By Angela Grămadă Between April and May 2018, Armenia experienced a mass mobilisation of people power, with hundreds of thousands of men and women taking to the streets in frustration over decades of monopolisation of political power.

In Cambodia, Prime Minister Hun Sen has already paved the way to his own victory at the polls later this month: the only viable opposition party has been dissolved, alongside the shutdown of numerous independent radio stations and news publications.

After being held behind bars for five years for photographing what turned out to be a massacre by Egyptian security forces protest, my colleague and friend photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid, known as “Shawkan”, is still in prison.

By Andrzej Kostek and Jan Wąsiński Among many human activities, sport is one that evokes enormous emotions.

Blockchain is a decentralised digital ledger that enables the unchangeable transfer of data, transactions and records.

The rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association are fundamental pillars of democratic governance and open societies while being part of international human rights law.

By William Gumede Let’s imagine for a moment that aliens had visited South Africa in late 1993, abducted an ordinary South African, then returned him or her home exactly 25 years later.

By Michael Silberman How US school shooting survivors and others are flipping the script, dreaming big and building people-powered movements that adapt to today’s rapid pace of change.

Across the world, civic space is under fire from governments and non- state actors seeking to restrict people and organsiation’s ability  to challenge the status quo - a phenomenon further heightened when  coupled with patriarchy, misogyny and exclusion.

According to Freedom House, 2017 was the 12th year of overall global decline in global freedom, with a stunning 71 countries suffering net declines in political and civil liberties, and only 35 registering gains.

The 1990s saw a worldwide trend of democratisation in Asia, often referred to as “the third wave”, and countries like Nepal, Indonesia and the Philippines served then as role models in a region still dominated by autocratic governments.

Asifa Khan is a trained lawyer, and social activist, who works with civil society organisation Accountability Lab Pakistan as an “accountapreneur” in their Accountability Incubator program.

In two years’ time, nearly half of Southeast Asia’s population will be under 30 and more than 55 percent of its working-age population will be comprised of tech-savvy millennials, according to a prediction by global management consulting firm, Accenture.

To celebrate International Youth Day on August 12, CIVICUS asked six young campaigners around the world about their experiences, and what civil society and “reimagining democracy” means to them.

Many of us at the Mott Foundation have heard the story of the founding of CIVICUS from our chairman, Bill White.

NGOs are having a tough time.

“We are part of a growing movement, comprised of many across the industry who recognise the grave responsibility that those creating powerful technology have to ensure what they build is used for good, and not for harm.

Young Diplomats of Canada (YDC) is a youth-led, all-volunteer national network that develops the diplomatic leadership and international advocacy experience of young Canadians.

For centuries, the arts have been a way of expressing and communicating with one another.

Pacific Island countries are suffering the devastating effects of climate change.

Q&A with Thomas Mapfumo Legendary musician Thomas Tafirenyika “Mukanya” Mapfumo fled his home country Zimbabwe in 2000 after his pointed criticism led him to becoming a target of the Robert Mugabe regime.

By Tola Akindipe Flüchtlinge Willkommen (“Refugees Welcome”) is a digital platform that unites flatshares and refugees.

So funders, you want to offer support to social movements? Here’s the essence of what you need to do, boiled down:

To celebrate a quarter of a century of organisation, mobilisation and participation, two of our past secretary generals share their lessons learnt for the next 25 years, and their hopes for “reimagining democracy” “There’s no easy blueprint to this”

The name “CIVICUS” is inspired by the Latin word relating to community.