Abigail McKnight is the Director of the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, London School of Economics. She has researched many aspects of inequality and disadvantage. She was the project lead in the development of an Inequality Framework to help activists, practitioners and academics systematically measure multidimensional inequality translated in the Oxfam Inequality toolkit and the Multidimensional Inequality Framework.
Abigail McKnigh will speak about "Entangled inequality" at 14h00 in Top zaal, together with Brenda Odimba
Forward Fest Café
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The two sides of the Chinese coin: what we can and cannot learn from China
In deze talk verbindt John Vandaele de twee kanten van de Chinese medaille(s), een land waar je niet zwart-wit kan over oordelen en waarmee we best blijven samenwerken op een evenwichtige manier.
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Closing session: For Rosa
Nic Balthazar and Benjamin Van Bunderen Robberechts will close Forward Fest 24 and present *For Rosa*, a play that tells the true story of Rosa, the 15-year-old girl who tragically lost her life during the 2021 flood disaster in the Ardennes.
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Forward Fest 2024 invites you to join the conversation, share your perspective, and collaborate with others to build a future that is fair, inclusive, and interconnected. Explore, learn, and contribute to the change our world needs.
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Forward Fest is organized by 11.11.11, ngo-federation and VLIR-UOS in collaboration with MO* with the support of Belgian development cooperation.
11.11.11
THE COALITION FOR INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY.
11.11.11 aims to eradicate exploitation from the world. Everyone – anywhere in the world – has the right to a dignified existence. To truly make a change, power and resources must be distributed more fairly, and the current system must be questioned.
More info on 11.be
NGO-FEDERATIE
FLEMISH FEDERATION OF NGOS FOR DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION.
The ngo-federation represents its members to the federal and other governments, supports the members in their discussions with those governments, promotes cooperation within the sector, and strengthens the quality of NGOs’ operations.
More info on ngo-federatie.be
VLIR-UOS
INNOVATIVE RESPONSES TO GLOBAL AND LOCAL CHALLENGES
VLIR-UOS supports partnerships and scholarships between universities and colleges in both Flanders and the Global South, seeking innovative solutions for global as well as local challenges.
More info on vliruos.be
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