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‘Gender is not about equality but equity’
Opportunity International's CEO Sam Bickersteth writes about renewing our commitment to address injustices of gender inequality as we answer International Women’s Day 2021’s call to challenge bias…
Read MoreChallenging Inequality - International Women's Day
Opportunity International empowers and respects women in every programme we design, donation we receive and plan we make. This years' theme for International Women’s Day #ChooseToChallenge inequality…
Read MoreRemapping Change: Where do we go from here?
This month (and to our delight!), Opportunity International UK was selected as the partner charity for Oxford Forum for International Development's annual conference - one of the largest student-led development…
Read MoreStories from the Nakivale Refugee Settlement: The Wenzetu…
In March 2020 I had the opportunity to visit Nakivale Refugee Settlement in Uganda for some participatory video fieldwork with Insight share (an expert in using media tools to give people a voice in participating…
Read MoreStories from the Nakivale Refugee Settlement: Going…
In March 2020, as part of our Refugee project, we conducted our first participatory video fieldwork. In partnership with InsightShare – an expert in using media tools to give people a voice in participating…
Read MoreThe World's Largest Minority
Today, Opportunity International celebrates International Day of Persons with Disability. We support the empowerment of all people with a disability, visible or invisible, and promote equal opportunities…
Read MoreStarting Again
In 2019 we embarked on an exciting new project working with Refugees in Uganda. To get a deeper understanding of the people we were serving, their needs and experiences, we visited the Nakivale Refugee…
Read MoreHow mobile banking services are supporting women in…
Many of us are relying on digital connections to sustain our work, finances and social lives during COVID-19 and it’s restrictions yet over four billion people around the world remain digitally excluded.…
Read MoreElisabeth's legacy
The impact of COVID-19 on our jobs, lives and communities is evolving daily. It is the same for our clients in Africa. They too wonder if they will have a job next month, be able to feed their family and…
Read MoreGetting children back in school
An immediate concern, as we bring the lockdown to an end, is the fate of an estimated 30 million children who according to UNESCO may never return to school. For these, the world’s least advantaged children,…
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