Thinking about how to measure your organisation’s accountability?
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Latin America | The Escazú Agreement: a light of hope for those standing up for the environment
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By Natalia Gomez Peña, Advocacy & Network Engagement Officer, CIVICUS
In Latin America, environmental activists risk their lives as a consequence of the vital work they do.
Global Citizenship Education as a Sustainable Development course: My first class
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By Claudia Cassoma, writer, student in special education and teaching and CIVICUS member
Considering Sustainable Development as the program of study, the major, perhaps the end goal; let's look at Global Citizenship Education as the required course and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as the elective ones.
My Participation in the Bridge 47 Event and its Impact on our Education Program in Palestine
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By Jamil Derbashi, from Palestinian Centre for Communication and Development Strategies (PCCDS), Palestine, and CIVICUS member
How the Bridge 47 project relates to our work in Palestine
My participation in the Bridge 47 Event in Brussels was one of my most important international meeting involvement in 2018.
African Union Makes Moves to Neutralise Africa’s Main Human Rights Body
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By David Kode, CIVICUS Advocacy and Campaigns lead
For many African activists based on the continent, getting to a major human rights summit just underway in The Gambia is likely to have been a challenging exercise.
Pakistan: “Global Citizenship”, a western perspective?
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By Khurram Riaz, CIVICUS member from Pakistan With 207.
5 Ways New Movement Leaders Are Effecting Change
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By Michael Silberman, Global Director of Mobilisation Lab, a network that equips social change-makers and their organisations to deliver more effective, people-powered campaigns in order to win in the digital age.
What constituents say about CIVICUS
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By Marina Cherbonnier, CIVICUS Membership Engagement Specialist
Spanish | French
Early 2018, we asked CIVICUS constituents to tell us about how they perceive CIVICUS’ work - what’s successful and what can be improved.
Moving beyond resistance
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By Danny Sriskandarajah
Just a few years ago, it felt like the dawn of a new era of citizen participation.
Agenda 2030 marred by MDG mindsets on steroids
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By Mandeep Tiwana, CIVICUS' Chief Programmes Officer
Business as usual is bad news for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, arguably the greatest human endeavour ever attempted to create just, equal and sustainable societies.
What “Global Citizenship” means to you - if anything
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Marina Cherbonnier, CIVICUS membership engagement specialist and Bridge 47 steering group member.
“Listen to us and let us have a direct say,” say citizens worldwide
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By Andrew Firmin, CIVICUS' Editor-in-Chief
A group of women fighting back against sexual harassment in Trinidad and Tobago.
Resilience in times of shrinking civic space: How Resilient Roots organisations are attempting to strengthen their roots through primary constituent accountability
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Soulayma Mardam Bey (CIVICUS) and Isabelle Büchner (Accountable Now)
The systematic crackdown on peaceful protests and demonstrations across the world has shaped our understanding of repression against civil society organisations (CSOs).
Ganar espacio desde la raíz
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Escrito por Analía Bettoni – Instituto de Comunicación y Desarrollo
En su reciente artículo The revolution will not be televised: Can NGOs learn to adapt? , Dom Perera, investigador del CIVICUS Monitor plantea que si bien en los últimos 25 años ha habido un crecimiento explosivo en el número de organizaciones no gubernamentales (ONG), su papel en generar un cambio social se cuestiona.
Every Voice Counts: UN Puts Spotlight on Children as Human Rights Defenders
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By Lena Ingelstam and Ulrika Cilliers, Save the Children, Tor Hodenfield, CIVICUS, and Beatrice Schulter, Child Rights Connect
Many children want to defend their rights and the rights of others and when children speak out things change.
The world has changed; why haven’t we?
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French | Spanish
The world has changed dramatically since the turn of the century.
General Operating Support for Local Organizations Represented Just 1% of International Giving by U.S. Foundations Over Five-year Period
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By Lauren Bradford and Inga Ingulfsen
From 2011 to 2015 U.
Faire partie de CIVICUS nous a permis de défendre les droits des prisonniers au Burundi
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A l’occasion des 25 ans de CIVICUS, SABUSHIMIKE Mamert, Président de l'Association des Amis de la Nature (AAN) et chargé de la communication et du plaidoyer au sein de la Coalition du Burundi pour la Défense des Droits de l’Homme, exprime comment faire partie de CIVICUS - l’Alliance Mondiale pour la participation des citoyens – a permis à son association d’avoir un impact pour l’amélioration des conditions des prisonniers au Burundi et le respect de leurs droits.
Construyendo juntos un mejor entorno habilitante para todas las organizaciones sociales en el mundo
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Con motivo de los 25 años de CIVICUS, RACI: la Red Argentina de Cooperación Internacional queremos, explica de qué manera el ser parte de CIVICUS - Alianza Mundial para la participación ciudadana – permite cconstruir juntos un mejor entorno habilitante para todas las organizaciones sociales en el mundo.
SADC fiddles while the DRC burns
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By Teldah Mawarire, Advocacy and Campaigns Officer and Ine van Severen, Civic Space Research Officer
When a home catches fire, neighbours dash out to fight the blaze.
Marginalised Malaysians hope promised reforms will include their rights
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By Josef Benedict, Civic Space Reearch Officer
There is optimism following the 100 days of Malaysia’s new government – but the country’s marginalised groups wonder if it will go far enough to fight for equal rights.
Lack of progress on human rights commitments during gov't's first 100 days
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By David Kode, CIVICUS and Matthew Bugher, Article 19
Dear Prime Minister, we congratulate you on your election victory on May 9, 2018, and your first 100 days in office.
Does greater accountability mean greater resilience? Findings from our research so far
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By Kingsley Orievulu and Jack Cornforth
When ActionAid Uganda faced attacks from the government for their work, including freezing the organisation’s bank account, unrelenting support from local partners and credible local leadership ensured massive popular support during the ensuing legal battle (and eventual victory) against the government.
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Asia home to largest number of indigenous peoples: Activists building a movement in face of attacks
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By Josef Benedict, Civic Space Research Officer
The 9th of August, marks International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples.
G20: Why civil society should be at the table
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Spanish
by Inés M.
We need new ways to protect people in the digital era
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By Danny Sriskandarajah
In an age of ever-advancing, ever-encroaching technology, how do we ensure that our basic rights are protected? New technologies and the speed of progress these days may have many positive impacts on our lives but the fact that they are poorly regulated and hardly understood by the public, poses serious threats.
Partnerships for sustainability
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By Siok Sian Pek-Dorji, from Bhutan Centre for Media and Democracy and CIVICUS member delegate to the EC Partnership Forum 2018.
Have your say: Feedback channels to hold us to account
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By Tamryn Lee Fourie
CIVICUS exists to defend people power.
Unanswered Questions: How Civil Society’s Contributions to Sustainable Development are Undermined at the HLPF
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By Lyndal Rowlands, CIVICUS UN Advocacy Officer
As Colombia joined 45 other countries in New York last month to review progress towards achieving the 2030 Agenda, four grassroots activists were killed as they fought for sustainable development in Colombian communities.
Local NGOs joining the “Giants”’ Table
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By Lusanda Magwape, from Dream Factory Foundation, South Africa, and CIVICUS delegation’s member at the EC Partnership Forum 2018.
After elections, hard work starts for Zimbabwe’s civil society
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By Teldah Mawarire, CIVICUS Campaigns and Advocacy Officer
For many Zimbabwean voters, casting their ballots on July 30 is sure to be a somewhat surreal experience.
Desde Perú a Bélgica, juntos somos más Fuertes
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Por Jorge Vallejo, de la Red Latinoamericana de Jóvenes por la Democracia, Peru, y miembro de la delegación de CIVICUS al foro de asociación de la CE 2018.
Can Zim exiles finally return home?
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By Teldah Mawarire, Advocacy and Campaigns Coordinator
I know many Zimbabweans in the diaspora.
The Echo of
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By Ekaterina Porras Sivolobova, from Project 189, Kuwait and CIVICUS member delegate to the EC Partnership Forum 2018.
Digitaalinen turvallisuus kuuluu kaikille
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English
Auli Starck, Kepa, Suomi, CIVICUS-jäsenjärjestö
GDPR-viestit, uutiset Facebookin tietoturvaongelmista ja sähköpostin tietojenkalasteluviesteiltä.
Should not meeting the Sustainable Development Goals get you fired?
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By Danny Sriskandarajah
The problem with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), was that no one ever lost their job for failing to meet an MDG target.
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10 Young Activists using Art to Create Change
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Politics and art have always been deeply connected.
Why the Human Rights Council matters to grassroots activists
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Ten good reasons for the #US to leave the UN Human Rights Council.
Mexico’s elections: The battle at the ballot box, the easiest one ahead
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By Inés Pousadela
In a study released earlier this month, researchers from El Colegio de México (Colmex) were emphatic about what they found to be the biggest challenge facing Mexico, as voters prepared to go to the polls on July 1.
Tanzania’s Illiberal Tilt
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By Teldah Mawarire
Immediately after his 2015 election, Tanzanian President John Magufuli appeared poised to lead one of Africa’s most stable democracies to a bright future.
Corruption in Zambia: 42 fire trucks for $42m
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By Teldah Mawarire and Laura Miti
The African Union (AU) will host a heads of state summit in Mauritania on June 25, under the theme Winning the Fight against Corruption: A Sustainable Path to Africa's Transformation.
A Platform for Africanism, Identity and Action
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By Rawand Boussama, Afrika Youth Movement
The day I arrived to Ghana, I had the opportunity to network with people from Greece, Sudan and Nigeria.
European Youth Event 2018: from reflection to action
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By Elena Ceban, Center for Intercultural Dialogue
Imagine a space where over 8000 young people would come together to discuss, debate, share their opinions on political, social and cultural issues and have a dialogue with policy makers on how the life of young people can be improved.
Reflections on resource mobilisation realities for youth movements and organisations
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By Alex Farrow
Youth movements and organisations are always at the forefront of campaigning for human rights and social change.
5 CIVICUS members to attend the European Commission’s partnership forum
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Some months ago, a call was sent to CIVICUS members inviting them to apply to attend the European Commission’s partnership forum to be held on 25th and 26th June 2018.
Appetite, Buzzwords, and Capacity Gaps
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What the Resilient Roots accountability pilot project application process has taught us so far
By Jack Cornforth
The Resilient Roots initiative recently launched two open calls to find pilot projects around the world which will test the hypothesis that organisations that are more accountable and responsive to their roots - namely, their primary constituencies - are more resilient against external threats.
Incertidumbre en Colombia: La paz en tiempos de elecciones
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Por Inés Pousadela
Lo que en cualquier democracia “normal” sería considerado un dato rutinario devino recientemente en Colombia un hecho de significación histórica: las elecciones legislativas de marzo de este año, en las cuales las ex guerrillas FARC (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia) debutaron como partido político, se desarrollaron sin incidentes graves.
Solidarity? From mutual support to working as a collective
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By Marina Cherbonnier, CIVICUS membership engagement specialist
CIVICUS Board and Staff annual meetings were held recently.
The Coming Wave of Climate Displacement
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By Kumi Naidoo
Not since 1951 has the international community produced a treaty to protect the legal status of the world's refugees.