Insights

Writing from our practice: what we are finding, what is changing, and what organisations keep getting wrong.

Two kinds: the blog, for analysis of what is changing now, and our publications - research reports, policy briefs and toolkits written with the organisations and movements we work alongside.

Blog

Latest writing.

Analysis and reflection on safeguarding, governance, accountability and AI in organisational life.

Publications

Research, briefs and toolkits.

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Toolkit

Navigating a Changing and Shrinking Civic Space: Toolkit

Developed by the Centre for Transnational Development and Collaboration (CTDC) in partnership with the FemPawer Consortium, this toolkit offers an intersectional feminist guide for navigating and resisting shrinking civic space in Arabic-speaking countries.

PDF, 2.1 MB

Research report

Peace Building Initiatives and Alternative Forms of Women’s Political Participation in Syria

This research, produced by CTDC in partnership with Release Me and ARI, captures the voices of 196 Syrian women across various regions to explore their roles in peacebuilding and political participation. Using an intersectional feminist lens, the study foregrounds grassroots activism and alternative forms of political engagement beyond formal negotiations.

PDF, 730 KB

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