Judith Hermanson
@JudithHermanson
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Proud to lead @OCDC ICRG where daily we show the power of research for development and support transformative locally led development through cooperatives
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Joined February 2014
Our three-day 3rd Co-operative Movement Stakeholders’ Annual Conference and the 8th @CoopVarsityKE Annual Scientific Conference 2025 kick off at Sawela Lodge, Naivasha. #CooperativesBuildBetter
@benchitunga @vc_cuk @Prof_IKNyamongo @Ushirika_Kenya @Prof_IKNyamongo @MoCU_Official
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Report on UK #coops and #mutuals sector urges removal of barriers blocking sector growth - such as access to finance, poor investor awareness and outdated legal frameworks @CooperativesUK @BSABuildingSocs @ABCULCUs @EmployeeOwned @AFM_UK 👇 https://t.co/LwtJJWu9ld
thenews.coop
UK co-op and mutual sector apexes are calling for reform on access to finance, outdated legal frameworks, and lack investor awareness
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Through Habitat for Humanity's Veterans Build initiative, you can help us provide volunteer, homeownership and employment opportunities to U.S. veterans, military service members and their families. Learn more at https://t.co/2t22pw8RgA.
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Too often the issue of decent #housing and cost effective policies to support it in cities and settlements are being ignored. These are issues X the world. There is a way forward! And it also supports global #health, #stability, and #productivity
https://t.co/xvbHBVs5Ry
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Access to water, sanitation, and secure housing can transform informal settlements into thriving neighborhoods. The solution to informal settlements isn’t eviction, it’s empowerment. Millions of...
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What can Metro Futures tell us about Medellín? Medellín's CO₂ emissions were 0.22 metric tons per capita in 2020, showing a modest 5% increase since 1975, leading Latin American cities 🍃 The city’s has public transport accessibility of 99%, also representing the best
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Congratulations!
We are honoured and privileged to have you, @benchitunga, as our Chancellor. @CoopVarsityKE, is at the most significant time of transformations under your leadership. @vc_cuk I @DrOparanya I @Prof_IKNyamongo I @Cooperatives_KE I @Ushirika_Kenya I @Patrickkilemi
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Good news for decent living conditions in #Kampala!
Yes! Here we go. Thanks @KCCA for facilitating this process and enabling the contractor receive the site. This is a great milestone for #HomeEquals sanitation facility in Uganda's second largest market within the Kampala City Metropolitan area.
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Explore and advance!
The @ESSForumIntl #MBM2025 is happening on January 16 at the @ILO headquarters in #Geneva🇨🇭 We look forward to welcoming global #SSE leaders & heads of int'l institutions to explore “the SSE & the role of finance & economic pluralism in supporting the SDGs & social development.”
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Spread the word! So glad to see this focus. #Coop housing can be an excellent strategy for making more, better and decent #housing available and accessible across the income spectrum. Policy support key to making it happen!
🏡 Call for Articles! Send your contributions to COOP Dialogue 8: "Cooperative Housing: Bridging the Urban Divide." Share insights on how your coop or coops in your country are tackling the increasing housing crisis. Details👉 https://t.co/7ZHzOOwgMQ
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Great initiative!
“The USFWC is proud to partner with @NCBACLUSA in this international effort to elevate the worker co-op model as a solution for the exclusion of marginalized groups from the benefits of the traditional economy.” - Esteban Kelly, USFWC Executive Director https://t.co/CzIWnmY11y
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To prevent human trafficking, we need to ensure social security for all, promote workers’ rights and ensure adequate protection mechanisms On #HumanTraffickingAwarenessDay, let us reaffirm our commitment to a world where freedom and dignity of labour are rights, not privileges!
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This is big and welcome news! #sustainability
$4.25 Billion Global Sustainable Development Bond Launched! Our largest-ever USD global benchmark #bond orderbook and #investor participation. A testament to the global investor community's trust in our mission to foster #Sustainability in #LAC. Special thanks to our partners
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🌍#Foodsecurity, tackling #poverty, driving #socialinclusion, #education, #climate action, #genderequality, producer and consumer empowerment - that's how #coops build a better world, says Chiyoge Sifa of @ICA_AFRICA1
#IYC2025 @icacoop 👇 https://t.co/0l8GlxmaJc
thenews.coop
Regional director, ICA Africa
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A community housing project called Housing Coops on Ganghwa Island, #SouthKorea, where residents worked together with an architect to design and build 12 homes. The residents were involved in the design process, creating a better living environment.
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In Korea, presale of apartments prevails, meaning home buyers base their purchases on model houses and blueprints. Apartment units of a certain size generally h
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This is what ‘walking the walk’ means! I have enormous respect for the enduring commitment to meeting the big challenge of decent #housing across the world! Literally ‘hands on’ work that uplifted so many while inspiring and raising awareness of so many others! 🏡 @Habitat_org
In total, the Carters traveled 167,279 miles to build with Habitat. 4,447 houses have been built, repaired and rehabilitated during more than three decades of Carter Work Projects that have taken place in 14 countries and involved 108,100 volunteers. #HonoringCarter
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Amazing to see! Note the comparative size of Earth!
An incredible coronal mass ejection from the Sun with Earth for scale. 📽: NASA/SDO
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As 2024 comes to a close today, the Exp 72 crew will see 16 sunrises and sunsets while soaring into the New Year. Seen here are several sunsets pictured over the years from the orbital outpost.
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Jimmy Carter, former US president who was committed to human rights, has died. He was 100 years old. Carter set a powerful example for world leaders to make human rights a priority, and he continued to fight for human rights after he left office.
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