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Read case studies on Women of the World (WOW) in Karachi and Kathmandu, and the Athens 100 Resilient Cities report, recently published in UCLG's OBS Database of Good Practices.

The British Council's Jo Slack interviews Eliana Sousa Silva, WOW Rio curator and social activist advocating for the rights of people in the Brazilian Maré favela since her teens.

British Council's Jo Slack sits down to talk to three women from Pakistan about our two different societies and what it means to be involved in the Women of the World festivals.

Read the evaluation report on Artivism in the Horn of Africa, a project supporting young people in Sudan and Ethiopia to effect change within their communities.

We chatted with Action for Hope Director, Basma El Husseiny, to find out more about the Cultural Protection Fund funded project Music Schools for Refugees.

We chatted with Dr Anna Leone to find out more about the Cultural Protection Fund funded project Training in Action.

Watch Bettany Hughes visit #CulturalProtectionFund projects in two new documentaries commissioned by the British Council

A new thought piece written by The Change Collective to explore the links between UK arts and international development from a practitioner’s point of view.

We chatted with World Monuments Fund Director, John Darlington, to find out more about their Cultural Protection Fund projects.