Crystal Simeoni, the Director of NAWI Collective, shares tips for decolonizing, deconstructing, bravery, and joy in development. International development gets so much wrong, but there are ways to be better. Some of Crystal's tips include: align your operations with your values, give up power, center care, and just get it done. You know what you need to do; stop analyzing and act. A few other key pieces of advice: "slow it way down," "pull your head up from your laptop," and "the narrative of capacity is a lie." Crystal helps think about redefining success, and who gets to build the future. And if she could wave a magic wand, Crystal would have a feminist audit firm take charge of operations.
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Move faster: Finding ways to support GBV Survivors with Cash Services (English)
Move faster: Finding ways to support GBV Survivors with Cash Services (Arabic)
Efficient, Effective, or Inexpensive: Looking at Cost Efficiency for Impact, Not Just Savings
Gender Equality in Savings Groups: Women Cannot Do It Alone
Designing Cash Programming to Reduce Gender Based Violence (English)
Designing Cash programming to reduce gender based violence: Part 2 (Arabic)
Designing Cash to reduce Gender Based Violence (Arabic)
Get Beyond Your Own Assumptions
Treat the System, Not the Disease
We are not superior: lessons on working authentically with local organizations
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Don't Try to Win: Lessons from innovation failures in the humanitarian sector
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Study, analyze, adjust quickly: the Bihar Technical Support Program's concurrent measurement and learning approach
We are not immune: unlearning white supremacy in international development
Fail Again. Fail Better.
Data in the time of COVID
Dream Big, But Move Methodically
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