IFEDD-RDC Competitors

Seattle Gay News: SGN is the third oldest LGBTQIA+ newspaper in the United States founded in 1974. The publication releases monthly in-print issues, with distribution in Seattle and around the Pacific Northwest. The SGN covers the issues and stories that impacts LGBTQIA+ and other marginalized communities most, spanning topics from news, entertainment, travel, and sports. The paper also publishes its content online on its website at www.sgn.org. Seattle Gay News: SGN is run by owner and publisher Renee Raketty, who is a queer, Latina, transgender woman. The paper supports itself through advertising, as well as community donations from readership to maintain operations.

WRI works to improve people’s lives, protect and restore nature and stabilize the climate. As an independent research non-profit organization, we leverage our data, expertise and global reach to influence policy and catalyze change across systems like food, land and water; energy; and cities. With a global network of teams and offices across multiple regions, our 2,000+ staff work on the ground in more than a dozen focus countries and with partners in over 50 nations.

The African Development Bank Group’s mission is to help reduce poverty, improve living conditions for Africans and mobilize resources for the continent’s economic and social development. With this objective in mind, the institution aims at assisting African countries – individually and collectively - in their efforts to achieve sustainable economic development and social progress. Combating poverty is at the heart of the continent’s efforts to attain sustainable economic growth. To this end, the Bank seeks to stimulate and mobilize internal and external resources to promote investments as well as provide its regional member countries with technical and financial assistance.