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Garden Talk for Another Development and Equitable Health with Gunungkidul Regency, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Another Development Foundation hosted representatives from Gunungkidul Regency in Yogyakarta, Indonesia and Center for Rural Medicine in Västerbotten working for equitable health in the framework of a partnership funded by Swedish International Centre for Local Democracy (ICLD). The talk was held in The City of Umeå September 20th, 2017 with a focus on the relation between another development as a need and vision, and on how work for equitable health can promote sustainable development. Special attention was on challenges, practices

Rethinking Pacifism Conference in New Zeeland

November 22nd-24th 2017 an important international conference on pacifism, revolution, security and politics will be held at University of Otago, New Zeeland. Our chair Ingvar Rönnbäck will participate at this conference with the paper ”Beyond Marginalization of Pacifism and Nonviolence” together with other scholars and activists who are equally committed to nonviolence. The conference is organized by The National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies and supported by Marsden Fund.

The Logo for Another Development Foundation

With assistance from our partner Kim Nilsson, founder of Below Zero, we have now decided on our logo for our foundation. It is a small step making others know who we are, but nevertheless an important one. We are working for people, places and the planet promoting peace, freedom from violence, human rights, gender equality and sustainable development. Our logo describes our commitment to our fantastic planet with all its life! It also announces the need for another development, i.e.

Collaboration on Gender Based Violence with Partners in Africa

Another Development Foundation is happy to announce that we have started a collaboration on gender based violence and for freedom from violence with gender- and mediaorganizations in five african countries; Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Zambia! The collaboration will be managed by ADEP - Another Development Perspective Ltd and Cooperation Arena for Sustainable Development in Africa (CASDA) with the foundation as the key partner. The project is funded by Swedish Institute, and was launched October 1st-5th when all participants met

Welcome to Another Development Foundation!

Another Development Foundation is a new independent and non-profit think tank with base in The City of Umeå for people, places and the planet promoting peace by peaceful means, freedom from violence, human rights, gender equality, sustainable development and climate justice. Ingvar Rönnbäck, chair of the board (in the right) and the other founders - Ira Sundberg and Peter Söderström - greet visitors of this webpage a warm welcome!