PeoplePowered: Applications for the 3rd cohort of the Rising Stars Mentorship are now open!

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Do you need help to launch or improve a participatory program? Apply for expert mentoring support! Rising Stars is the online mentorship program from People Powered that connects you with expert guidance to launch and improve participatory programs. We match advocates, policymakers and program managers seeking guidance (mentees) to on-the-ground experts who can address questions (mentors).

Child Frontiers is 15 years old

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Child Frontiers is a consulting company that promotes the care, well-being and protection of children. We provide a comprehensive package of services to development and humanitarian agencies.

Bankrupt in Birmingham? DemocracyNext

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Here the latest newsletter from DemocracyNext: "Our COO Lucy Reid, a Birmingham resident, writes about how a Citizens' Assembly could help her city in a time of crisis"

OXFAM: World’s poorest countries to slash public spending by more than $220 billion in face of crushing debt

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Published: 9th October 2023 More than half (57 percent) of the world’s poorest countries, home to 2.4 billion people, are having to cut public spending by a combined $229 billion over the next five years, reveals new analysis by Oxfam today ahead of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Annual Meetings in Marrakech.

WB'S 2023 ANNUAL MEETINGS Harnessing Institutional Investment and Finance for Development

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From October 9 to 15, join us in Marrakech and online as we bring you live events and conversations! This year’s events are being held against a backdrop of overlapping global challenges like conflict, climate change, and food insecurity.

Death Penalty: An Irreversible Torture (International Federation for Human Rights)

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On 10 October 2023, actors around the world will come together to raise awareness around the death penalty and to call for its abolition in every country. Building on the momentum gained from last year’s campaign, the 21st annual World Day Against the Death Penalty invites reflection on the relationship between the use of the death penalty and torture or other cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatme

OECD releases brief on responsible sourcing for transition minerals supply chain reliance

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"OECD Briefing Note: Responsible is reliable How responsible sourcing can address disruption factors and geopolitical risks in the supply of transition minerals", October 2023

Social Enterprise World Forum 2023

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11-12 October: Kromhouthal, Amsterdam Noord, Netherlands + online Join SEWF23 (11-12 October) to access world-class content, connect with thousands of other purpose-driven people and be part of the world’s largest social enterprise conversation. Participation options include online and in person in Amsterdam.

UN experts call for universal abolition of the death penalty

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GENEVA (9 October 2023) – The UN Special Rapporteur on extra-judicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Morris Tidball-Binz, and the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Alice Jill Edwards, reiterated their call for the complete abolition of the death penalty.

21st World Day Against the Death Penalty

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The 21st World Day Against the Death Penalty is an excellent opportunity to publicly oppose the use of this inhumane punishment and to support those who are fighting for its abolition all over the world.

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