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Thuraya Hijazi

Transformative Pathways

In our journey as a feminist organisation working in complex and challenging contexts, we went through phases where we were completely alone — with no funding, no support, and with extremely limited resources. In those moments, we had only a few by o... Read More

Dr Aziza Khalidi

Collective for Research and Training on Development-Action

Working with CTDC on a research project on localisation within an advocacy programme promoting women’s economic rights demonstrated the capacity of my CTDC colleagues to adopt an approach that blends rigorous academic inquiry with hard core activism.... Read More

The Team

Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom

Working with CTDC over the past eight years has been nothing short of transformative. Their intersectional feminist politics are not just theoretical, they inform every aspect of how they collaborate, facilitate, and co-create. Whether through their ... Read More

Yaaser Al zaiat

DocStream

Working with CTDC has been one of DocStream’s most rewarding editorial partnership. A true blend of professional rigor and intellectual curiosity. Few match CTDC’s respect for true language and original research, paired with such a warm and thoughtfu... Read More

Hana Hamood Abbas

Public Aid Organisation

CTDC has been a powerful learning space—one that taught me the value of collective thinking and speaking ideas into being.My journey with the Centre began in 2017, when I attended my first session facilitated by Dr. Nof Nasser-Eddin and Dr. Nour Abu-... Read More

Christy Fujio

Synergy for Justice

As the principals of CTDC, Nour and Nof bring an incredible combination of dynamic thinking, fresh perspectives, academic rigour, and flexibility. Their ability to dive into difficult topics, analyse the data, and describe key findings in clear and c... Read More

Dima Moussa

The Syrian Women’s Political Movement

In the early founding stages of the Syrian Women’s Political Movement (SWPM) and the development of internal governance, so that it distinguishes itself from other Syrian bodies as a political and feminist movement, we worked with CTDC’s Dr. Nour Abu... Read More

The Team

Women Now for Development

We have partnered with CTDC since 2023, they provided a consultancy focused on strengthening the governance and internal structure of Families for Freedom movement. Before this collaboration, we had actively searched for governance expertise that com... Read More

Professor Mariangela Palladino

MADAR Network Plus

We were fortunate to be able to engage CTDC for a number of training sessions on research ethics and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) within the context of international research. The sessions were delivered to a cross-sector, international team a... Read More

Fos Feminista

International Alliance for Sexual and Reproductive Health, Rights & Justice

As an Alliance of over 250 organisations and allies worldwide advancing SRHRJ for women, girls and gender diverse people through healthcare and advocacy, working with CTDC to understand better how our partners define a humanitarian setting and what t... Read More

Kvinna till Kvinna MENA Team

Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation

As Kvinna till Kvinna in MENA, we have truly loved working with CTDC. They are professional, deeply knowledgeable about the MENA context, and bring a rare and valuable feminist perspective to their work—something few can do in the region. They excel ... Read More

Tracy C. Kajumba

International Institute for Environment and Development

CTDC supported us to do power analysis in institutional partnerships as part of our two-year research on  Ethical and Equitable Partnerships. Nour and Nof (co-directors of CTDC) provided professional and technical guidance and teased out the manifest... Read More

Oula Ramadan

Badael

Badael’s collaboration with CTDC dates back to 2019, and over the years, our partnership has taken many forms. What consistently stands out is CTDC’s unique ability to bring difficult, often uncomfortable questions to the table, questions that challe... Read More

Dr Deema Kaedbey

The Knowledge Workshop

Grateful to have CTDC providing support for feminist organisations on organisational strengthening. Nof and Nour's approach combines strong feminist values with practicality coming from long years of experience, and this is exactly what we neede... Read More