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  • Majority World Voice: How to organize convening spaces on LLD

    Majority World Voice: How to organize convening spaces on LLD

    Learn more about and join the commitment letter from majority world CBOs on convening spaces for LLD.

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  • Loren Reyes – Ikapitbisigmo

    Loren Reyes – Ikapitbisigmo

    This month’s column features Loren Reyes of Ikapitbisigmo. Loren is an advocate for inclusive development, and co-founder of Ikapitbisigmo Cooperative. Loren shares about the power of building a strong network, how she began following a community-led approach, and more.

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  • International Women’s Day 2023

    International Women’s Day 2023

    “The world will never realize 100 percent of its goals if 50 percent of its people cannot realize their full potential,” said Ban Ki-Moon, Former United Nations Secretary-General in reference to the post-2015 international development agenda

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  • Farmers Spearheading Community Led Development in Liberia

    Farmers Spearheading Community Led Development in Liberia

    By Ian Smith* This article was originally published by Foodtank at this link. The Movement for Community Led Development in Liberia (MCLD-Liberia) is helping farmers address challenges with home-grown solutions. Through these efforts, they are working to empower women and youth and to ensure that international development in their country is driven by communities. In…

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  • Disability Inclusion in the Practice of CLD

    Disability Inclusion in the Practice of CLD

    Our February 2023 global call was inspired by the dynamic participation of disability rights groups in our January 10th call and our recognition that these two movements needed to join forces. This call was not a one-time event but rather the beginning of a journey and a commitment to an every-day negotiation. Join us! Watch…

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  • MCLD Listening Cafés: Bring your voice to our transition

    MCLD Listening Cafés: Bring your voice to our transition

    MCLD has begun a process to co-create our future. At this time, we have designed an outreach conversation with members and other stakeholders that will take the form of a Listening Café. We invite you to sign up for a 45-minute meeting to bring your voice to this moment of transition while we intentionally listen.…

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  • Emmanuel Singa – l’Engagement Communautaire et de Mobilisation Sociale

    Emmanuel Singa – l’Engagement Communautaire et de Mobilisation Sociale

    Emmanuel Singa works on issues of community engagement and social mobilization that enable the community to take local initiatives for development while building on available local resources. In this month’s article, Emmanuel unpacks his vision for MCLD-RCA and his conception of community-led development.

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  • Addressing Nutrition Crises in South Asia

    Addressing Nutrition Crises in South Asia

    On February 1, the Movement for Community-led Development partnered with InterAction on their next Big Think session on U.S. Global Food Security Response: Zeroing in on Local Leadership. In a thoughtful discussion moderated by MCLD-Uganda’s Sophie Kange, participants came together to learn about the U.S. global food security response from the perspectives of local and…

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