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  • Graduation Ceremony Marks First Cohort of Master in Public Health and Health Equity

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    The festive event honoured graduates of the Master in International Health and the first-ever Master in Public Health and Health Equity. Amsterdam, 29 August 2025 – On Friday, KIT Institute proudly hosted its 61st graduation ceremony, celebrating the achievements of graduates from the Master in Public Health and Health Equity and the Master in International […]

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  • It is a matter of perspective

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    This seems to be the universal response when questions are raised about the meaning or implications of an evaluation, a rapid assessment, or policy review. Results may be clear and factual, but once they reach politicians, managers, or decision-makers, evidence is often filtered through their beliefs, values, and priorities, potentially leading to misinterpretation or selective […]

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  • Dispatch from: Mombasa

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    Our Gender Advisors Joke Manders, Camilo Antillon and Mariam Charara Ruiz were in Kenya beginning of July to take part in the Young Women for Awareness, Agency, Advocacy and Accountability (YW4A) Regional Impact Symposium. They sent us their dispatch from Mombasa. After five years of implementation (2021–2025) across Egypt, Kenya, Palestine and South Sudan, the […]

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  • Dispatch from MSU, Michigan

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    Our colleague Nicola Francesconi was at Michigan State University (MSU) from 23 to 26 June for the CANR-Europe Partnership Forum, which brought together researchers and institutional partners from across Europe and the US. He sent us his dispatch from East Lansing, home to MSU. Earlier this summer, I had the pleasure of participating in the […]

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  • KIT Institute Advisors Win Award for Sexuality Education Research at WAS2025

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    KIT Institute Advisors have received international recognition at the 2025 World Congress of the World Association for Sexual Health (WAS), held in Brisbane, Australia, from 16–19 June. KIT Institute was honoured with a prestigious WAS Award in the category Education, highlighting its contributions to advancing sexuality education in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The UNESCO commissioned- study ‘Adolescent […]

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  • Discover KIT Institute’s 2026 Health Courses 

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    Shaping the Future of Global Health We are proud to launch our 2026 Health Courses Brochure at KIT Institute – where education drives global health impact. Today’s health systems face increasingly complex and interconnected challenges – from pandemics and climate change to conflict, displacement, and shifting global health priorities. These demands call for a new […]

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  • Feminists on the Edge: Join Our Special Event

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    Since 2017, together with UN Women Training Centre, KIT Institute has run Feminist Edge – a professional development programme for gender trainers. Feminist Edge re-captures and re-imagines gender training as a feminist project, establishing a new approach to training for gender equality.  On Tuesday, 5 August, Feminist Edge will host a Special Event titled: Feminists on the Edge: Reshaping Global Solidarities and […]

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  • How can Seed Governance Support Peacebuilding?

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    A newly published blog by Oliver Callaghan, Abishkar Subedi from Wageningen University and Research and KIT Institute’s senior advisor Eelco Jacobs, explores the question: can seed governance contribute to peace in fragile and conflict-affected contexts? Written in the context of Action Learning Process 4 (ALP-4) as part of the ISSD Africa programme, the blog unpacks […]

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  • Driving Inclusive Agriculture Transformation: Forget Just Governments and Businesses – Meet the AFIOs!

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    Agri-Food Industry Organizations (AFIOs) have increasingly gained recognition and attention as key actors in fostering inclusive agricultural transformation. Defined as organisations that can bring together farmers’ groups, cooperatives, and agri-food SMEs, AFIOs are often engaged in activities ranging from production and aggregation to processing and trade. With their deep embeddedness in local value chains, their […]

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  • New Report from Nestlé’s Income Accelerator Program Shows Impact on Cocoa Farm Incomes and Resilience

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    A new progress report from KIT Institute offers fresh insights on the impact of Nestlé’s Income Accelerator Program (IAP). The Income Accelerator Program, launched in 2022, is designed to improve the income levels of cocoa farming households in Côte d’Ivoire while addressing child labour risk. KIT Institute, alongside the Rainforest Alliance and the International Cocoa […]

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  • KIT Institute joins AGRINATURA’s Business Unit at the Annual General Assembly in Ghent

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    At the 2025 AGRINATURA General Assembly held in Ghent, Belgium in May, KIT Institute was formally accepted into the Agrinatura EEIG – a group of ten leading European universities and research institutes that directly advise the European Union (DG-INTPA) on tropical food systems, with a strong focus on Africa. Representing KIT Institute at the General Assembly were Advisors Nicola Francesconi and Caitlin Herrington, who joined peers […]

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  • Final Insights from Fenomenal Funds Learning Partnership Published

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    Feminist movements today are navigating increasingly complex, underfunded, and hostile environments. Despite these challenges, they remain vital forces of resistance and innovation and are needed now more than ever. Between mid-2023 and early 2025, KIT Institute worked in its role as Learning Partner alongside Fenomenal Funds stakeholders to co-create and implement a participatory learning process grounded in […]

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