To walk us through what this shift looks like, we’ll speak with Ashoka Fellow Joaquim de Melo, founder of Banco Palmas, Brazil’s first community bank that opened its doors 25 years ago.

The third Afghanistan Legal Research Network symposium of 2023, hosted by the Max Planck Foundation, discussed the challenges faced by people with disabilities currently in Afghanistan and highlighted the intersectional challenges faced by women and girls with disabilities and by those in rural areas. Recommendations to advocate for these rights to be upheld were considered.

This event is presented by the Critical Education Leadership and Policy Research Group (Manchester Institute of Education, The University of Manchester).

Mr Toily Kurbanov (left), Executive Coordinator of the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme, talks to AP1 Television’s Sama Thapa during an interview. He is joined by Dichhen Tamang (centre), a national UN Youth Volunteer Public Health Officer with UNDP.