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Table of ContentsInternational Women’s Day 2021What is the history of International Women’s Day?Who are some influential women within the Humanitarian Sector?Buthaina Al AnsariMoza Bint NasserMichelle ObamaMalala Yousafzai International Women’s Day 2021 International Women’s Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for hastening gender equality. Important action is seen all over the world, as groups unite to celebrate women’s achievements or rally for women’s equality. This year, the campaign theme for International Women’s Day 2021 is ‘Choose To Challenge’. This stems from women challenging themselves to [...]

  Table of Contents International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation What is Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)? Activists tackling FGM Jaha Dukureh- The Gambia Ifrah Ahmed- Somalia Ending FGM by 2030 International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation Female genital mutilation (FGM) is the ritual of cutting or removal of some or all of the external female genitalia. The practice is found in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and within communities worldwide where FGM is a common practice. It is estimated that more than 200 million women and girls worldwide have endured FGM and around 3 million [...]

Building the capacity of Local NGOs in Yemen Training Needs Analysis (TNA) Yemen NGOs in Yemen Building the capacity of Local NGOs in Yemen Using our experience of delivering capacity building projects in conflict affected areas, HAD has recently begun implementation of a capacity development project in South Yemen.  The project will target LNGOs based in South Yemen and aim to provide capacity building services through the delivery of training and mentoring programmes in the areas of strategic planning and management, programme management and quality, donor relations and partnerships and financial management. As a result of the current COVID context, all [...]

Table of Contents Remote capacity building  Scope of the capacity building project Capacity building project results Remote capacity building  The Programmes Department at the Humanitarian Academy for Development (HAD) has recently completed a project which aimed to build the capacity of LNGOs in three countries to adapt to the challenging COVID-19 context. The implementation of the project resulted in capacity building of 27 NGOs across the three countries, with 335 staff engaging in the coaching/mentoring, 117 capacity building activities and 246 days of mentoring and coaching.   Scope of the capacity building project The scope of the project was itself significant, [...]