The history of colonialism cannot be separated from the history of humanitarianism. Acknowledging this, humanitarian and development actors must make greater efforts towards localisation, decoloniality, and dismantling white supremacy in order to address power imbalances and achieve racial equity within the humanitarian sector.
The Anti-racism and Localisation Working Group aims to create and build anti-racism and localisation principles and practices into the GNC. The Working Group also strives to share their experiences and lessons learned with the wider nutrition sector.
The working group conceptualises the relationship between Anti-racism and Localisation using the conceptual framework below. This theory of change positions Anti-racism as the overarching proactive course of action. The three main aspects relevant to our work positioned under Anti-racism include localisation, decoloniality, and the dismantling of white supremacy.
We believe that when localisation is implemented as a restorative process, it contributes to anti-racism efforts and the ultimate vision of racial equity in the humanitarian sector. Further, the working group acknowledges that critiques of the Localisation Agenda highlight that racism in the sector has not been sufficiently addressed. Therefore, localisation contributes to anti-racism efforts, but localisation alone may not be sufficient for transformative change. Combining anti-racism with localisation provides a more comprehensive manner to meet our main objective while meaningfully confronting racism and power imbalances as manifested in our work.
See below for some key resources that have been inspiring our Anti-racism and Localisation journey.
Key Activities:
- Facilitate discussions, reflections and learnings around anti-racism and localisation within the GNC
- Develop and monitor the GNC’s Anti-racism and Localisation efforts
- Curate and share anti-racism and localisation case studies, lessons learned and resources for nutrition practitioners throughout our anti-racism and localisation journey
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