E-Paper Through a different lens Examining women amateur filmmakers' narratives before and after the Taliban in Afghanistan Published: August 2023 Activists and amateur women filmmakers have played a pivotal role in capturing the realities of life under the Taliban rule. They have utilised social media platforms such as YouTube and Twitter to obtain an unfiltered perspective of Afghanistan. This E-Paper explores the insights that can be gained from these films in our efforts to understand the current crisis that women in Afghanistan face.
E-Paper Feminist Development Policy #4: Funding beyond power differentials A Pathway towards feminist global Collaboration This recommendation paper offers development practitioners and organisations some reflections to shift international development policy towards intersectional Feminist Global Collaboration.
E-Paper Data for Environmentally Sustainable and Inclusive Urban Mobility By Anusha Chitturi and Robert Puentes Published: June 2023 This report specifically examines the opportunities that exist for U.S. cities to use mobility data to improve transportation's environmental sustainability, accessibility, and equity.
E-Paper Mobility Data for a Just Transition: The Case for Multimodal Platforms and Data-Driven Transportation Planning By Paul Schneider and Thorsten Koska Published: June 2023 This strategy paper considers possible ways to use mobility data for improving environmental sustainability and equitable access to transportation in Germany.
Magazine Politics of Denial and Dealing with the Past in Western Balkan Published: 24.05.2023 The Belgrade and Sarajevo offices of the Heinrich Böll Foundation, together with our editor Miloš Ćirić, have invited relevant voices to reflect on what was achieved over the past decades in the fields of documentation, memorialization, and processing of recent history.
E-Paper Legacies of conflict Local peacebuilding in now Taliban - controlled Afghanistan Published: April 2023 Seventeen months after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan on 15 August 2021, little has been done to address local level grievances and disputes that have fuelled decades of conflict. This report, based on field research conducted from October 2021 to March 2022 in Helmand province, strongly argues that these grievances risk erupting into renewed violence and further destabilising the country.
Policy Brief Another Lost Decade or a Decade of Action? Debt Relief for a Green and Inclusive Recovery By Marina Zucker-Marques Published: April 2023 Climate-related shocks are becoming more frequent and severe. More than ever, countries must invest in climate resilience and just transitions, but for many emerging market and developing economies, high debt burdens put achieving climate and development goals out of reach. A new policy brief explains the proposal advanced by the Debt Relief for Green and Inclusive Recovery (DRGR) Project.
Report Debt Relief for a Green and Inclusive Recovery Guaranteeing Sustainable Development By Luma Ramos, Rebecca Ray u.a. Published: April 2023 The report analyzes new data on the level and composition of sovereign debt for emerging markets and developing economies and its relationship to climate vulnerability. It estimates the size of debt restructuring and suspension necessary for countries in or at high risk of debt distress to achieve debt sustainability and put them on a path towards meeting their development goals and climate commitments.
Policy Brief Downstream due diligence A must-have for the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive By der Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung and Germanwatch e.V. Published: March 2023 Together with the Supply Chain Law Initiative, SOMO, Swedwatch and Germanwatch, we show in this short position paper why due diligence in downstream value chains is necessary and how it can be implemented. We also make key recommendations fort he EU supply chain law.
Policy Paper Watching the Donors Conference for the People of Turkey and Syria By Dr. Şerif Onur Bahçecik Published: March 2023 The earthquakes that occurred in Turkey on 6 February 2023 are considered the most devastating earthquakes in recent history. On the occasion of the donor conference for the victims of the Kahramanmaraş earthquakes on 20 March 2023, the policy paper by Onur Bahçecik sheds light on the international response to this catastrophe and in particular addresses the political-economic consequences.