By Tanul Tiwari Arts play a significant role in the healing and flourishing of humanity. They are capable of testifying to the deepest of human experiences, portraying honestly all aspects of human emotions and experiences, regardless of their desirability, political acceptance and conformity to social ideals. Contrary to this very universal nature of art, that…
The brutal gang rape of a 23 year old girl in New Delhi on December 16, 2012 and her subsequent death has spurred civil society in India into action, bringing women and men into the streets, vocal in their demands for change including safer streets, tougher laws against rape, more sensitive policing and changed social…
Attached, please find the announcement for a new Program Officer at the Ford Foundation – focused on Digital Movement Building. Program%20Officer,%20Digital%20Movement%20Building%20(717).pdf
In the final weeks of 2012, Alliance is offering a Christmas discount of 50% off new subscriptions to the magazine. The definitive resource for philanthropy and social investment professionals worldwide, Alliance magazine provides up-to-date news and in-depth analysis of the latest developments in this sector. As the only magazine of its kind with a global…
By Nadia van der Linde, Red Umbrella Fund Coordinator In April of this year, a new innovative global grant-making mechanism for and by sex workers was launched: the Red Umbrella Fund . During the first call for proposals, the fund received more than 1100 applications from 110 countries and the Fund is now getting ready…
In the wake of the African Grantmakers Network Assembly, Halima Mohamed, from Trust Africa, takes stock of the state of African philanthropy. The recent African Grantmakers Network Assembly held in Johannesburg, South Africa, provided a defining opportunity, a space where African philanthropic institutions of many varieties and orientations and African activists, thinkers and leaders, came…
Workshop reflections from Barry Knight, Centris UK, and consultant to the Foundations for Peace Network. “It’s great that this session managed to get peace out of the closet”, said a senior funder to me at the end of a workshop organized by Foundations for Peace at the European Foundation Centre conference in Belfast on 7th…
The recent European Foundation Centre (EFC) annual gathering held in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in June 2012 provided a well-attended platform for the discussion of aspects of peace and social justice. Representatives of Charitable Trusts and Foundations from across Europe and beyond considered a wide range of issues including, among other sessions: Effective Investment in Post…
At a table discussion during a convening of social justice philanthropy practitioners in February 2009 in Cairo, Barbara Ibrahim of the John D. Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement in Cairo pointed out “… where overt protest is repressed, arts and culture are a subversive way to give people voice… unfortunately from a philanthropic…
The Olga Alexeeva Memorial Prize of £5,000 will be awarded to an individual who has demonstrated remarkable leadership, creativity and results in developing philanthropy for progressive social change in an emerging market country or countries. The prize will be for the individual winner to use at their discretion. Nominations for the prize will be put…