Partnering for systemic change: Big Indian philanthropy and its relationship with rights and advocacy

  • 1 December 2022
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Three current trends within the Indian landscape today—growing inequality , increasing constraints on foreign funding for civil society organisations , and the promising potential for growth in Indian social sector funding , underline the moment of reckoning for big Indian philanthropy. If philanthropists in India can boldly address the deepest fractures in our society today, such as the systemic barriers and violations in right to housing, livelihoods, children and youth rights, climate justice and governance challenges, we will be able to envision a brighter future for all.

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Doel Jaikishan

Contact Author : cpid@groups.isdm.org.in
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Livelihood, Financial Inclusion, and Economic Empowerment, Social Justice, Philanthropy and Human Rights

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