Opinions - 25 March 2021 Forty years recognising excellence Forty years have passed since the signing of the founding charter of the Princess of Asturias Foundation in Oviedo, a small, ancient city in northern Spain. In the present times…
Delphine Moralis Opinions - 25 March 2021 Mainstreaming children’s rights: an investment for a better tomorrow This piece was originally published on Alliance Magazine on 24 March Thirty-one years after the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the…
Leslie Johnston Opinions - 2 March 2021 Addressing the dual crises of climate breakdown and deepening inequality The dual crises of inequality and climate change call for urgent, bold action. These crises represent the visible manifestation of a broken economic system – one that no longer protects…
Joy Morozov Opinions - 24 February 2021 The importance of networks for positive change “Liberté, égalité, fraternité!” is a slogan that resonates as strongly today as it did back in 1789 when it was first uttered in revolutionary France. It certainly resonated with me…
Gerhard Pulfer Opinions - 17 February 2021 Displaced and disrupted, but not deserted This blog was originally published on the Porticus website. Over the last seven months, we’ve seen COVID-19 disrupting education all over the world, but…
Calala staff Opinions - 4 February 2021 Towards a feminist and anti-racist philanthropy Calala Women’s Fund, Anti-racist Collaborative Statement The year 2020 saw a severe increase in inequalities due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and it saw the spotlight placed on long-standing…
Opinions - 18 January 2021 Keeping dialogue open, working together, and building back better Read the original version of this blog in Greek on the HIGGS CSU website 2020 will be remembered as the year COVID-19 upended every…
Rien van Gendt Opinions - 15 January 2021 Blended value: financial returns, SDGs and gender in harmony This blog originally appeared on the Rien van Gendt Philanthropy Services website on 11 January 2021 How enlightened would it be, if foundations were…
Opinions - 8 January 2021 Rising to the challenge At the end of a turbulent year, many of us were following the US elections with our hearts in our mouths, hoping that our friends across the pond would vote…
Hal Plotkin Opinions - 6 January 2021 Leadership styles matter: The key finding for grantmakers and grantees from the Virtual Summit on Impact This blog first appeared on the Alliance magazine website in December 2020 How can grantmakers be sure the programs they fund have the maximum possible impact? For grantmakers,…
Michael Fembek Opinions - 3 December 2020 Making events accessible is a journey, not a goal Since COVID-19 hit the world in March 2020, the topic of accessible events and gatherings is more important than ever. Most conferences and meetings of all kinds have been re-invented…
Carola Carazzone Opinions - 25 November 2020 Reflecting on 25 years of progress for gender equality – and how far there is to go This blog also appears on the Alliance blog| Image credit: Designed by Freepik Twenty-five years ago, the World Conference on Women in Beijing…