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⭐️ The latest edition of New Agenda is out now In contrast with the doom and gloom of many of the contributions published in a recent issue of New Agenda which marked 30 years of democracy in South Africa, this issue of New Agenda brings a close to the journal for 2024 with a series of articles that reflect and record the fortitude of our democracy, and the people’s determination to defend and preserve it. This issue includes a comprehensive three-part focus on a subject that has preoccupied us greatly over the past years – the relationship between corruption and democracy. 🔖 Read New Agenda 95: https://lnkd.in/dMFt5Mk5 DOI: https://lnkd.in/dhQ5nvqi

📣 Coming Soon - New Agenda issue 95, December 2024. We hope you like the new look New Agenda. You can see a preview here: https://lnkd.in/dMFt5Mk5 Let us know what you think at [email protected]

The Ben Turok Memorial Lecture will be a hybrid event with Dr Kumi Naidoo presenting via zoom. He is unable to be in Cape Town due to the fuel problems at OR Tambo airport today. Please join us at the Tutu Foundation at 6pm or via zoom at https://buff.ly/4g4WE9Q

10 December 2024 - Be Part of This Historic Moment! Join us for the Living Rights Festival final event, featuring Crain Soudien, a transformative voice on global justice and human rights: Register: https://buff.ly/4fYXchy

🌟 Reminder: Join the 4th Annual Ben Turok Memorial Lecture! 🌟 📅 Date: Monday, 9 December 2024 ⏰ Time: 17:30 for 18:00 (SAST) 📍 Attend In-Person: Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation, Cape Town 🌐 Join Online: Register to receive the Zoom link We’re honored to host Dr. Kumi Naidoo, a globally renowned activist, who will speak on "Reimagining Activism: Mobilizing for Justice in a Fractured World." Celebrate the legacy of Prof. Ben Turok and explore how activism can address today’s pressing challenges. 🎟️ Register here for in-person or online attendance: https://buff.ly/3VsS6BL #BenTurokMemorialLecture #Justice #Activism #CapeTownEvents

🌟 Join us for the Ben Turok Memorial Lecture! 🌟 We are honoured to host Kumi Naidoo in Cape Town on Monday, 9 December 2024, for this year’s Ben Turok Memorial Lecture. 📍 Location: Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation, Buitenkant Street, CBD ⏰ Time: 17:30 for 18:00 Don’t miss this inspiring evening with one of the world’s leading voices in activism and social justice. 🎟️ Secure your spot now and register here: https://lnkd.in/erEdKWBg Spread the word and join us for this unforgettable event! ✨

Food systems transformation in Zimbabwe: Effectiveness of participatory monitoring and evaluation The usefulness of participatory monitoring and evaluation (PM&E) in food systems transformation in Africa remains poorly explored. JOSEPH TINARWO, VAIN JARBANDHAN and AARAM GWIZA explain how PM&E is designed to measure programme effectiveness and is geared towards promoting programme ownership, empowering beneficiaries, enhancing transparency and accountability, and improving the projects and programmes. However, they caution that the effectiveness of PM&E in food system transformation requires adequate budgetary support, rolling capacity-building initiatives, multistakeholder partnerships, policy integration, and indigenous knowledge-sharing and learning practices. By Joseph Tinarwo, Vain D.B Jarbandhan and Aaram Gwiza 📌 Read this article from New Agenda 94: Food systems transformation in Zimbabwe --> https://bit.ly/na94_zim 📚 Read the full publication --> https://lnkd.in/dW9keq36

Gender and food systems in six African countries: Aligning research, policies and research funding Research plays a fundamental role in achieving food systems outcomes but research funders and researchers often set agendas that are not necessarily informed by policy needs. This analysis explores synergies between research publications, funding and policy priorities using a gender and food systems lens. In this article the authors argue that gender research is not being adequately leveraged to investigate food systems challenges that are considered national priorities. They call on research funders, researchers and policy-makers to collaborate to define research agendas that address policy needs. – By Elizabeth Mkandawire, Andrea Du Toit, Colleta Gandidzanwa, Eness Paidamoyo Mutsvangwa-Sammie, Esley van der Berg, Hanan Abdallah Mahmoud Abusbaitan, Anwar Mousa Mohammad Eyadat, James Shabiti Mukombwe, Kaboni Whitney Gondwe, Anne Dressel 📌 Read this article from New Agenda 94: Gender and food systems in six African countries --> https://bit.ly/na94_gender 📚 Read the full publication --> https://lnkd.in/dW9keq36

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