Power and Solidarity in North-South Partnerships
Equality and partnership are terms that are readily and frequently used in the North-South-, solidarity- or ,development‘-cooperation. They indicate progressiveness and demonstrate equal status. However, do this terms actually transcent the rethoric level? What kind of thought and structural patterns are the basis of North-South partnerships? What perspectives do the so-called Southern partners have on the collaboration?
The publication „The Fairy Tale of Equality“ by glokal e.V. brings together ten activists and NGO representatives from the Global South and North in order to illuminate different aspects of NGO structures, school partnerships, volunteering, and solidarity work. A theoretical introduction familiarises with the historical and political framework, and a checklist for reflection and practice allows readers to analyse and transform their own activities.
You can order the German version of the publication [here].
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Table of Contents [here]
Checklist for Reflection and Practical Transformation [here]
Articles in original language:
Clare Land: Unlearning privilege, unlocking usefulness – Solidarity and the Aboriginal struggles for land and selfdetermination [here]Mbolo Yufanyi Movuh: Who is in solidarity with whom? Interview with Mbolo Yufanyi Movuh of The VOICE on Refugee struggles, African independence and solidarity as self-liberation [here]
Margarita Rodríguez Ornelas: De cooperaciones y horizontalidades [here]
Gilberte Raymond Driesen: Help expresses a balance of power. Interview with former teacher Gilberte Raymonde Driesen about colonial behaviour in school partnerships [here]