Southern Voice welcomes new Steering Committee members
Southern Voice welcomes three new members to our Steering Committee, each representing Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the [...]
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02, 2025
1 for 8 Billion welcomes partners from the Southern Voice network
This news item was originally published by 1 for 8 Billion on February 10th, 2025. The 1 for 8 [...]
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04, 2025
South-South Collaborations to Catalyse the Emergence of a New World
In a bold departure from traditional North–South dynamics, eight Global South organisations formed the South-to-South collective. With backing from the Ford Foundation and IDRC-Canada, they are challenging entrenched power imbalances in global evaluation, advancing decolonial and equitable research approaches led by Southern voices across Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
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04, 2025
Global North Dominance Watch: Building Alternative Development Narratives
Rooted in amplifying marginalised voices, we champion participatory democracy through community-led research. Post-MDGs, we created ground-level panels highlighting gaps in global frameworks. During COVID-19, Praxis India launched COLLECT across 70 Indian districts, using real-time data to sustain grassroots action and strengthen communities' role in shaping development decisions.
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04, 2025
InteliGente: Building Paths of Equality with Artificial Intelligence
InteliGente, launched in 2021, promotes equity in AI development by educating young people in Latin America to create socially impactful solutions. Partnering with global AI networks, it addresses the AI divide between the Global South and North, fostering ethical AI use and empowering underserved communities with locally relevant innovations.
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04, 2025
Programme Point Sud: Convivial Knowledge Production at the Heart of North-South Collaboration
The Point Sud programme fosters dialogue on innovative research between scholars in Germany and Africa. It promotes equitable North-South academic collaboration by addressing knowledge hierarchies and structural inequalities. Since 2009, it has supported 98 workshops with over 2,200 participants from 65+ countries, coordinated by Goethe University Frankfurt and Point Sud Bamako.
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04, 2025
GENSA: A Movement for Gender Equity in South Asia
Before its official launch in 2020, GENSA was just an idea shared by passionate individuals seeking a platform for gender and equity in South Asia. Born from deep commitment rather than corporate agendas, it grew from discussions, volunteer efforts, and a vision to drive change. This is the story of GENSA’s journey.
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02, 2025
Empowering Southern Leadership: Transforming Global Research Partnerships through the IRMSDP
The International Research Management Staff Development Programme (IRMSDP) advances equity in global research partnerships by promoting Southern leadership and shifting power dynamics. Spearheaded by the Science for Africa Foundation and ARMA UK, it fosters collaboration, knowledge exchange, and co-creation of research management tools to strengthen African research institutions and support inclusive, impactful research.
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02, 2025
Re-Thinking Recruitment Approaches Is Crucial to Developing Doctoral Research Capacity in Africa
There is growing interest in expanding the number of PhD graduates in Africa to strengthen research capacity and innovation. However, recruitment challenges highlight structural barriers, including donor expectations, diversity goals, and institutional constraints within African higher education.
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02, 2025
Advancing Social Research: Tales from Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste
I want to share two stories from my work in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Timor-Leste. The first story from PNG highlights development work supported by the local government in New Ireland Province. The second example is from Timor-Leste and focuses on the country’s adoption of the ‘Principles of Human Fraternity’, led by President Jose Ramos Horta in 2021-2022
