Harvesting Evidence of Sustainable Change: Advancing Impact Evaluation through Outcome Harvesting
In our work as a peacebuilding organisation, we often operate in restrictive and complex environments. Our interventions frequently focus on fostering changes in relationships and behaviour that ensure people and communities can fully exercise their rights—whether by addressing harmful gender norms that hinder people from flourishing, responding to the ongoing impacts of intergenerational trauma in … Read more
Four projects closed after unprecedented cuts to US international development funding
At the end of February, we learned that United States funding for four of our projects has been terminated. This leaves us in a very challenging financial position but we are determined to find a way through. Disastrous news for the world’s most vulnerable communities In late January, the new American administration decided to suspend … Read more
Meet the Inspiring Women Protecting their Communities’ Rights and Environment
Southeast Asia’s rich environment has been threatened by mining, fast-growing timber, and natural rubber harvesting. Indigenous Communities who have lived off the forest for centuries face displacement, worsened by weak regulation and little government protection of ancestral lands. Their ‘David versus Goliath’ struggle can feel hopeless, yet small stories of hope are creating ripples of change. Cord … Read more
Reflections from the Field: Supporting Women Environmental Defenders to Influence Policy
In November 2024, I took part in a needs assessment for Cord’s EMPOWER programme, which supports Women Environmental Defenders (WEDs) across the Mekong region. As part of this process, we visited several sites in Cambodia and held focus group discussions and interviews with WEDs, men human rights defenders (MHRDs), powerholders and civil society actors. Seven EMPOWER partners … Read more
