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Localize or Perish: What You Need to Know about Localization
Localization, as a global objective, is not new. At the turn of the century, global discussions on the future of international cooperation, led by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the World Bank and the United Nations (UN) have recognized the importance of abandoning the ethnocentric and imperialist practices whereby donors and experts from the Global North impose questionable solutions to historically disadvantaged and donor-dependent countries and communities.
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Cooperation Canada Statement on Allegations Concerning WE Charity Operations in Kenya
Over the past six months, Canada’s international cooperation sector has watched with concern the evolving media coverage and investigations regarding the WE Charity and its related organizations. As a sector, we have refrained from any statements that might interfere with ongoing investigations into a charity whose internal operations remain unknown to most.
Quel panel @cooperation_ca! Représentant Equitas, @OdetteMcCarthy vient de participer à cette excellente occasion de collaborer dans le secteur en créant des espaces d'échange ouverts, sûrs et courageux qui nous permettent d'apprendre, de désapprendre et de changer nos pratiques.
What a panel discussion @cooperation_ca ! Representing Equitas, @OdetteMcCarthy just participated in what was a great opportunity to work together across the sector by creating open, safe and brave spaces of exchange that allow us to learn and unlearn and change our practices.
Thank you to @SuhaniBhushan, Tiyahna Ridley-Padmore, @OdetteMcCarthy and @gloria_novovic for your time today and for your contributions to making Advancing the anti-racist agenda in international cooperation such a valuable session. session.
Évitons les approches qui présument que tout le monde a la même expérience. Évitons de présumer que les personnes qui ont une certaine identité sont prêtes à discuter et à agir. @OdetteMcCarthy lors de notre session sur l'antiracisme
As a sector, we need to listen and check our 'white saviourism' as we address systemic racism in international cooperation.
Make an effort to:
- Provide equal access to opportunity
- Avoid tokenism
- Look at things intersectionally
- @SuhaniBhushan
(thread) Tiyahna Ridley-Padmore of @worldvisioncan:
Buy-in is critical to make real transformative change and must include 3 main stakeholders:
1. Those historically marginalized (but the burden of undoing this oppression must not be on those historically oppressed)
