies as well as longer-term support; e.g…lnkd.in/eCMqKKb7

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Connective Paths Foundation (CPF) has learned that identifying community-led organisations and building trust-based and equitable partnerships is key to genuine #participatorygrantmaking. Sharing a good article by GlobalGiving on ten reasons to support…lnkd.in/gTnptZ74

Our Regional Director just came back from a one-week mission to #Afghanistan where she heard from Afghan women directly how hard it is to live in Afghanistan today & where she engaged with UN Women's partners on the ground who continue to provide life-saving services.

KCMB Consulting developed the S.H.I.F.T. Social and Gender Norms Tool to measure shifts in social and gender norms perpetuating child marriage for Plan International. KCMB is currently adapting it to be used for measuring shifts in gender norms related to…lnkd.in/epB2btTv

Intellectual humility is a common thread running through my two life projects, KCMB Consulting and Connective Paths Foundation (CPF), and I only wish I can meet more and more development professionals that genuinely value humility, learning (and intellect…lnkd.in/e2tkNPcw

570 days since the Taliban banned teenage girls from school. Education is not a privilege, it’s a human right; a right Afghan women and girls continue to be denied #LetAfghanGirlsLearn

To #shiftthepower more people need to acknowledge their positions of power and recognise the value in creating genuine spaces to share power and keep tendencies to apply "power over" the "other" colleagues that are not from northern countries or not nort…lnkd.in/gQzypqr8

Looking forward to Partos' special symposium on #decolonising development cooperation. So excited to be part of this important conversation and witness the inspiring developments in the work done by the different communities of practice! I will also be sh…lnkd.in/egAPckxK