catalystas' podcast

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Catalystas Consulting is a women-led consulting firm that brings a bold, new, intersectional feminist perspective to international development, security, and policy practice. Follow along with us as we “talk shop” informally with our outstanding team of international development, humanitarian response, policy, and finance practitioners as well as experts across the field with amazing insights into various hot-button international topics and development related practices such as: impactful interventions in war-zones, attracting donors and hot trends for philanthropists, human-centered design, and applicable data-driven insights. Since our work is international and often in the far reaches of the world, we're bringing you stories from the field and our on-the-ground insights so that you can get a better picture of the realities flashing across your news feed every day.

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Episode 20: Gender Mainstreaming - A Transformative Process, Not Just a Buzzword

Apr 22 2024 15 mins

Catalystas Co-Founders Aviva and Beatrice sit down to discuss Gender Mainstreaming and how organizations can put their money where their mouths are to realize truly transformative change towards gender equality, instead of just ticking a box and maintaining the status quo.

Episode 19: (Crossover) Conversations on Locally Led Innovation with the CLIP - Indonesia & The Philippines

Sep 19 2023 41 mins

On behalf of our client Start Network, we sat down with Jessica Novia of Yakkum Emergency Unit (YEU) in Indonesia, Mayfourth Luneta of the Center for Disaster Preparedness (CDP) in the Philippines, and Takeshi Komino of the Asia Disaster Reduction and Response Network in Japan, three members of the Community-Led Innovation Partnership (CLIP) program to talk about inno

Episode 18: How to Prepare for an Evaluation as an Organization?

Aug 01 2023 30 mins

If the thought of having to go through an external evaluation fills your organization with dread, this is the podcast episode for you! Listen in as our founders pull back the curtain on the external evaluation process as senior lead evaluators themselves. We discuss how to prepare your teams and your projects for evaluations from the evaluator perspective; what will m

Episode 17: The Transformation of Evaluation: A process of engagement and inclusion, IDEAS 2022

Feb 14 2023 40 mins

In this episode, Catalystas founders Beatrice Maneshi and Aviva Stein share the audio of their presentation on Breaking the Cycle: Donor Involvement, Evaluation, Accountability at the Online IDEAS Conference 2022 on the Power Of Evaluation: Influencing Decision Making for a Better and More Equal World. As expert evaluators, we've seen the good, the bad, and the ugly when it comes t

Episode 16: Green, Blue and ESG Bonds with Dr. Aneil Tripathy

May 25 2022 28 mins

In this Episode we sit down with Dr. Aneil Tripathy, PhD, to talk green, blue, and other social sustainable bonds and their potential impacts on development and climate financing - especially in the global south. Dr. Tripathy is a cultural anthropologist working in the field of climate bonds. Listen with us as he breaks down colonialism and debt, the impact of ESG bonds on SMEs and

Episode 15: LGBT Africa: Claiming Space and Lifting Voices

Jun 30 2021 34 mins

Catalystas Judith and Ambika sit down with Priscilla Philips, founder of the independent African queer lifestyle magazine LGBT Africa, and explore the experiences of being a queer woman in Africa, starting a platform for activism, creativity, and community, and challenging heteronormative narratives in hopes of a better, safer future.

Episode 14: Youth-Led Prevention of Violent Extremism and Community Response

Apr 18 2021 36 mins

Catalystas sits down with Simon van Melick (SPARK), Peter Knoope (CVE/PVE Expert and former Dutch Diplomat), and Brandon Oelofse (Media Development Collective) to discuss lessons learned from their ongoing prevention and countering violent extremism programming. The program, "Networks of Change", focuses on youth empowerment, media, lobbying, and political and community engagement

Episode 13: Gender, Advocacy, and Doing No Harm in the time of Covid

Feb 02 2021 33 mins

Catalystas Judith and Beatrice sat down with Ms. Anne Kwakkenbos CORDAID Netherlands Expert on Gender, Peace & Security to learn more about the impacts of COVID-19 on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, especially in conflict-affected settings. In this episode, we discuss the challenges COVID has also posed to Global South advocate's ability to access international advocacy platforms

Episode 12: Sparks for Innovation: Finance, Governance, and COVID-19

May 01 2020 36 mins

Catalysta Sofía Cossar sits down with Alessandra Sollberger, the founder of Top Tier Impact and author of Blockchain Mavericks, on a small island in Thailand to discuss innovation and the effects of COVID-19 on the stability of international financial systems and democratic governance structures. What does the pandemic mean for decentralized finance and cryptocurrency? How do we b

Episode 11: Agritech and the Start-Up Scene in Chad

Jan 23 2020 20 mins

Catalysta Aviva Stein sat down with Ms. Safia Youssouf, a major influencer in the Chadian entrepreneurship scene, while on mission in Chad's capital, N'Djamena. Catalystas spoke with Safia about her experiences working in the private sector, the NGO sphere, and the Chadian government, and discussed where her new projects on women, agriculture, technology, and business are headed.