Traditional philanthropy has a problem. The top-down, hierarchical power structure often undercuts efforts to make lasting change. In fact, the system itself can mirror the very conditions that ...

The Covid-19 pandemic shines a spotlight on the precariousness of societies that value the lives of the wealthy (as well as those perceived as healthy) more than the lives of those without. Systems ...

Recommendation (2018)4, adopted by the Ministers’ Deputies in March 2018, calls upon the authorities at all levels to adopt policy and measures to encourage and reinforce the participation of citizens ...

Nathan Bonham successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation “Empowering Participatory Decision Making Under Deep Uncertainty: Novel Algorithms and Interactive Tools applied to Colorado River Post-2026 ...

What would happen if a group of nonprofit leaders got together to decide how to split up a pot of money, with no input from the grant maker? It would offer a rare break from the usual routine of ...

Participatory grantmaking is an approach where the decision-making power over where and how funds are allocated lies with the communities directly affected. We use this approach to challenge the ...

This path remains dependent on the struggle of feminist organizations, the role of leftist and progressive parties, the strength of trade unions, in addition to supportive public policies and laws, ...