In response to the harm caused by the World Bank funded Uganda Transport Sector Development Project (UTSDP), including the sexual exploitation of teenage girls, BIC has conducted advocacy to encourage that the Bank takes steps to provide redress to the community and to prevent such harm from occurring in future projects. BIC has worked with …
The Annual General Meetings (AGM)* of the World Bank and IMF do not just serve as an opportunity for central bankers, finance ministers, and private sector executives to discuss the global economy and tout their accomplishments over the last year. The Bank and Fund host dozens of events to discuss global development issues with development …
In light of “multiple failures” by the World Bank in monitoring and supervising the Uganda Transport Sector Development Project, the World Bank Group announced today that they will create a “Global Gender-Based Violence Task Force to advise the institution on best practices for reducing risks to community safety in connection with our development projects.” This …
Children in Peru attend BIC workshop on World Bank safeguards / BIC 2015 In August 2015 the World Bank flagged as one of the four goals of the safeguards review to “provide inclusive access to development benefits through the introduction of a non- discrimination principle.” In both the first and second drafts of the safeguards …
This post is also available in: French. In late March 2016, the World Bank Group’s (WBG) President, Dr. Jim Yong Kim, along with the UN Secretary General, paid a visit to Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan and Tunisia. The trip’s purpose was to reiterate the commitment of multilateral institutions to stability in the MENA region. Tunisia was …
Members of the Bigodi community in Uganda tell the story of what happened in their village as a result of the construction of a road. The road was part of the World Bank-funded Uganda Transport Sector Development Project, which was canceled in December 2015. They discuss the negative social impacts of the project on their …
International activists discussed research gaps, safeguards, and new advisory position at the World Bank On April 11th, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim met with activists from 17 countries to discuss how LGBTI individuals can fully benefit from World Bank projects and programs in light of the powerful discrimination they experience in their countries. The …
BIC organized a delegation of 9 Latin American SOGIE activists to participate during World Bank Annual Meetings. The delegates met key decision makers both inside and outside of the institution, participated as expert panelist at events during the WB Policy Forum, and a Civil Society Organizations Alternative Event. See our SOGIE page for more information …
A group of Nobel Peace Prize winning women (The Nobel Women’s Initiative) sent a scathing letter to World Bank President Kim detailing concerns they have with Safeguards draft.
Adebisi Alimi, one of BIC’s partners in the Gender & SOGIE safeguard campaign published an article on homophobia’s negative impact on development. He was part of the first delegation of activists ever to visit the World Bank and advocate for Gender & SOGIE inclusion during the 2014 Spring Meetings. The following is an excerpt: This year, …