Improving Iraq’s Economy through Supporting Young Iraqis
This week’s blog comes from GPG’s Head of Programmes Zafran Iqbal, who provides us with an insightful overview of the multi-factorial drivers of youth discontent in Iraq, and highlights areas of focus to address young...
Belarusian students expelled for their political views: Youth as the core driver of the protests
Чтобы прочитать Русскую версию, листайте ниже. In this week’s blog, GPG’s Project Officer Elizabett Yashneva explores the consequences of Belarusian President Alexander...
Empowered Women Empower Women: GPG’s work with the elected women’s network in Jordan
Batool Al-Refaai is a Senior Project Manager at GPG currently based in our Jordan office and working on the Iraq project. In this post, Batool discusses the challenges women face when trying to access leadership...
Do Crises Call for Women Leaders? Lessons from Belarus, Lebanon, and New Zealand
Emily Death is Deputy Director at GPG. In this blog, she reflects on GPG’s work on women’s political participation in Lebanon, and how recent international crises have shone a light on the need for women’s...
Parliamentary Response to Crisis: The Secondary Effects of Covid-19 on Women at Risk to Human Trafficking
Ahead of the GPG Online Conference Establishing a Regional Approach to Human Trafficking and Forced Labour, GPG Associate and Member of the UK House of Lords Jeremy, Lord Purvis of Tweed reflects on how the knock-on...
Parliamentary Response to Crisis: Lebanon needs women’s leadership as women bear the brunt of Covid-19
Written for GPG by Associate and former MP and Scottish Government Minister Margaret Curran. Adapting to the situation we are left in due to the Covid-19 crisis is crucial for companies across the globe. GPG is...
Breaking the Glass Ceiling: GPG’s work with women politicians in Lebanon
Margaret Curran writes about our work with women’s political representativity in Lebanon, the resistance these women are facing but also their perseverance and creativity. Margaret is a GPG Associate and a Former MP and...
How to promote inclusive governance in fragile and conflict-affected states: Insights from a review of the Dialogue for Stability programme
This blog was written by Knowledge, Research & Evaluation Manager Olivia Kaye. It is based on lessons from GPG’s review of NIMD’s Dialogue for Stability programme conducted in partnership with Alina Rocha Menocal...
Higher Education Reform in Egypt: Putting Students at the Centre
Adam Cygan authored this blog for GPG. He is a professor of Constitutional law and a GPG Associate. He explains the work of GPG with the Education Committee in Egypt and the EduGate Fair which took place in...
Making Local Government Work for Women
Sarah Hayward is the Former Leader of Camden Council and a GPG Associate. She writes for us about decentralization and gender. This is still a grey zone nonetheless an essential one for the experience it confers to...