CDA's From Where I Stand blog platform is a virtual learning forum highlighting the stories and experiences of people most affected by aid.

During the height of COVID-19, reflections on the critical need to invest in local humanitarian leadership 👇 ow.ly/BEQm50QVONc

Last week, CDA board and staff spent 3 exciting days together in Washington, DC, reflecting on the past 30 years, looking toward the future, and celebrating with long-time friends and partners.

Stay tuned for everything we have in store this year!
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Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. CDA is committed to practicing what we value most – listening, learning, and taking action to more explicitly incorporate anti-racist values and practices into our work. ow.ly/i0No50QVOej

What We're Reading 📚: 'More people need humanitarian assistance in the country than ever before during the war [...] But the aid system [...] remains a Band-Aid on a gaping wound, offering temporary relief without addressing root causes.' ow.ly/7Np350QX6BX

What We're Watching 📺: Movement for Community-led Development (MCLD) explores how to address the lack of funding to women's and girls' community groups with two women leaders pioneering ways to meet this challenge in Africa. ow.ly/jLAN50QVNwN

What We're Listening To 🎧: 'The history of Africa, by contrast, has long been relegated to the remote outskirts of our global story. What if, instead, we put Africa and Africans at the very center of our thinking about the origins of modernity?' ow.ly/UMFU50QVN7Y

What We're Reading 📚: A new review of security risk management (SRM) practices in humanitarian responses found that 'neither the benefits of SRM nor the burden of risk are shared fairly between intl organisations and local/national humanitarian actors.' ow.ly/GXNN50QNHGA

Climate change is a 'threat multiplier,' aggravating existing drivers of conflict. Conflict also weakens the ability to recover from climate disasters.

Center for Global Development podcast: Dr.Edward Miguel on 40 yrs of climate trends & conflict patterns in sub-Saharan Africa ow.ly/uFjV50QNG2C

What We're Reading 📚: Global development expert Themrise Khan Khan on why calls to 'shift the power' should move further to de-link aid from geopolitics ow.ly/o0lt50QNEG2

What We're Watching 📺: Over 20 million people in Sudan are in need of humanitarian aid, yet less than 25% are actually receiving any. ODI's Sara Pantuliano on how grassroots organizations can help deliver aid to places that INGOs can't reach👇 ow.ly/xAMC50QNCjq

FWIS Friday: In the beginning the coronavirus pandemic, CDA launched 'From Where I Stand' to share viewpoints from people around the world seeking to foster locally-driven systematic change. Sarah Cechvala shares her thoughts during this pivotal moment. ow.ly/8yGx50QJZVk

On this International Women's Day, read about how WOMEN RELIEF AID (WRA), a South Sudanese women-led NGO, 'has made a significant impact on raising awareness and engaging young South Sudanese women in understanding their roles in peacebuilding.' ow.ly/iqpV50QJZKj

What We're Reading 📚: @oxfam's Amitabh Behar breaks down how decolonization in development must be applied to organizational design, the distribution of money, and the way skill sets are valued. ow.ly/SWFa50QJZzz

Shifting power can take those w/ power into unknown & often uncomfortable territory, and it can be hard to know where to start. ow.ly/5I5450QK09s

SAS+ is developing new tools designed to support organizations, projects, or donors in shifting power. ow.ly/5tJ250QK09r

What We're Listening To 🎧: 'While many [community leaders] are optimistic, some have argued that they haven’t seen much change just yet and expressed concern about whether these indicators will translate into action.' ow.ly/kbws50QJZtK

What We're Reading 📚: 'In Somalia, a partnership between the Government, the World Bank, and the UN demonstrates how collaboration between humanitarian and development actors is critical to state-building and delivering tangible support to citizens.' ow.ly/E9ZK50QJZmw

ICYMI: Reflections from shifting the power in Bogotá

Grace Boone and Jasmine Kato-Naughton wrote about the Shift the Power Summit in Bogotá, reflecting on what it means to shift power as individuals, as organizations, and as a system.
Peace Direct Search for Common Ground ow.ly/jU5Q50QIsz1

It's the ALNAP #DayforLearning - 29 Feb 2024.

Take time out today to recommit to learning. Be bolder, more receptive and responsive to learning, embrace new approaches.

#WithLearningComesChange #UnlockLearning

What We're Listening To 🎧: '...protection and evacuation measures are usually reserved for foreign aid workers – despite local staff being the backbone of the international humanitarian system' ow.ly/lu4p50QGHtt

How to address humanitarian risk
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