📷 GADN Secretariat and Chair of the Board at GADN Members’ Meeting on Building Effective Anti-racist and Decolonial Practices (September 2022) © Angela Gokani Brasier
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February 2024
GADN Members’ Meeting: This GADN Members’ Meeting provided an opportunity to explore what locally-led development and decolonisation mean in practice with speakers Dr. Kamna Patel and Dr. Lata Narayanaswamy. We examined why locally-led development is gaining traction politically and discussed why decolonial approaches are still needed in the international development sector.
Read MoreMay 2023
Briefing: This briefing explores ‘reparations approaches’ and their potential contribution towards ensuring that decolonisation is a transformative response where former colonisers acknowledge, remedy and redress the devastating legacies of European colonialism and slavery. It examines what they are, why they are owed, and what international development organisations should do.
Read MoreJanuary 2023
Response: GADN is pleased to see the FCDO’s response to the IDC’s report on Racism in the aid sector and welcomes the FCDO’s ongoing and intended measures to address some of the concerns raised in the report. However, it is clear that more work is required to fully comprehend and sufficiently respond to the scale of the problems identified within the IDC’s findings.
Read MoreDecember 2022
Members’ Meeting: In this meeting, GADN, in conversation with Priyanthi Fernando and Dinah Musindarwezo, shares reflections from a recent learning paper to interrogate the roles of organisations that benefit from ‘Global North power and privilege’ in combatting global injustices.
Read MoreDecember 2022
Learning paper: Organisations that benefit from ‘Global North power and privilege’ must reassess their roles. In conversation with advocates globally, this paper explores the ways traditional redistribution of funds and other resources perpetuates colonialism and proposes changes. Critically, it spotlights the duty of such organisations to challenge Northern governments that perpetuate global injustices.
Read MoreNovember 2021
Members’ Meeting: GADN and the GADN Women of Colour Forum co-hosted author Rafia Zakaria for an event in which she unpacked and discussed the concept of ‘White Feminism’, as detailed in her latest book "Against White Feminism: Notes on Disruption".
Read MoreJune 2021
Briefing: The wave of Black Lives Matter protests around the world have brought into sharp focus the need to confront the ways in which Europe’s colonial past shapes our collective present. This briefing seeks to examine why UK aid must be decolonised and looks at some of the first steps the sector can take for achieving this.
Read MoreApril 2021
Response: GADN’s submission to the IDC Inquiry examines the historical processes that have resulted in the current structure of the international aid sector and its practical implications. The submission also addresses issues of racism in the aid sector and concludes with a set of recommendations for the UK Government.
Read MoreNovember 2020
Members’ Meeting: GADN’s November members’ meeting looked at how we can apply an anti-racist and decolonial lens to our work. The meeting introduced GADN members to the concept of ‘decolonising development’ as well discussing how we begin the process of decolonisation and what such a practise aims to achieve.
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Briefing: This primer, written by GADN’s Gender and Disability working group, seeks to support international development practitioners improve their understanding on gender and disability by highlighting the issues faced by women and girls with disabilities.
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Statement: In the wake of the recent Black Lives Matter protests, GADN’s Women of Colour Forum wrote a collective statement and recommendations on addressing systemic racism and White supremacy in the UK international aid sector.
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Statement: GADN Board and staff stand in solidarity with anti-racism activists and movements, and make our own commitments towards anti-racist work.
Read MoreJuly 2019
Thinkpiece: It has become increasingly important to think about development through the lens of intersectionality. This Thinkpiece shows how postcolonial theory also has much to offer, exploring how both intersectionality and postcolonial feminism can expand our understanding of gender, race and capitalism. Written by Sara Salem.
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