Rethinking Development Podcast - 1.6 Right in Principle, Right in Practice

1.6 Right in Principle, Right in Practice

07/15/19 • 47 min

Richard Morgan has over 20 years of experience working in international development. He is currently the International Advocacy Director at Plan International. Prior to this he was the Director of the "child poverty" theme for Save the Children, where he co-founded and co-led the Global Coalition to End Child poverty. Previously he was a Senior Advisor to the Executive Director of UNICEF on the post 2015 Sustainable Development Agenda where he co-led a global consultation and policy analysis on inequalities. Richard earlier served as the director of policy and practice at UNICEF HQ where he was responsible for leading on policy, standards and practices in the areas of gender equality, children's rights, child and youth participation, social statistics and communication for development. Richard speaks to us about the MDGs and SDGs, disaggregating data on inequalities, using a human rights approach, child participation in policy processes, the interface of children's rights with economics, and more. He joins us from London, UK.

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1.5 Gender and the Environment

Leisa Perch is an international development consultant with over 20 years of experience providing both technical advice and managerial support to different international development agencies such as UN Women and UNDP. Her experience and expertise spans a number of areas including gender and women’s empowerment programming, gender and sustainable development, environmental management, climate change adaptation, post disaster recovery, sustainable livelihoods and more. Leisa previously set up and led the Rural and Sustainable Development Cluster at the International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG) in Brasilia, Brazil and worked with the UNDP Sub-regional Office for Barbados and the Organization of Eastern Caribbean states (OECS). She is also a member of the Gender in Fisheries Team and the Carribean Green Economy Action Learning Group. Leisa speaks to us about the importance of using an intersectional analytical framework, building trust in communities, listening with an open mind, working across the natural and social sciences, acknowledging that we work within ecosystems, avoiding harm and much more. She joins us from Barbados.

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1.7 Urgency, Security and Humanitarian Assistance

Paul Barker began his career as a peace corps volunteer in Iran before beginning to work with a variety of organizations primarily in humanitarian contexts in Sudan, Ethiopia, West Bank and Gaza, Afghanistan and more. Over the years he has worked on addressing the underlying causes of social issues in vulnerable areas through policy analysis, advocacy and improved program design. He has held numerous Country Director positions with CARE and Save the Children where he led programs that addressed important social issues such as emergency feeding, maternal and child health, rural credit and micro finance programs, water and sanitation, peace building, child rights governance and child protection, climate change adaptation and mitigation and more. He speaks to us about the joy of working in rural communities, working with governments, internal tracking and accounting systems, the role of the media, a sense of urgency, the role of the military, and much more. He joins us from Portland, USA.