PARTNER HIGHLIGHTS
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Saferworld has announced its Resourcing Change project, in partnership with WILPF and Women for Women International – funded by the UK’s Conflict, Stability and Security Fund – which has provided 21 women’s rights organizations in Nigeria, South Sudan and Yemen with flexible core funding and movement-building support.
The New Yorker has published a special feature from The Outlaw Ocean Project's Ian Urbina on forced labor and worker exploitation in the seafood industry.
Verité’s Supply Chain Tracing and Engagement Methodologies (STREAMS) project, funded by the U.S. Department of Labor, announced the launch of the Supply Chain Traceability Matrix, a free online resource for leveraging traceability to support labor rights in global supply chains.
Workers Center for Racial Justice (WCRJ) celebrates the passage of a groundbreaking bill that eliminates the sub-minimum wage for tipped workers in the city of Chicago. This significant achievement marks a major step in ensuring equitable pay for all workers, and makes Chicago the biggest U.S. city to independently abolish the sub-minimum wage.
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WHAT'S HAPPENING AT HU
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Humanity United, in partnership with the Sudanese American Community Development Organization (SACDO), launched a blog series to amplify the voices and perspectives of members of the Sudanese community in the United States, Sudan, and around the globe.
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Read the first entry in the blog series here.
Following our recent peacebuilding strategy refresh, Melanie Greenberg (Managing Director, Peacebuilding) and Sandy Nathan (Managing Director, Operations) sat down to discuss the strategy, how it’s anchored in our organizational strategy, and share what gives them hope. Watch their full conversation.
Bryan Sims, Director, Peacebuilding Partnerships took part in a webinar panel discussion titled Unlocking the Power of Flexible Funding. The webinar, hosted by Humentum, featured experts sharing their insights into their own organizations’ approaches to flexible funding. Watch the recording.
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WHERE YOU CAN FIND US
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Join us in Washington, DC on November 30 for a panel discussion on lasting and sustainable peace in Colombia. This panel, hosted by the University of Notre Dame's Keough School of Global Affairs and its Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, marks the seventh anniversary of the historic signing of the Colombian Peace Accord. Panelists will engage in a thoughtful discussion on the progress made since implementing the accord, the challenges that have arisen, and the opportunities that lie ahead in the journey to establish a lasting and sustainable peace in Colombia. Learn more and register to attend the in-person event.
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OTHER NEWS & VIEWS
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Human Rights Watch says that FIFA, the governing body for global soccer governing body, has broken its own human rights rules in announcing a plan for hosting the next two men’s World Cups that effectively eliminates bidding and human rights due diligence.
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