@WhyDev

A registered Australian non-profit committed to getting aid and global development right.

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Join us for the #MIDPConference 09 Nov to discuss #COVID19 challenges & #careertips for #development & #humanitarian practitioners. Register here: monasharts.cventevents.com/M… @Monash_Arts @SamanthiGun @MonashUni @MonashPolsIR @saraniner @Janealver @WhyDev
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So excited about offering this program again with @WhyDev & our mentors around the world for our @Monash_Arts masters students! Have already had great positive feedback from our current batch of students.
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In @Groundviews, Buddhima Padmasiri & I discuss workers forced to quarantine in crowded housing facilities in Sri Lanka, where reports of COVID-19 infections in factories soared. Housing is long-neglected issue #apparel #globalsupplychains #FoodSecurity bit.ly/3pTK8k7
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nomorewanels@nomorewanels7 Jun 2021
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Excited to partner with @WhyDev again to offer a mentoring program for development practice students @Monash_Arts. If you work in the development & humanitarian sectors, please consider mentoring with us (inspire & guide students, develop mentoring & leadership skills!)
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Applications will soon be opening for our Colab m mentors. Want to know what it’s like to participate as a mentor in our Colab m program? Then check out this amazing blog by one of our mentors, @michellebetz, (michellebetz.com/post/wounde…). #globaldev #gettingdevelopmentright
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How does your idea of yourself as ‘one of the good ones’ get in the way of a deeper understanding of what it means to change? bit.ly/2Nu5ciq
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What a list! Recognizing all those who contribute to a more equal world, free of violence 👏🏻🥰 including those on @apolitical’s 100 - including @AislingSwaine @amgoetz @SLaurelWeldon @mlkrook @nahlav Thank you friends for the @MonashUni @WILPF @UN_Women for the nomination! – at Melbourne, Victoria
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I’m marching today on the land of the Bunurong Boon Wurrung & Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people. I’m putting down my pen & lacing up my runners today. I’m marching for justice 4 all women who have been silenced. I’m marching in solidarity, with hope. #March4Justice #WhyIMarch
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Leadership at the grassroots is VITAL for securing women's rights. My piece for #IWD2021 in #MonashLens on women's activism during COVID in Sri Lanka's free trade zones and broader garment sector bit.ly/3sQqypk @DeNedha @Monash_Arts, @GpsMonash,@cleanclothes
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An important topic, however Andrew MacLeod’s work is highly problematic & this article actually an example of bad #globaldev journalism 1/n euronews.com/2021/01/05/huma…
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Our new Medium Post: White Supremacy Culture In International Development Lives Another Day: The World Food Program Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize medium.com/we-need-to-talk-r… #WhiteSupremacyCulture #InternationalDevelopment #SystemicRacism #NobelPrize
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10 percent of the worlds military budget would end global poverty. There has always been enough. Poverty is created by design.
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Recognizing white saviorism: Where is the white community regarded as the rescuer or authority “saving” BIPOC from their ways? Rejecting white saviorism: White saviorism dangerously upholds a false narrative. The oppressor is not the savior.
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The Healing Solidarity conference is back to provide you with sustenance and fresh thinking for 2020 and help us all to welcome the change 'development' & 'aid' need. Join us? healingsolidarity.org/

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RESOURCES TO SUPPORT YOU TO BE PART OF RE-IMAGINING ‘INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT’ Read about Healing Solidarity’s work from 2018-2022 Access videos from past conferences Work with us Learn more about...

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Linear TV ads are the last bastion of terrible #globaldev engagement: “MSF broadcast a $400,000 TV fundraising campaign in Canada despite warnings from staff that it was exploitative, reinforced racist “white saviour” stereotypes & breached guidelines” theguardian.com/global-devel…

MSF ran 'white saviour' TV ad despite staff warnings over racism

Decision to show then withdraw video sparked crisis at MSF Canada, says review

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Want to know more about assessing the impact of your work? Co-hosting an event with @IDCC_Aus. Join us on Wed 16th of Sept 4pm AEST ow.ly/iXWL50BkjJs [Image The Research Contribution Framework (Morton 2015)]
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It's 2020 & somehow you thought publishing on the "History of Slavery" should a) feature 6 white male authors in your 1st part on "Global Approaches" & b) have an all-white cast for the rest of your book as well ??!! And reviewers & publisher were like "sounds good to me" ??!!
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Here's our next DAWN #vodcast with @wmyeoh. For those who don't know Weh, this amazing human being. He is a serial social entrepreneur, with his most recent one Umbo founded in 2018, with Francesca Pinzone and Ed Johnson, to comb…lnkd.in/g_mYNNm lnkd.in/gt3shkD
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The @ASRC1 proud to stand with @VicUnions now at the public housing towers to confirm we will both be partnering with the State Gov to help the families in lockdown. Our Catering Social Enterprise will deliver 1000s of meals as part of the Moving Feast network emergency response.
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Will COVID be the opportunity to #localise the int'l humanitarian system? Join this Grand Bargain Localisation Workstream webinar on 22 June to find out. Speakers from IDEA Pakistan, @BahamasRedCross, @iamCARITAS and UN RC/HC for Nigeria @EdwardKallon, bit.ly/3eahzse
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