Both ENDS
In mei 2022 maakten minister Hoekstra van Buitenlandse Zaken en minister Schreinemacher voor Internationale Handel en Ontwikkelingssamenwerking bekend dat ook Nederland gaat werken aan een Feministisch Buitenlandbeleid (FBB). Dit betekent dat Nederland in haar het buitenlandbeleid meer aandacht gaat besteden aan inclusiviteit in het algemeen en specifiek aan vrouwenrechten en gendergelijkheid, waaronder LGBTIQ+. Deze feministische focus zal terugkomen in alle aspecten van het buitenlands beleid; veiligheid, handel, diplomatie en internationale samenwerking.
Ter bevordering van een inclusief proces en om inzicht te krijgen in hoe een Nederlandse FBB eruit zou moeten zien, opende het ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken een internetconsultatie. Both ENDS verwelkomt de FBB en deelt daarom graag haar input en suggesties.
This letter by Both ENDS to the African Development Bank is a comment written in reaction to a draft version published by the Bank of its Environmental and Social Policy as part of a formal public consultation held by the Bank. This comment was sent to the bank along a joint submission letter with other CSOs, and specifically responds to the overarching Policy.
The bank's flexible requirements for clients and national standards for risky projects dilute safeguards. Project approval should be predicated on specific and binding targets for compliance and reflect input from communities involved.
Both ENDS has been asked by FMO to comment on its draft investment approach to responsibly managed forest plantations. To follow are a number of observations and recommendations, partially informed by Both ENDS long legacy of working in the forest & land arena, in dialogue with international donors, philanthropic foundations, companies, certification bodies and notably with forest dependent communities and other land users.
Today, on Shell Capital Markets Day 2025, Both ENDS together with 195 international and Nigerian of civil society organisations is sending an open letter to Shell’s Executive Committee demanding a full cleanup of the SPDC pollution legacy and transparency on the cleanup process.
Both ENDS and the Land Portal Foundation invite you to the fourth webinar in the Whose Land? Inclusive Pathways to Land Governance series. This fourth Whose Land? webinar will focus on the question: How can donors fund land governance initiatives through an inclusive process…
