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This research, led by CTDC in collaboration with the Lebanese partners of the FemPawer regional programme, examines how localisation is understood and...

Developed by the Centre for Transnational Development and Collaboration (CTDC) in partnership with the FemPawer Consortium, this toolkit offers an int...

This research, produced by CTDC in partnership with Release Me and ARI, captures the voices of 196 Syrian women across various regions to explore thei...

The Ma3azef Accountability and Safeguarding Assessment was conducted by the Centre for Transnational Development and Collaboration (CTDC) in response...

The CTDC Toolkit, titled “Organisational Safeguarding Best Practices and Procedures: A Toolkit Towards Transnational Intersectional Feminist Accountab...

The CTDC Political Participation Toolkit, titled “Political Participation through an Intersectional Feminist Lens: Practical Tools for Building Transn...

This report presents the findings of a gender-sensitivity assessment of Syrian civil society organisations (CSOs) conducted across Syria, Turkey, Leba...

The CTDC Toolkit for Trainers in Arabic-Speaking Countries, titled “Trainings on Gender, Sexuality, and the Body”, is a comprehensive resource develop...

This policy brief provides a framework for inclusive and context-sensitive approaches to LGBTQ rights in the MENA region. It critiques the limitations...

This policy brief examines the legal, political, and social landscape shaping LGBTQI rights in Tunisia, and outlines how civil society organisations c...

This policy brief examines the gaps in legal, psychosocial, and community-based support for non-normative refugees and asylum seekers in the UK, parti...

Following the public display of a rainbow flag during a Mashrou’ Leila concert in Cairo on 22 September 2017, Egypt launched an aggressive crackdown a...

This policy brief examines the deeply entrenched practice of honour killings across the MENA region, highlighting the structural, legal, and cultural...

This policy brief builds on CTDC’s earlier report Conceptualising Sexualities in the MENA Region, proposing a practical shift in advocacy strategies f...

This report challenges the application of rigid LGBTQI identity frameworks in humanitarian, advocacy, and development contexts across the MENA region.

This policy brief addresses the urgent rise of HIV/AIDS cases in the MENA region, especially among marginalised groups such as men who have sex with m...

This policy brief calls for a gendered, intersectional, and long-term approach to the refugee response in Turkey, particularly concerning Syrian refug...

This report presents a qualitative gender analysis of the conditions faced by Syrian refugees in Turkey, with a specific focus on women, girls, and LG...