Human Rights and Governance

Advancing Human Rights and Governance

Ulrich Assouah

AI Literacy and Local Humanitarian Leadership in Cameroon

In this interview, we hear from Ulrich Assouah, Managing Director of IFP Humanitarian Studies, based in Douala, Cameroon. With a background in humanitarian leadership development, organisational governance, and capacity building for local NGOs and young professionals across Africa and fragile contexts, Ulrich brings a practitioner’s lens to the question of AI’s role in locally led humanitarian action.
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Ambition at a Time of Crisis and Constraint

Ambition at a Time of Crisis and Constraint: Harnessing Partnerships and AI for Global Development This paper explores how organisations can stay ambitious in
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Why Women Farmers Hold the Key to Fixing Our Broken Food Systems

Women farmers are central to fixing broken food systems, yet they remain excluded from the technologies, financing and markets needed to scale solutions. New research from CARE shows that reducing food loss and waste requires gender-responsive design, investment and partnerships. Empowering women farmers can strengthen food security, resilience and climate outcomes globally.
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Digital advisory services for smallholder farmers

Bridging Design and Scale: How AgriPath Connects Innovation in Digital Advisory Services to Sustainable Growth

Scaling digital advisory services (DAS) for smallholder farmers requires more than technology. AgriPath shows that sustainable growth depends on combining user-centred design with enabling ecosystems, viable business models and trusted community-based agents. By bridging innovation and scale, DAS can improve productivity, incomes and climate resilience across agricultural systems.
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Sustainability standards and small-scale producers: from risk management to resilience

Sustainability Standards and Small-Scale Producers: From Risk Management to Resilience

Sustainability systems must move beyond audits to meaningful engagement with small-scale producers. New guidance from ISEAL highlights how collaborative, participatory approaches can uncover root causes, strengthen resilience and improve outcomes. By recognising producers as partners and knowledge holders, businesses can build more effective, credible and regulation-ready supply chains.
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Partnering for Impact: Five Lessons for Organisations Ready to Champion Women Farmers

Strong partnerships are essential to building resilient, climate-smart supply chains. Drawing on ofi and GIZ’s multi-year collaboration, this article shares five practical lessons for empowering women farmers at scale. From aligning around shared challenges to designing inclusive, long-term programmes, it shows how partnership can unlock livelihoods, strengthen value chains and drive measurable impact.
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Fernanda Facchini, Natura

What Real Sustainability Integration Looks Like in Business, with Fernanda Facchini, Natura

Meet Social Impact Pioneer, Fernanda Facchini. She is part of the team at Natura, the Brazilian multinational cosmetics company, who are pioneering sustainable and ethical beauty products while driving regenerative practices in the Amazon rainforest. This conversation deep dives into what it takes for a commercial business to deliver social and environmental impact from its heart.
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Beatrice Medo

Supply Chain Resilience Starts with Household Resilience: What Other Sectors can Learn from Cocoa

Supply chain resilience begins at the household level. Drawing lessons from the cocoa sector in West Africa, this article explores how strengthening women’s financial inclusion, decision-making power and access to savings groups can stabilise farming families and reduce risks across global supply chains. When households become more resilient, companies gain stronger, more reliable and sustainable supply systems.
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How can we be ambitious in the face of crisis and constraint

How Can We be Ambitious in the Face of Crisis and Constraint?

As crises deepen and resources shrink, social impact leaders must do more with less. This article explores how systemic partnerships and responsible AI can unlock efficiency, scale and collaboration. By combining human-centred approaches with technology and trust, businesses and organisations can remain ambitious while driving meaningful progress on poverty, climate and inequality.
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How can companies strengthen livelihoods through their value chains?

Watch this Workshop on how companies can strengthen livelihoods through their value chains, including suppliers, distributors and employees. Through an interview-style panel and table
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How are current social and environmental challenges disrupting livelihoods?

Watch this Workshop which explores the biggest disruptive forces reshaping livelihoods, including AI and climate change. Take a deeper look at the impacts on
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AI is Working for Women Entrepreneurs — But Only at the Edges. For Real Benefits, We Need Targeted Action.

AI is helping women entrepreneurs save time, but not yet unlock the full growth potential of their businesses. Drawing on research across 3,000 women entrepreneurs in 66 countries, this article explores why AI adoption remains concentrated in marketing and communications, and what targeted action is needed to turn AI from a helpful tool into a genuine driver of resilience, productivity and growth.
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The Missing Link in Water Stewardship: Why Gender Equity is Not an Add-On

As water scarcity intensifies, businesses must rethink not only how much water they use but who is most affected by its depletion. This article explores why gender equality, disability and social inclusion (GEDSI) are essential to effective corporate water stewardship, helping companies reduce operational risks, strengthen community trust and build more resilient, equitable water management strategies.
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Good Intentions Don’t Transform Supply Chains. Better Design Could.

Despite growing commitments to gender equality, many supply chain programmes struggle to deliver real outcomes for women. This article argues the problem is not motivation but design. By rethinking how gender initiatives are structured—embedding context, capability, and evidence from the start—companies can move beyond participation metrics and create meaningful, lasting change in global supply chains.
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Together for 2026: Navigating a Shifting Social Impact Landscape

As social impact becomes more complex, politicised and contested, businesses and practitioners are rethinking how change is led and communicated. Drawing on insights from Business Fights Poverty’s Together for 2026 forum, this article explores how organisations can move beyond acronyms, build trust locally, integrate impact into core decision-making, and sustain leadership resilience in an uncertain global landscape.
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Reimagining old IT equipment before it becomes waste: How Business Can Turn Obsolete IT & Laptops into Opportunity

Reimagining Old IT Equipment Before It Becomes Waste: How Business Can Turn Obsolete IT & Laptops into Opportunity

As support for Windows 10 ends, millions of corporate laptops risk becoming e‑waste. London social enterprise SocialBox.Biz shows how businesses can repurpose redundant IT devices with open-source software, cutting emissions while tackling digital exclusion. Partnering with charities, companies can turn “old kit” into a lifeline for people facing homelessness, poverty and isolation, and strengthen ESG performance.
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Maaria Mozaffar

Legislating Humanity to Change the System, with Maaria Mozaffar

In this episode, legislative attorney and human rights strategist Maaria Mozaffar shares how inclusive policy starts with empathy, not slogans. From writing human-centred laws to challenging systemic inequity, she reveals how anyone can shape justice. Tune in for a powerful conversation on dignity, courage, and transforming disillusionment into action.
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The AI Divide Is Growing: Why the Future of Youth Entrepreneurship Rests on a Knife Edge

Artificial intelligence offers enormous potential to level the playing field for young entrepreneurs — but without urgent action, it risks deepening inequality. Drawing on insights from Youth Business International’s policy paper, this article explores how business, policymakers, and support organisations can collaborate to close the AI divide and build a more inclusive future for entrepreneurship.
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Beauty with Purpose: How Avon is Empowering Women and Driving Sustainability

Beauty with Purpose: How Avon is Empowering Women and Driving Sustainability

Avon is redefining beauty through purpose-driven sustainability. From empowering millions of Representatives to innovative cruelty-free and refillable products, Avon’s strategy integrates climate action, ethical sourcing and gender equity. This article explores how Avon’s inclusive business model and ESG commitments are creating lasting social impact across communities and supply chains.
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Climate resilience for micro-retailers

Climate Resilience for Micro-Retailers: Why this is Your Next Strategic Priority

Micro-retailers are vital to local economies and brand ecosystems, but many face repeated disruption from climate shocks. A new report from Business Fights Poverty and Mastercard Strive explores how digital financial tools can fortify, navigate and recover from climate risks, creating stability for low-income entrepreneurs and strategic value for financial institutions and supply chains.
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What do we mean by "Human Rights and Governance"?

Explore initiatives that advance human rights and promote effective governance, driving global change, enforcing equity and alleviating poverty.

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