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News - 2021-01-28

Civil society re-thinking civic spaces (in Spanish)

En Octubre de 2020, la Oficina Regional para América Latina y el Caribe de ForumCiv desarrolló el foro virtual Sociedad Civil “Repensando los espacios cívicos”, como un espacio de diálogo e...

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News - 2020-12-30

Summary of ForumCiv's Somalia programmes, 2012-2020

ForumCiv has been running the Somali diaspora program since 2012, and from 2016 the Swedish-Somali Business Development Programme (SSBP). To implement the programmes, ForumCiv established country...

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News - 2020-12-07

Four years after Colombia’s peace agreement

The signing of the 2016 peace agreement, between the Colombian government and the FARC guerilla, drew a formal end to one of the world’s longest internal conflicts. What happened next?

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News - 2020-11-26

Artivism Challenge

The Artivism Challenge 2020 seeks to recognise emerging art, media and cultural actors employing innovative advocacy mechanisms to address the rising challenges to democracy, human rights and gender...

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News - 2020-11-09

Glocal Voices 3: Conflict and Climate

The third webinar in the Glocal Voices series focuses on how climate change contributes to conflict. What does this mean for communities on the ground? How are communities around the world responding...

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News - 2020-11-05

Forward to female land ownership in Liberia

In Liberia, like in most parts of the world, land is an important determinant of one’s heritage and dignity, without which self-determination and peaceful coexistence are threatened. Land serves as a...

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News - 2020-10-21

New report: Time to Act

In a new report, ForumCiv calls on the Swedish government to adopt a legislation that requires companies to respect human rights in their own operations and in all their business relationships.

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News - 2020-09-11

The need for vibrant civil society in Lebanon

For Lebanese, the massive explosion that rocked the harbour in Beirut is way more than an ordinary disaster that happens now and then. Not only did it occur amid a resurgent global pandemic but also...

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News - 2020-09-11

Defending democracy: A week in the name of democracy

ForumCiv and Wajibu Wetu Programme partners PAWA254, Siasa Place, Buni Media, and African Uncensored, will jointly commemorate the Democracy week with a series of week-long activities on Monday 14th...

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News - 2020-09-04

The changing role of civil society in Belarus

On Thursday 10th of September 2020, ForumCiv will be coordinating a webinar with members of the Swedish Network for Eastern Partnership and Russia on the current situation in Belarus. The purpose is...

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News - 2020-08-26

Colombia's other (historical) virus

Despite the 2016 peace agreement, Colombia remains the deadliest country for human rights defenders. Today, the concern on the impacts of Covid-19 is eclipsed by another virulent phenomena, making...

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News - 2020-08-11

For the first time in Belarus!

Presidential elections are always a time of uncertainty, even in Belarus where president Lukashenko rules as ultimate power. For the first time in Belarus, the regime had serious opponents in the...

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News - 2020-07-23

Right(s) Way Forward has a new look!

We are launching a new edition of our methodology to encourage the power and capacity of communities, Right(s) Way Forward. To better grasp how the tool came into existence we asked Wilson James...