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Gender-transformative Agroecology for Climate Resilience
March 8 to 13, 2027
Asset-Based and Community-Led Development Principles
February 2 – March 30, 2027
Tools for Conflict Sensitive Development
October 19 to December 11, 2026
Grassroots Peacebuilding
February 2 to March 30, 2027
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Coady Institute welcomed members of the Congregation of Sisters of St. Martha to campus July 16. The visit was a part the Antigonish Heritage Museum’s launch of “Gospel Hospitality in Action: Sisters of St. Martha in the Antigonish Area.” More than 20 Sisters, and 100...
New Report: Assessment of Women’s Economic Empowerment and Domestic Violence – The Case of WISE SACCOs
Gender-based violence is a persistent threat to women’s empowerment in Ethiopia, as it is globally. Therefore, WISE developed a mixed-methods study to investigate the extent to which WISE SACCOs play a role in reducing domestic violence. In other words, WISE sought to explore the relationship between enhancing women’s economic empowerment and their experiences of domestic violence.
Reflections from a Community Peacebuilding Workshop
There is something about handing over a half-finished painting to someone else that feels like surrender, not of defeat, but of trust. That was the second day of the workshop: each of us had two minutes with a brush before passing our canvas to the person beside us, inviting them to continue the story. We did not know where it would go. We just knew it did not belong to us alone.
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