Approaches to human rights issues and its implications for philanthropists

Magazine

Welcome to the first Philanthropy Impact Magazine of 2017. This issue is focused on human rights issues and implications for philanthropists and features articles from key philanthropists, human rights organisations and stakeholders.

The Arcus Foundation is pleased to be partnering with Philanthropy Impact and to be sponsoring this edition of the magazine. To read more about the Arcus Foundation please visit www.arcusfoundation.com

Magazine contents

What philanthropic intermediaries bring to the table

28 March 2017

Magazine article

The Arcus Foundation is pleased to sponsor this issue of Philanthropy Impact focused on different philanthropic approaches to supporting human rights. The fast-paced and ever-changing political, economic and cultural landscape...

Don’t think ‘lawsuit’: think ‘dignity’

28 March 2017

Magazine article

As a human rights funder, unsurprisingly I see human rights relevance everywhere, from antiviolence to xenophobia. So when Dreilinden started in 2007, we joined the new Ariadne Network – European...

The final frontier: using technology to strengthen human rights frameworks

11 April 2017

Magazine article

In early 2012, a three-year-old child called Amal* was brutally raped in a New Delhi slum by her neighbour. The rape left the child with horrendous internal wounds that would...

Why tackling poor vision can help advance the human rights agenda

11 April 2017

Magazine article

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UNHR) , adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 10 December 1948, was the foundation for the growth of global development activity, providing...

Breaking the cycle

27 April 2017

Magazine article

The human rights space, and the community of philanthropists and institutions that support it, is as complex as the issues it seeks to tackle. In the last two decades, investment...

The UN guiding principles on business and human rights and their role for non-profit organisations

7 June 2017

Magazine article

In June 2011, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted unanimously the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (the ‘UN Guiding Principles’ or ‘UNGPs’). The UN Guiding Principles...

The evolving agenda of the business of human rights

7 June 2017

Magazine article

Human rights-based strategies are designed to redress deeply ingrained inequalities, and they aim to enable everyone to participate fully in economic, social and cultural affairs towards the progressive realisation of...

Defending the defenders: how funders can respond to increased dangers facing human rights and environmental defenders

7 June 2017

Magazine article

Some maintain that God put nonhuman animals on earth to provide for the needs of their human masters. Over the past half-century, growing numbers of people have come to recognise...

Human rights: the bedrock of philanthropy

22 June 2017

Magazine article

Corporations, civil societies, and philanthropic organisations and individuals are increasingly playing a crucial role in achieving human advancement. The Sustainable Development Goals, the world’s latest political promises, repeatedly call on...

Funding the frontlines: the value added of radical, collaborative sharing

22 June 2017

Magazine article

Human rights funding today is more and more shaped by regional and local contexts shifting away from the traditional ‘Northern’- dominated model. One of the basic goals of such funding...

Humility matters: building a future we can all live with

6 July 2017

Magazine article

“Development then entails disseminating this modern, scientific, and sophisticated knowledge to inform and uplift the rural masses. Knowledge flows in one direction only – downwards – from those who are...