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GSDR Community of Practice
About 10 highly motivated professionals working on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda in their respective countries took the opportunity to enhance their network, expand their capacities and further work on systemic approaches. They have joined the GSDR Community of Practice (CoP) as follow-up to the Regional Workshop for Latin America and the Caribbean on the Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR). The CoP held its kick-off session on February 23rd, 2021 and second meeting on the 26th of March. The GSDR CoP will join the GLAC Community and utilize its platform for further exchange.
Magic of Leadership
Following an invitation by Pivot Projects and Tällberg Foundation GLAC members present their Leaderhip Stories during the "Pivot Week" on Wednesday, March 24, 3- 4.30pm CET. The program will combine interactive magic, conversation about transformative leadership, a meeting with the great apes of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Uganda, poetry from Kenya and music from Sweden. The event is part of the Pivot Week open to all.
GLAC Africa launches Rethinking Africa Convening (RAC)
Mobilizing the African community and diaspora to exchange on priority cross-cutting issues facing the continent especially emerging threats to peace and stability. February 25 and 26 two online panel discussions made the start of the journey: 1) Rethinking democratic violence, human insecurity and the role of local leaders with Fabrice Fifonsi (APNAC), Brigitte Dzogbenuku (MWG) and Ibrahima Niang (OSIWA) and 2) Rethinking migration and human trafficking with Paramount Chief Theresa Kachindamoto, Maxwell Matawere (UNODC) and Racha Haffar (YASM). Further steps to co-create solutions are in the making. Stay tuned!
Meet the Voices from GLAC
Voices from GLAC is a capacity building initiative that empowers members of the GLAC community in storytelling and public speaking to take their work, projects and activism to the next level. The first round of Voices from GLAC was launched in November 2020 with the grand finale of a main stage event just before Christmas. It features Dunja Bonacci Skenderović, Mome Saleem, Banu Pekol and Shirley Gunn, four women with inspiring life and work stories. See and hear for yourself.
Publication on 4IR & Ethics
Together with Karen Wendt our member Katharina Miller has edited "The Fourth Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on Ethics". The book with a foreword by Wiebke Koenig explores the basis for sustainable investment decisions in 4IR businesses and promotes life-long learning on gender equality to eliminate stereotypes and unconscious bias. In this respect another member of GLAC, Kathrin Tietze, has contributed the chapter "Beyond Gender: From Individuals to Structures."
New Impact Story - Shifting the Narrative
"You don’t have to wait to be appointed as a leader. The impact of your work makes you a leader," says Irum Ahsan, a trained lawyer and Advisor at the Asian Development Bank. After participating in the Transforming Leadership: Women, Men, Power and Potential Lab, she had gained the confidence to initiate change. And so, Irum started a project of transformation of legal courts and procedures to fight gender-based violence in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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Shifting the Narrative
"You don’t have to wait to be appointed as a leader. The impact of your work makes you a leader," says Irum Ahsan, a trained lawyer and Advisor at the Asian Development Bank. She initiated the transformation of legal courts & procedures to fight gender-based violence in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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Combatting Human Trafficking in the Horn of Africa
Hussein Ahmed Wolle is a social entrepreneur and activist with 15 years’ experience in the Afar region, one of the most unstable and poor regions in Ethiopia. In his new project Hussein is guided by the vision of safety for children and women and a smuggling- and trafficking-free Ethiopia in 10 years.
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Empower Women and Children against Trafficking
Hellen Tanyinga Lunkuse Waiswa is the founder and executive director of Rape Hurts Foundation (RHF). Being a victim of Gender Based Violence herself, she has dedicated her life to creating a world in which women and children are able to realize their full potential.
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Dr. Ajay Tejasvi, Collaborative Leadership for Development, The World Bank
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