Measuring what we value: the case for a Basic Care Basket
Globally, the undervaluation of care reflects deep-rooted structural challenges, such as the persistent invisibility of unpaid labor in economic measurements and policy debates.
Retracing Our Steps to the Summit of the Future
Southern Voice recently gathered in New York with global colleagues for the United Nations’ Summit of the Future, which took [...]
Three spaces of change for reorienting North-South research partnerships
What are some of the challenges that researchers from the Global South face when engaging in development research initiatives, and how can resetting the relationships that underpin North-South collaborations help? What are the pivotal areas where change is needed?
Envisioning an equitable future for research across the North-South Divide
This synthesis paper brings together perspectives from across the Global South and North to explore the complexities and challenges of promoting equity in research. Findings reveal that while actors in the Global North—particularly research for development funders—most often focus on reshaping research partnerships and advancing equity as an end goal in itself, those in the Global South view equity as integral to broader systemic transformations within the development knowledge ecosystem.
Fostering Collaboration among Young Think Tankers in the Global South
Key Messages The perspectives of youths in Global South think tanks must be actively included in international development discourse [...]
Making the Global Digital Compact work for all women and girls: priorities from the Global South
The Global Digital Compact also has to lay the foundation for a fair, effective and inclusive digital safety regulatory framework.
The state of global inequality: how we’re taking stock
Across the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the state of inequality. Existing gaps in opportunity and quality of [...]
Leaving no one behind in digital delivery of public services: project synthesis
While the rapid shift to digital platforms enabled many people around the world to continue to study and work despite movement restrictions, it also revealed significant disparities and gave rise to new inequalities.
Building back better: global priorities for a new social contract
As COVID-19 became a pandemic, the universal nature of the crisis put the focus on inequalities within countries.
