We live in an age of multiple paradoxes.

Every generation has its iconic struggle for equality, from the civil rights movement to the push towards gender parity.

I hear lots of talk – sometimes in public and often in private – about the role of big NGOs in development.

French | Spanish Dear friend, Six decades after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted, creating a global covenant affirming the fact that ‘all human beings are born equal in dignity and rights,’ the vision lies in tatters, made worthless by the ever-increasing chasm between haves and have-nots.