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Tackling barriers to meaningful participation: Civic Empowerment at Luminate
Luminate has developed an updated framing of our Civic Empowerment work which focuses on removing barriers to meaningful participation in society by all, especially those who are marginalised and underserved.
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Pulsante: Protecting civic space in Latin America
Pulsante is launching a Call for Applications for Civic Empowerment Organizations that will award $80,000 - $120,000 and strategic support for 18 months to selected organizations.
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Unite Us: Positioned to catapult impact and change service delivery models...
To catapult its impact and respond to growing needs across the country, our portfolio company Unite Us yesterday announced they’ve raised $150 million in a Series C financing.
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Strengthening audit for the benefit of stakeholders, the environment, and...
Audits are a vital contributor to the trust and confidence that underpins a modern, resilient economy, but they continue to fail us. We hope to support a clearer understanding globally of why audit matters, more resolute...
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The Markup: Data-driven journalism holding big tech to account
The Markup team pursues deeply data-driven investigations that serve the public, demonstrating how technology impacts our daily lives and particularly our privacy.
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OCCRP: Using investigative journalism and big data in the fight against...
By developing and equipping a global network of investigative journalists and publishing their stories, OCCRP exposes crime and corruption so the public can hold power to account.
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International Fund for Public Interest Media: The next decisive steps forward
After over two years of consultation and development the International Fund for Public Interest Media has built critical momentum and this week passes two key milestones in its evolution.
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Celebrating the women leaders we work with in Africa
In commemoration of this year’s International Women’s Day, Luminate's Africa team would like to specially celebrate the amazing women leaders in our portfolio who have demonstrated determination, skill, and empathy in...
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Rhize: Coaching for effective social action
Rhize’s training programmes equip grassroots organisers with the skills to more effectively build movements that give voice to people who have been traditionally excluded from participating in governance processes.
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Webinar: Deplatforming Trump - Implications for Latin America
Luminate's Gabriela Hadid moderated a webinar hosted by The Inter-American Dialogue on deplatforming and the implications for Latin America.
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PPLAAF: Protecting and empowering whistleblowers in Africa
The Platform to Protect Whistleblowers in Africa supports people wishing to disclose compromising information in particularly difficult and dangerous contexts by helping them publish what they know, use it for accountability,...
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Funding independent media in Central & Eastern Europe in response to COVID-19
Luminate’s Central & Eastern European team prioritised funding independent media in 2020, with two deals in the region: the not-for-profit company Outriders in Poland, and Georgian media start-up Coda Story.
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Supporting resilient and healthy workplaces: Luminate’s Wellness Stipend...
In January 2020, Luminate launched a pilot "Wellness Stipend” program with small allocations of protected funding solely dedicated to wellness. The objective of these stipends was to give our partners the ability and license...
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Lion Mountain Radio: Improving the health of Sierra Leoneans
Sierra Leone's Lion Mountain Radio covers politics, human-interest stories, community events, and public health issues, but the station is struggling to survive because support from advertising has gone into freefall.
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