Support grassroots: study

A new study is advocating a bottom-up approach to the Kingdom’s NGO scene, calling on international donors to alter their support strategies and foster the independence of grassroots initiatives taking off at the local level. The draft report, which was published last week by the Stanford International Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Clinic and is now open for comment, studied seven urban and rural community efforts considered successful in helping locals assert their rights to land, fair working conditions or freedom of assembly. …

Sarah Taguiam
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