What makes decolonisation so difficult for the humanitarian, development and peacebuilding system? Why is change taking so long? These are the pressing, difficult questions we tackle in the penultimate episode of The Problem with Partnerships. Our guests explore the limitations of good intentions and discuss the complexity of shifting power dynamics to foster genuine partnerships based on respect and dignity.



Shownotes

Use the action pack from this episode: https://www.peacedirect.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/TPWP-Action-pack-Episode-5-Good-intentions-arent-enough.pdf.

Transforming Partnerships guide: https://www.peacedirect.org/transforming-partnerships/

Gunjan references Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People, by Mahzarin R. Banaji, Anthony G. Greenwald.



Speaker biographies:

Dr Véronique Barbelet. Veronique is an independent humanitarian policy researcher and a Research Associate with the Overseas Development Institute’s Humanitarian Policy Group.



Gunjan Veda: Gunjan’s the Executive Director of the Movement for Community-Led Development, or MCLD. It’s a network that works to shift power so that low-income communities can achieve their own visions and goals. 



Chernor Bah: Chernor recently became the Minister of Information and Civic Education in Sierra Leone. He’s also the Co-founder of Purposeful, a feminist hub for girls’ activism, rooted in Africa and working all around the world. Purposeful’s mission is to ensure that girl activists and their allies have access to the resources, networks, and platforms they need to power their activism and remake the world for themselves.



Ishani Ida Cordeiro: Ishani is the Advocacy & Accountability Manager at Women Enabled International. She is a gender rights activist and human rights lawyer from India.