Centre for Transnational Development & Collaboration

Dr Aziza Khalidi

Collective for Research and Training on Development-Action

Working with CTDC on a research project on localisation within an advocacy programme promoting women’s economic rights demonstrated the capacity of my CTDC colleagues to adopt an approach that blends rigorous academic inquiry with hard core activism. This approach was highlighted through the way the group  achieved a reasonable balance between the practicality of activists, who are biased ( strongly committed) to a cause, and the detached 'objective' attitude of the researcher in the field; ... Read More

The Team

Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom

Working with CTDC over the past eight years has been nothing short of transformative. Their intersectional feminist politics are not just theoretical, they inform every aspect of how they collaborate, facilitate, and co-create. Whether through their participatory approach, their ability to build genuine trust with partners, or their sharp and accessible analysis, CTDC consistently embodies the values and politics they work to advance. They have become an indispensable ally in our feminist moveme... Read More

Yaaser Al zaiat

DocStream

Working with CTDC has been one of DocStream’s most rewarding editorial partnership. A true blend of professional rigor and intellectual curiosity. Few match CTDC’s respect for true language and original research, paired with such a warm and thoughtful approach. Since 2020, collaborating with Nof and Nour has meant exploring what clarity and precision really mean in the social sciences, while also enjoying meetings that meander, productively, into Arabic linguistics, political nuance, and occ... Read More

Hana Hamood Abbas

Public Aid Organisation

CTDC has been a powerful learning space—one that taught me the value of collective thinking and speaking ideas into being.My journey with the Centre began in 2017, when I attended my first session facilitated by Dr. Nof Nasser-Eddin and Dr. Nour Abu-Assab, with support from WILPF. That session brought critical attention to the politics of knowledge transmission and how it can be used as a strategic and empowering tool for feminist movements. These principles continue to shape my work today, as... Read More

Christy Fujio

Synergy for Justice

As the principals of CTDC, Nour and Nof bring an incredible combination of dynamic thinking, fresh perspectives, academic rigour, and flexibility. Their ability to dive into difficult topics, analyse the data, and describe key findings in clear and compelling ways is extraordinary. I appreciate that they explain complex and nuanced topics in ways that are accessible to lay people but are also relevant and important to improving the quality of work and achieving our intended results. Furthermore,... Read More

Dima Moussa

The Syrian Women’s Political Movement

In the early founding stages of the Syrian Women’s Political Movement (SWPM) and the development of internal governance, so that it distinguishes itself from other Syrian bodies as a political and feminist movement, we worked with CTDC’s Dr. Nour Abu-Assad and Dr. Nof Nasser Eddin, who provided thorough assessments, workshops, and meetings with SWPM members, assistance in: organisational development, anti-discrimination, and diversity, inclusion, and safeguarding, all of which remain essenti... Read More

The Team

Women Now for Development

We have partnered with CTDC since 2023, they provided a consultancy focused on strengthening the governance and internal structure of Families for Freedom movement. Before this collaboration, we had actively searched for governance expertise that combined an intersectional feminist perspective with Arabic fluency but had found limited success. CTDC bridged this gap perfectly. Their approach was participatory and attuned to the nuances of the Syrian context and the issue of enforced disappearance... Read More

Professor Mariangela Palladino

MADAR Network Plus

We were fortunate to be able to engage CTDC for a number of training sessions on research ethics and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) within the context of international research. The sessions were delivered to a cross-sector, international team across the UK and North Africa (and across three languages!). Not only the sessions were informative but also highly engaging, tailored to the specific challenges and contexts of international research environments.Nour and Nof demonstrated deep subject m... Read More

Fos Feminista

International Alliance for Sexual and Reproductive Health, Rights & Justice

As an Alliance of over 250 organisations and allies worldwide advancing SRHRJ for women, girls and gender diverse people through healthcare and advocacy, working with CTDC to understand better how our partners define a humanitarian setting and what their response is to these settings was an essential and thought-provoking process that was successfully led by their expertise. We appreciated their visionary and intersectional approach, their willingness to dialogue and their fulfilment of the task... Read More

Kvinna till Kvinna MENA Team

Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation

As Kvinna till Kvinna in MENA, we have truly loved working with CTDC. They are professional, deeply knowledgeable about the MENA context, and bring a rare and valuable feminist perspective to their work—something few can do in the region. They excel at contextualising their approach and consistently centre the needs of our partners. Whether - facilitating safe spaces to discuss safeguarding, or developing a feminist M&E course, or developing a toolkit on Shrinking Civic Space, or looking deepe... Read More

Tracy C. Kajumba

International Institute for Environment and Development

CTDC supported us to do power analysis in institutional partnerships as part of our two-year research on  Ethical and Equitable Partnerships. Nour and Nof (co-directors of CTDC) provided professional and technical guidance and teased out the manifestations of power dynamics using an intersectional and decolonial approach. Their experience and previous skills on decolonial tools and frameworks enriched the analysis which generated so much learning across IIED, through a food for thought session.... Read More

Oula Ramadan

Badael

Badael’s collaboration with CTDC dates back to 2019, and over the years, our partnership has taken many forms. What consistently stands out is CTDC’s unique ability to bring difficult, often uncomfortable questions to the table, questions that challenge power structures, unsettle assumptions, and spark deep reflection. Each time we work together, we leave not only with concrete outcomes, but also with new provocations that continue to shape our thinking and practice. CTDC’s intersectional ... Read More

Dr Deema Kaedbey

The Knowledge Workshop

Grateful to have CTDC providing support for feminist organisations on organisational strengthening. Nof and Nour's approach combines strong feminist values with practicality coming from long years of experience, and this is exactly what we needed when we were looking to develop our internal policies. They gave everyone in the team an opportunity to talk freely, and a space to discuss and give feedback collectively. They're committed, they deliver on time, and they're as kind as they are incisive... Read More