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Gendering HIV and AIDS
Last month VSO’s Rachael Stokes and Makena Mwobobia attended the 56th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. Rachel’s comment on the session: “The underlying message appears to be that we simply cannot afford to wait” captures the spirit of our new position paper on Gender… Read more »
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Acting together for a just world
I’m happy to be in Montreal this week for the 10th anniversary of the CIVICUS World Assembly – a global gathering of civil society to promote their ethos “acting together for a just world”. This year’s theme is ‘Civil Society and Global Decision-Making: doing it better’.
I started the day with my colleagues… Read more »
Time to pay health workers a living wage
Valuing Health Workers is a VSO-led advocacy initiative. Here in Cambodia, we have been talking to health workers about what they enjoy about their job and about the challenges they face. It’s often said that health staff in Cambodia are ‘de-motivated’ – evident in work absenteeism and a lack of quality… Read more »
Planting the seeds of climate change work
On my recent trip to Nigeria and Kenya I saw how VSO’s climate change work has a potential to deliver much greater assistance to those facing the impacts of climate change.
Building Nigeria’s Response to Climate Change (BNRCC) is the most comprehensive climate change programme we have undertaken. It was clear… Read more »
VSO at the Commission on the Status of Women
In February, VSO sent a small delegation to the United Nations 55th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York, as part of our commitment to increase our work on gender over the next two years.
NGOs from around the world gathered on Monday 21 February for… Read more »
Developing a climate change strategy
I visited Bangadesh as part of my work to develop VSO‘s climate change strategy to learn more about VSO Bangladesh’s priorities and to visit project partners along the coastal south-west of Bangladesh.
My first impression of Bangladesh is probably similar to others’ who have visited. Dhaka, is intense and chaotic. A… Read more »
