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Most investors want to manage systemic social and environmental risks but don’t know how to do so. A report ([link removed]) by The Investment Integration Project (TIIP) provides recommendations for building the marketplace for system-level investing.


"The need for local and national actors to be at the forefront of humanitarian response and recovery efforts is evident worldwide." The Center for Strategic & International Studies released a new report ([link removed]) on localizing humanitarian action in Africa. Watch the launch event ([link removed]) and panel discussion.

Perceived threats to social identities are fueling authoritarian sentiment, driving Americans further apart and threatening the health of our democracy. Read Beyond Conflict’s latest report ([link removed]) , “Renewing American Democracy: Navigating A Changing Nation.”

In May, the FIFA president was presented with a letter ([link removed]) asking the federation to establish a remedy fund for workers and the families of workers who have suffered abuses during the construction of World Cup infrastructure. The letter was presented by a coalition including Equidem, BHRRC, Migrant-Rights.org, and Fair/Square along with other human rights, sports advocacy, and labor organizations.


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HU recently announced a new organizational strategy ([link removed]) , which provides greater clarity around our approach and helps us be in better service to our partners. Read the blog ([link removed]) by HU Managing Partner, Srik Gopal, explaining how the strategy helps to clarify what key conditions we focus on, how we do our work, and how we seek to be in relationship with our grantees and partners.

One of HU’s Managing Directors, Melanie Greenberg, was featured on the The Horizons Project podcast ([link removed]) , for a special episode focused on sensemaking as a practice for network leadership.

HU partnered with the U.S. Institute of Peace to host a panel discussion ([link removed]) focused on the challenges and opportunities the field of peacebuilding faces in implementing the principles of JDEI (Justice, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion). Read the recap ([link removed]) for recommendations to negotiate these systemic challenges.

HU was mentioned in this blog ([link removed]) by a network of foundation evaluation and learning directors for The Center for Effective Philanthropy. In response to this article ([link removed]) on grantee reporting, the blog calls for “transformational change” that goes beyond shifting reporting requirements.

​​We’re hiring! ([link removed]) We're looking for a Manager, Program Learning & Impact, Peacebuilding to bridge the gap between the Strategy, Learning & Impact function and the peacebuilding program team. We're also seeking a Senior Manager, Program Learning & Impact, Forced Labor & Human Trafficking who will bridge between HU’s core Strategy, Learning & Impact function and the Forced Labor & Human Trafficking program team.


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OTHER NEWS & VIEWS

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Congratulations to writer and journalist Dhuruba Satya Pariyar, and anti-human trafficking activit Karuna Trikhatri, who were presented with the 2022 Dranal Award for Social Justice ([link removed]) ! The award is organized by thehttps://www.darnalaward.org/people-involvedSarita Pariyar Trust Fund in collaboration with Samata Foundation to commemorate the life and legacy of social justice leader Suvash Darnal.

The Fund for Peace launched The Fragile States Index 2022 ([link removed]) . By highlighting pertinent issues in weak and failing states, the annual report identifies when pressures are pushing a state towards the brink of failure. Read the full report ([link removed]) for a political risk assessment and early warning of conflict.

The International Labor Organization (ILO) has, for the first time, recognized the right to safe and healthy working conditions in its framework ([link removed]) of fundamental principles and rights at work.

Informed by youth-led primary research in Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Kyrgyzstan, and the Western Balkans, the UN’s Thematic Review on Local Peacebuilding 2022 ([link removed]) explores how local peacebuilding is conceptualized and approached, what factors enable or inhibit the effectiveness of local-level peacebuilding interventions, and how donors can better support local actors.

Check out this new podcast ([link removed]) from the Center for Strategic & International Studies’ (CSIS) Human Rights Initiative on U.S. and European strategies to tackle human rights in global supply chains.

The Guardian explores whether the landmark Worker-driven Social Responsibility (WSR) agreement ([link removed]) will improve worker conditions and access to justice for Dalit women.

Dozens of dialogues ([link removed]) between Islamic militants and community leaders have been quietly taking place in central Mali since mid-2020. The New Humanitarian examines the negotiations ([link removed]) taking place.

The Institute of Development Studies published a study ([link removed]) that looks at media analyses of changes in international human trafficking routes from Nepal after 2015.

More than 1,000 sacked garment workers who worked at a Victoria’s Secret factory have received a $8.3m settlement. The Guardian covers ([link removed]) the recent victory of the #PayYourWorkers Campaign in Thailand.

Researchers at the University of Nottingham have conducted one of the first-ever worker-level surveys ([link removed]) of conditions in the UK fishing industry, which interviewed crews from across the Asia-Pacific Seafood industry.

The Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC) published a firsthand account ([link removed]) from a Ukrainian peacebuilder pleading for the support of local peacebuilding. Even in war, opportunities for peacebuilding still exist.

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