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12 May
2020

The Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT) is successfully supporting developing countries build an evidence base for their climate actions and policies

2020-05-12T10:21:20+00:00 By Agulhas|client stories|

by Katerina Cerna, Catherine Cameron and Mark Kelleher The 2015 Paris Agreement represented a key milestone in the fight against climate change. 187 countries ratified the Convention, committing to take urgent action to achieve a carbon-neutral and resilient world by mid-century. Countries pledged to intensify their efforts and turn commitments into action on the ground. [...]

4 May
2020

Undertaking effective M&E during COVID-19 – reflecting on lessons learned from the Agulhas independent evaluation of the Initiative for Climate Action Transparency, supported by CIFF

2020-05-04T09:57:54+00:00 By Agulhas|client stories, News from Agulhas|

by Mark Kelleher, Catherine Cameron and Katerina Cerna In the first few months of 2020 one issue has dominated worldwide: the COVID-19 pandemic, and the way that this emergency has changed patterns of living and working. Commentators have pointed to a total re-evaluation of work as we know it and business leaders have heralded the [...]

9 March
2020

Women at the centre of charge for social and political change: Reflections on 2019 – Kate Cerna

2020-03-09T12:41:52+00:00 By Agulhas|News comment and analysis|

International Women’s Day, celebrated on March 8 every year since 1911, is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. This day is not country, group or organization specific. As Gloria Steinem (feminist, journalist, activist) once explained: "The story of women's struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist nor [...]

18 February
2020

The ‘poo-litics’ of inaccessible sanitation and why international development needs to lead the way – Hiba Ahmad

2020-02-18T10:42:19+00:00 By Agulhas|Uncategorized|

One in four people[1] are unable to access basic water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services due to a systemic lack of investment in fundamental infrastructure. Access to sanitation in particular is vital to public health, but however much we like to think of it as a technical problem that can be solved by technical solutions [...]

28 January
2020

Lessons from Holocaust Memorial Day – Gideon Rabinowitz

2020-01-28T11:30:53+00:00 By Agulhas|News comment and analysis|

Monday 27 January was Holocaust Memorial Day, an opportunity to remember all those who were murdered in The Holocaust, under Nazi Persecution, and in subsequent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia, and Darfur. A common refrain for Holocaust Memorial Day is “never again”, reflecting the importance of using the day to remember how these genocides were [...]

16 December
2019

Left-behind children: an issue that the Beijing government cannot turn a blind eye on – Theodora Yeung

2019-12-16T10:56:18+00:00 By Agulhas|News comment and analysis|

This year is the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nation’s Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) – the most widely endorsed of the human rights conventions, ratified by all UN members except the United States. While there is much progress in the past few decades in enhancing and safeguarding children’s rights – be it basic healthcare, clean water, nutrition, education, etc. – there is still a lot of work to be done, not just in the world’s poorest countries, but also in rising economic powers. Quite often children’s rights and needs are neglected in these fast-developing countries’ journey to development.

27 November
2019

An Irrational Shower – Nigel Thornton

2019-11-27T12:11:31+00:00 By Agulhas|News comment and analysis|

South Africa’s response to HIV/AIDS illustrates all too well how government policy is seldom evidence based. For World AIDS Day, Agulhas Director Nigel Thornton reflects on the response to HIV/AIDS over the last three decades. Thirty years ago, in what was then called Pietersburg in the Northern Transvaal, I was only just holding onto the speaker’s Afrikaans. “This [...]

25 November
2019

VAWG: Combating Femicide in South Africa- Gemma Norrington-Davies

2019-11-25T11:16:44+00:00 By Agulhas|News comment and analysis|

There is no doubt that violence against women is a worldwide epidemic. In recent years, violence against women has increasingly grabbed media headlines, attracting the attention of high profile celebrities, influencers and governments alike.

21 November
2019

The Grand Bargain is moving the dial on humanitarian aid. But not enough – Lauren Pett

2019-11-21T11:01:00+00:00 By Agulhas|News comment and analysis|

The past fifteen years has seen humanitarian response enter into a new and challenging phase characterised by heightened risk, reduced humanitarian space, multiple highly-politicised, conflict-driven emergencies, and increased public and donor scrutiny. These accumulating obstacles are causing a growing number of organisations to turn away from traditional humanitarian action, particularly in difficult or insecure environments (see [...]

4 November
2019

Eco-fascism: How an extreme-right vision of ecological disaster and anti-migration is trying to reframe the climate debate – and how development practitioners should respond – Mona Soussi

2019-11-04T15:03:00+00:00 By Agulhas|News comment and analysis|

Eco-fascism, as defined by open democracy, can be understood as “a radical blend of ethnonationalism and authoritarianism.” It is a far right, radical environmentalism that encompasses Malthusian and white supremacist ideologies. Globally, there have been at least 16 major violent attacks clearly linked to white supremacist ideology since 2011.

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