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The organizer, advocator and educator Betty Breeze Doh have changed the life of thousands of women.

Song Rany's message to all girls and women is clear: stand up for yourself! Be confident, be committed in what you are doing, and show your strength and potential.

Grace Lolim is no ordinary woman. A strong feminist in one of the most patriarchal regions in Kenya, this grassroots activist spends her days advocating for gender quality and respect for human rights...

Women’s rights are human rights! Unfortunately the obvious statement is far from reality. Still in 2019 women face systematic discrimination of their rights and liberties every day in every country.

The 2030 Agenda includes the fundamental principle that no one shall be left behind when realizing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – ‘Leave no one behind’. This means that everyone...

For Colombia, 2019 starts as a year with a challenging situation, where peace building and the evolving of civic space towards the contribution to build a just and sustainable world, are at stake.

Mufasa, the rising star of Kenyan spoken word raises issues on kenyan identity, gender roles and corruption.

On Tuesday Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the terrorist attack in Nairobi. Forum Syd speaks to people close to the scenes.

Anna Stenvinkel will be the next Secretary-General for Sweden's largest civil society platform, Forum Syd. She will take office on February 25th.

After several decades of conflict, Somalia is stabilizing. In its reconstruction, the diaspora plays a special role.

The peace process in the contested land area between Puntland and Somaliland would benefit from greater inclusion of women, Forum Syd’s partner Amal testifies.

Three years ago world leaders agreed on 17 goals for a better world by 2030. Let’s celebrate by showing that people coming together in civil society have the power to change!

More women chose to report rape cases to the police in Somaliland, putting perpetrators behind bars while challenging the customary settlements through the traditional courts.

The Erley Monroy Peasant School is becoming a valuable instrument to qualify and increase the legitimacy of the peasant reserve zones as a useful territorial development model for peacebuilding in...

Civil Society organisation work with several strategies to deal and overcome the adversities.

New report from Forum Syd shows that threats and violence against human rights defenders and attacks on civic freedoms have escalated in many parts of the world. In 2017, over 300 human rights...

To survive on the streets, Dash Jonte, as he is popularly known, dropped out of school and had to rely on his six friends, who became his new supportive family.

2017 has seen a remarkable improvement for women in electoral politics in Kenya.

Spoken word artists like Mufasa are expanding the civic space from traditional opinion pieces and commentaries to innovative and alternative voices addressing social injustices.

The substantial financial flows to developing countries that remittances from emigrated persons give rise to are increasingly gaining recognition from larger actors in the aid sector.