Education
Impact Without Imposition: What Role for Northern Academics in the Global South?
Three principles for rethinking and changing scholarly behavior.
Tag: Africa
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The Ghost Workforce the Tech Industry Doesn’t Want You to Think About
Outsourcing and contract employment models have allowed the tech industry to obscure its terrible labor practices for years. A surging movement of these workers has had enough.
Human Rights
Approaching Gender Equity Through Indigenous Knowledge and Customs
A trial program that worked with couples in rural Zimbabwe shows the potential of a locality-based approach.
Nonprofits & NGOs
The Nonprofit Decolonizing Itself
OneVillage Partners is transforming the meaning of partnership by shifting from community-led programs to becoming a community-led organization. | Open access to this article is made possible by OneVillage Partners.
Environment
Conjuring Liquid Gold from Air
The nonprofit Dar Si Hmad utilizes the ancient technology of fog harvesting to address water scarcity in Morocco.
Economic Development
The Invisible Rural Access Barrier
More than one billion people live in rural, isolated areas in low-income countries. Improving their access to roads and transportation is a prerequisite to unlocking better health, education, and economic outcomes.
Scaling
Shifting Power to African Organizations
Local social enterprises need support for scaling up.
Nonprofits & NGOs
Not Invented, But Scaled Here
What big international NGOs—BINGOs—need to learn about growing external social enterprise solutions.
Education
Unlocking Africa’s Human Potential
A change-management program on human resources development aimed at mid-career professionals is helping African companies expand.
Human Rights
Justice for Liberia’s Forgotten War
Alain Werner and Hassan Bility have teamed up to pursue expat Liberians accused of horrific war crimes. They have succeeded in winning justice abroad, but can they secure justice in Liberia itself?