Agenda | Dasra Philanthropy Forum '22
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Build India Better: Powering up with Gender, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
India’s place in the world stretches far beyond economics. Its imaginative, heroic, and authentic journey into selfhood, ancient wisdoms, natural landscapes, contributions to the arts, mathematics, science, and technology are all invaluable. Our strength in numbers, can create ripples of change worldwide. Therefore, as the world emerges from the irreconcilable setbacks of the past two years - India, a country united in its pluralities, has an opportunity to lead by example. We can shift paradigms by adopting an approach that integrates gender, equity, diversity, and inclusion, to address exacerbated needs and wider inequalities. This is a clarion call to action: let’s build an India far greater than the sum of its parts, for each of its billion selves.
EDT | 9:10 - 9:30 AM
PDT | 6:10 - 6:30 AM BST | 2:10 - 2:30 PM IST | 6:40 - 7:00 PM |
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Raising Equity in Philanthropy: Tackling Difficult Questions in a Changing World
Anchoring capital in the face of growing income disparities can mean that philanthropy is a huge responsibility. However, we need to reclaim a decade’s worth of development gains lost to the pandemic. So it is critical that equity becomes a guiding principle for philanthropic action towards serving the most vulnerable and marginalized communities. From multi-stakeholder platforms to participatory grant making – philanthropic initiatives are now reinventing themselves in a changing world. This session is an exploration into emerging good practices. Gleaning collective insights from their giving journeys, the session will engage sector leaders in no-filter conversations that tackle difficult questions, deep dive into gap areas, and invite collaboration to catalyze impact.
EDT | 9:30 - 10:10 AM
PDT| 6:30 - 7:10 AM BST | 2:30 - 3:10 PM IST | 7:00 - 7:40 PM |
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The Journey is the Destination: Meeting Young Women Where They Are
Philanthropy focused on young women has often been viewed as a catalyst to improve outcomes such as maternal mortality rates and economic development. However, young women continue to face challenges around navigating access to education, being productive citizens, and prioritizing health. As we solve for the complex challenges that form young women’s everyday lived realities, the longstanding rhetoric of funding that focuses on or is justified by positive externalities should be revisited. We must adapt a keen sense of benevolent curiosity and meet young women where they are. This will enable them in building agency and realizing potential on their own terms. Shifting power dynamics to support young women with overcoming challenges can result in intergenerational improvements and gender equity.
EDT | 10:10 - 10:50 AM
PDT| 7:10 - 7:50 AM BST | 3:10 - 3:50 PM IST | 7:40 - 8:20 PM |
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Fostering Collaborations to Deliver on the SDGs by Jeroo Billimoria
Integrating a GEDI approach to create social change can be an arduous process, with ups and downs. As we take steps in this direction – it is important we understand the experience of change-makers who have been on this journey for a long time. Join us in listening to Jeroo Billimoria, as she shares with an open heart her own origin story, her experiences of building Catalyst 2030 and OneFamily Foundation from the ground up, and highlights learnings along the way. EDT | 10:50 - 11:15 AM
PDT| 7:15 - 8:15 AM BST | 3:50 - 4:15 PM IST | 8:20 - 8:45 PM |
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Reflections on Dasra's Journey: Decolonizing Philanthropy the India Way
Dasra has been on a mission to unpack the mechanics of social change for the past twenty years, contributing unrelentingly to India’s development story. However, inequalities are ever widening despite sector innovations, massive investments, and action on ground. Therefore, it is time to examine what’s really working, and more importantly what’s not. Catch the co-founder of Dasra in a frank and open conversation discussing the successes and failures of our journey. The session will reimagine a future where it is possible to decolonize philanthropy, forget the cloudy jargons, and end the savior complex, towards the fulfilling the bold vision of 'a transformed India where a billion thrive with dignity and equity’.
EDT | 11:15 - 11:55 AM
PDT| 8:15 - 8:55 AM BST | 4:15 - 4:55 PM IST | 8:45 - 9:25 PM |
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We the People: Championing Community Leadership
For too long, the most underserved, vulnerable, and marginalized communities have remained missing from leadership positions and conversations about themselves. While community voices have been contributing to the development sector, their true representation encompassing agency, and due acknowledgement, is limited. Representation and involvement through active leadership and participation in program design, delivery, and management, is critical to the realization of a discrimination-free and holistic development agenda. Championing representation can generate cycles of empowerment and diversity of perspectives, key to building solidarity, and transforming our vision of the world. The session will cover several pathways that are strengthening proximate and community leadership, as a foundation for rebuilding the social sector, and spotlight how genuine representation makes all the difference.
EDT | 1:00 - 1:35 PM
PDT| 10:00 - 10:35 AM BST | 6:00 - 6:35 PM IST | 10:30 - 11:05 PM |
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Advancing Health Technology to Secure India’s Future by Dr. Aparna Hegde
Integrating a GEDI approach to create social change can be an arduous process, with ups and downs. As we take steps in this direction – it is important we understand the experience of change-makers who have been on this journey for a long time. Join us in listening to Dr. Aparna Hegde, as she shares with an open heart her own origin story, her experience of building ARMMAN from the ground up, and highlights learnings along the way. EDT | 1:35 - 1:45 PM
PDT| 10:30 - 10:45 AM BST | 6:35 - 6:45 PM IST | 11:05 - 11:15 PM |
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Future Forward: Zooming in on Next-Gen Indian Diaspora Givers
In collaboration with Synergos Indian diaspora philanthropists are blurring sector boundaries like never before. Indians comprise the largest diaspora population globally. Historically, the strongest motivator driving philanthropists from the Indian diaspora has been to give back to their native land. However, as the next generation of Indian diaspora philanthropists come to the reins, a paradigm shift is anticipated in their way and motivations for giving. This session will engage the next generation of Indian diaspora philanthropists in a candid conversation to explore their vision for the future, how they anticipate focusing on new ideas that create energy within the Indian diaspora population and beyond, and understanding specific challenges they face now and may face in the future. EDT | 1:45 - 2:30 PM
PDT| 10:45 - 11:30 AM BST | 6:45 - 7:30 PM IST | 11:15 - 12:00 AM+ |
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Philanthropy Trends in India by Arnav Kapur
Integrating a GEDI approach to create social change can be an arduous process, with ups and downs. As we take steps in this direction – it is important we understand the experience of changemakers who have been on this journey for a long time. Join us in listening to Arnav Kapur, as he shares with an open heart his own origin story, experience of philanthropy trends in India while working at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation from the ground up, and highlights learnings along the way. EDT | 2:30 - 2:50 PM
PDT| 11:30 - 11:50 AM BST | 7:30 - 7:50 PM IST | 12:00 - 12:20 AM+ |
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All Work and Low Pay: Prioritizing Vulnerable Workers
Informal and migrant workers have faced the disproportionate burden of the economic crisis that ripped across the globe owing to the pandemic. Since the onset of Covid-19, these workers were the first ones to be estranged by formal systems and crises responses, especially as countries resorted to complete lockdowns. Their evident misery reflected our collective apathy and ‘business as usual mindsets’, but also encouraged conversations and course correction. Powerful stakeholders are finally acknowledging the importance of worker wellbeing, prioritizing synergies between the future of workers and business, and taking stock of their contribution to wealth generation across economies. This session will focus on such transformative business models and spotlight how these impact dignity and equity for the most marginalized workers.
EDT | 3:20 - 3:55 PM
PDT| 12:20 - 12:55 PM BST | 8:20 - 8:55 PM IST | 12:50 - 1:25 AM+ |
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Creating Pathways between Education and Livelihoods by Raj Gilda
Integrating a GEDI approach to create social change can be an arduous process, with ups and downs. As we take steps in this direction – it is important we understand the experience of change-makers who have been on this journey for a long time. Join us in listening to Raj Gilda, as he shares with an open heart his own origin story, his experience of building Lend a Hand India from the ground up, and highlights learnings along the way. EDT | 3:55 - 4:05 PM
PDT| 12:55 - 1:05 PM BST | 8:55 - 9:05 PM IST | 1:25 - 1:35 AM+ |
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A Walk on Thin Ice: Factoring in the Human Cost of Climate Change
As philanthropy addresses climate change, adopting the lens of intersectionality is crucial because it allows for a deeper understanding of the human costs. Socio-economic inequalities underscore the harshest experiences of climate change, with marginalized communities shouldering the weight of disasters. Philanthropy needs to invest in systemic solutions that prioritize equity and inclusion for tackling the challenges on ground. At the same time, there is also a need to acknowledge that climate change will impact every aspect of our lives. Thus, solutions to address it require an integrated approach, covering a range of sectors like health, livelihoods, and sanitation. This session will make a compelling case to adopt an intersectional lens and support integrated field-building interventions while giving towards climate change.
EDT | 4:05 - 4:50 PM
PDT| 1:05 - 1:50 PM BST | 9:05 - 9:50 PM IST | 1:35 - 2:20 AM+ |