In a look at recent initiatives to decolonialise the aid sector, humanitarian professional and STG Policy Leader Fellow Carla Vitantonio finds that big international agencies have something to learn from local organisations taking a collaborative, open approach towards language sensitivity.

To mark Women’s History Month, Policy Leader Fellow Yasasmin Kaviratne reminds us of the gains Afghanistan’s women have made – and recently lost – in securing their fundamental rights to health, education and freedom from discrimination.

In this article, SPS researcher Elena Pisanelli illustrates the flawed approach to artificial intelligence, where we are training the innovative tool at our disposal to codify and legitimate systemic biases rooted in the past.

In this article, STG Policy Leader Fellow Sebnem Kenis discusses the gendered implications of COVID-19 across a range of human rights.