Publishing the stories written during the writeshop workshop in Lebanon in 2021
Middle East & Africa
The Middle East and Africa are dynamic regions with young populations, complex structures and a lot of resilience and innovation. We support people and organisations in these regions in navigating this complexity. Examples of our work in the Middle East and Africa can be found below. contact us
Putting Egypt on the IT world map
A participatory online roundtable to shape together the future of the Egyptian IT Outsourcing workforce.
Our Stories of Change – Writeshop Workshop in Lebanon
We partnered with the Knowledge Workshop, a lebanese feminist organisation, to facilitate a writeshop workshop in Lebanon for women and transpeople.
The intention of the writeshop was to amplify the role of women and transpeople in shaping personal and collective changes.
KW and Perspectivity in collaboration with the participants will be working together to publish the stories written in the near future.
The Arab Spring’s complexity
Last December, it was ten years since Tunisian street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire, which sparked a series of revolutions across the MENA region. Looking back at the developments in the last decade, it might be tempting to take stock of the current situation and to conclude that the ‘Arab Spring’ has failed. But it would be unfair and unwise to do so.
Lunch interviews about the Middle East
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is a complex region: more than 500 million people, twenty different countries, a rich cultural, economic and intellectual history, the cradle of all three monotheistic religions, and a strategic location in and next to three...
Podcasts about the Middle East
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Evaluation at a distance with YMCA in Togo
In 2017, Y Care International and YMCA Togo launched a project called ‘Inspiring the new generation of entrepreneurs in Togo’. The project aims to contribute to improve the living conditions of vulnerable youth in three slums of Lomé, namely Katanga, Gbétsogbé and...
Joint proposal building and strengthening ownership online
Just Future 4-day international workshop Over the summer Cordaid asked Perspectivity if we could facilitate a multi-stakeholder workshop for the Just Future Alliance. Purpose: to elaborate the strategic partnership proposal for the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs...
Sensemaking in WASH initiatives with RVO in Kenya and Ghana
RVO, the Dutch Enterprise Agency (Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland), stimulates entrepreneurs in sustainable, agricultural, innovative and international business. They initiated a 'sense-making' pilot to learn how to use stories to deepen their understanding of...
NWO researchers learn how to write stories of change
Tailor-made workshop on how to write and share stories of change Participants: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) researchers in Jordan Client: NWO-WOTRO A Happy Early Marriage “I am Siham and I live in a village near Irbid. I come from Syria and...
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