
Tikhala Itaye
Human rights lawyer and strategic advisor at Urgent Action Fund-Africa; founder and former executive director of HeR Liberty in Malawi; global advocate for sexual and reproductive health, gender equality, and youth empowerment.
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Jun 3, 2026
How civil society adapts when aid shrinks | Tikhala Itaye
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Dan BanikHOST
So if you can provide a few sort of details as to how that would work out, what would be those new revenue streams? So firstly, you know, the relationship between international and local NGOs, and then secondly in terms of diversifying the, the revenue bit.

Tikhala ItayeGUEST
I think firstly, let me kinda just reflect on what you said, right, in terms of how, um, aid coming in and working with international INGOs and, um, civil society organization, local NGOs on the ground, there has always been that issue where, you know, INGOs are getting a huge chunk of funding, and only, like, less than 1% is going to local [laughs] organizations.

Tikhala ItayeGUEST
I think this has been, um, a challenge for many years, and a lot of people have been speaking out on it.

Tikhala ItayeGUEST
It, it is very unjust 'cause a lot of people on the ground are doing the work for very little funding.

Tikhala ItayeGUEST
I think I can, I can speak to a situation where, um, a particular INGO won a huge grant, um, from a foundation of about $1 million, and then they were giving small grants to community-based organizations in different countries between 5 to 10,000, you know, dollars.

Tikhala ItayeGUEST
And then you see their salary where the ED of this big INGO is getting 100,000 annually, you know, but the people on the ground are the do- are the ones doing most of the work.

Tikhala ItayeGUEST
And even with that 5, 10,000 seed money you're getting, only 5% can be in direct costs, you know, going to your overhead.
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Dan BanikHOST
So could you highlight for my listeners what really works in terms of promoting women's rights?