Now more than ever, when planning on how to build back better, our third accountability commitment, entitled ‘Healthy Planet’, is of crucial importance. It states that 'we will protect the natural environment and enhance its ability to support life for future generations'. How can CSOs actually do this while fulfilling their objectives and missions, particularly considering the disruption the COVID-19 pandemic has caused the civil society sector. 

In this podcast, we are joined by three guests: Anastasia Roniotes (Head Officer, MIO-ECSDE), Fouzy Mathey (Co-Founder, Yes 4 Humanity) and Kristina Naunova (Network Development, CAN International Europe) who all share an insight into what it has been like for environmental CSOs to push forward the climate agenda over the past year.

Accountability Pill Episode 2: Environmental Accountability in the COVID19 Pandemic

Each year, International Women’s Day brings awareness to the need to advance women’s rights and gender equality. However, it is critical that CSOs work towards achieving these goals, not only on #IWD but beyond. That is why ‘Women’s Rights and Gender Equality‘ is Commitment 2 of our 12 Commitments for CSO Accountability. 

In this episode, we are joined by three guests: Sekoetlane Phamodi (Country Director South Africa, Accountability Lab), Casey Harden (General Secretary, World YWCA) and Maureen Magak (Young Woman Lead, World YWCA) to share their insights into how organisations can apply the gender perspective across their work and further women’s right’s and gender equality – for all.

Accountability Pill Episode 3: Gender Perspectives in Accountability

In this episode, Accountable Now's Olivia Cox and Loveleen Kumari chat with Caleb Masusu (Restless Development's Global Voice and Democracy Manager) about some of the ways that civil society organisations can ensure that youth can realise their full potential - from access to capacity building and more.

Restless Development is a non profit global agency that supports the collective power of young leaders to create a better world. Listen as Caleb shares some of the ways that Restless Development is creating #inclusive and #accessible spaces for youth to lead.

Youth Engagement Part 1: Caleb Masusu (Restless Development)

Accountable Now's Olivia Cox and Loveleen Kumari in conversation with Abiee Harris and Maddie Wray-Reynolds (Youth Voice and Participation Team, GirlGuiding SWE) about the importance of engaging youth by meeting them where they are and more. Dive in to learn more about how to support young people to participate and hear about GirlGuiding SWE's approach to youth participation.

Youth Engagement Part 2: Abiee Harris and Maddie Wray-Reynolds (GirlGuiding)

In Episode 3, we speak with Vanessa Chisakula (from CIVICUS' Youth Action Team) about the importance of creating an enabling environment for youth to innovate and thrive - and how to avoid tokenistic engagement.

Youth Engagement Part 3: Vanessa Chisakula (CIVICUS)

In Part 4 of our Youth Engagement miniseries, Yanti Silviana (Impact and Strategy Fellow at Accountable Now) speaks with Yasmina Benslimane about the rise of technology for feminist activism and the challenges of online gender based violence in the SWANA region [South West Asia and North Africa], and the creative ways youth activists are finding to ensure their voices are heard online.

Yasmina is the Founder of Politics4Her, and is an award-winning feminist activist, consultant, and women's empowerment coach dedicated to advancing gender equality and promoting women's rights. As the founder of Politics4Her, she advocates for increased political participation and representation for young women and girls from Global Majority countries. Visit Politics4Her.com to learn more in the research 'Challenges at the Intersection of Online Gender-Based Violence and Intersectional Youth Movements for Democracy in the SWANA Region', coming soon.

Read the full transcript here: https://bit.ly/3uJjQrT

Youth Engagement Part 4: Yasmina Benslimane (Politics4Her)

In Part 5 of the Youth Engagement Series, Stephen and Tatiana join Katie (Accountable Now Fellow) to talk about artivism – art and activism – and its relation to the climate justice scene. They share how they’ve seen art used as a tool for positive social change. They also pull from their personal experiences in international climate change conversations to talk about the barriers to youth representation and how youth representation and capacity building matters.

Follow with the transcript here: https://bit.ly/3U9WkwU

Youth Engagement Part 5: Stephen Musarurwa (Climate Live) and Tatiana Natalie Kondo (Voice2Rep)

In Part 6 of our Youth Engagement Series, Maniza and Amani chat about “Behind Closed Doors” - their recent co-authored report with Population Institute. The report is a close examination of the damaging components and underlying factors of gender-based violence in the United States. Maniza and Amani share about their research process, being young researchers, and how their youth perspective positively shaped the report. They also highlight the voices of youth they listened to throughout their research, sharing how CSOs can support young people, especially young survivors of gender-based violence.

Find the transcript of this interview here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Nv2-LWwRvf-45CRkrJTz1d8JOf5jyvJUIOGLX6MGYPI/edit?usp=share_link

Youth Engagement Part 6: Maniza Habib and Amani Nelson (Population Institute)

In Part 7 of our Youth Engagement Series, Prekkshya (Accountability Lab Nepal) and Mori (World Organization of the Scout Movement) chat with Katie (Accountable Now) all about Youth Advisory Positions. They share their own personal experiences in those positions, explaining time commitment, capacity strengthening, and incentives. They also share insights on best practices of Youth Advisory Positions, both from a participant and institutional perspective. They highlight why Youth Advisory Positions are important, and how CSOs can encourage youth to join Youth Advisory Positions.

Transcript can be found here: https://bit.ly/4avv4Pp

Youth Engagement Part 7: Prekkshya Bimali (Accountability Lab Nepal) and Mori Cheng (World Scouting)

For our first podcast episode, Elisa Lopez (Programme Manager for the Global Standard for CSO Accountability) spoke to Kevin Reilly (Climate Justice Senior Coordinator, Restless Development) and Adele Manuel (Head of People, Civicus) about the initiatives and steps their organisations took to protect the mental and physical health and wellbeing of staff during the Covid 19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns.

Get a tea, grab a seat, and take 10 minutes out of your day to hear about how two of our members are pushing for continued accountability towards staff.

Accountability Pill Episode 1: Protecting Staff Health and Wellbeing in the COVID19 Pandemic

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