Catalysta: Beatrice Maneshi In the last months of 2022, Catalystas Consulting was tasked with assessing the Iraqi National Action Plan's status in adopting the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace, and Security (UNSCR 1325) ...
Case Study: Baseline on Freedom of Religious Belief Programming in Iraq
Catalystas: Beatrice Maneshi (Mandaean religious communities, who reside in Iraq and throughout the Middle East, follow a Gnostic religion that conducts spiritual practices around bodies of water - In Iraq these ritu ...
Case Study: Informing DFI Financing for Women Owned MSMEs in the Sahel
Catalysta: Dr. Leva RouhaniIn 2021, Catalystas supported our client, a development financial institution, in conducting a market study of four Sahel countries to provide a macro level snapshot of the economic ecosystems and sociocultural constraints ...
Case Study: Caritas Austria
Case Study: Caritas AustriaCatalystas: Aviva Stein, Judith Vollebregt, Haley Dillan, Daphne MulderOver the summer of 2021, Catalystas took the Caritas Austria team on a learning journey, helping them to solidify the foundation of their Middle East ed ...
Case Study: Internship Automated Dashboard
Catalysta: Rami ToumaIn 2021, Catalystas designed and developed an advanced online application, with an automated screening system and a dashboard to help sort and connect internship applicants with local and international businesses. This was done t ...
Case Study: Financing Feminism – Católicas por el Derecho a Decidir-Argentina
Catalysta: Sofia CossarHow do you widen the organizational and financial capacity of a Catholic NGO that promotes SRHR in Latin America?Católicas por el Derecho a Decidir (CDD)-Argentina (in English, Catholics for the Right to Choose-Argentina) is pa ...
Case Study: Designing SPARK’s Covid Response Program
Case Study: SPARKCatalysta: Beatrice ManeshiOver the course of 2020-2021, Catalystas supported SPARK in adapting programming to support SMEs and interns in overcoming the impacts of COVID-19 through innovative online programming that has been adopted ...
Case Study: Examining Economic Empowerment – Chadian Entrepreneurship among Youth and Women
Client: Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO)Catalystas: Aviva Stein and Beatrice Maneshi Date: November 2019 - January 2020 In late 2019, Catalystas was commissioned by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) ...
Case Study: Holistic Prevention of Violent Extremism
Client: SPARK Catalystas: Beatrice Maneshi and Aviva Stein Date: Summer 2019 / January 2021 In the summer of 2019, SPARK presented us with a proposal: an idea for a project that would allow us to combine our expertise in counterterrorism and ...
Case Study: Strategizing Growth and Team Development with ARDI
Case Study: Atlas Relief and Development International Catalysta: Aviva Stein Over the course of November 2020, Catalystas supported Atlas Relief and Development International (ARDI) in rethinking its organizational structure, short- and long-term st ...