In the informal settlements of Nairobi, Kenya, one artivist, Javan the Poet, is standing out for the use of poetry and music to address rampant extrajudicial killings and rights violations.
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...
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...
In the Forum for Change podcast, we share stories related to the work of Swedish civil society and its partners around the world. Take the opportunity to learn more about different regions and topics...
An award-winning journalist shares his perspectives on press freedom in East Africa, at a time the world is grappling with the Covid-19 pandemic, which has disrupted many aspects of press freedom.
In parts of Africa, more people are dying at the hands of security agents enforcing measures to combat coronavirus than from the disease itself.
As new challenges emerge every day, civil society and other development actors need to embrace creativity and innovation to meet the evolving development challenges of the modern world.
In this article, Hub Latin America & Caribbean Country Programme Coordinator César Augusto Muñoz M. shares some reflections in relation to the current events in Colombia, where the health emergency...
The communities in the southern region of Guatemala experience critical environmental conflicts, related to land tenancy and water supply management The shrinking of democratic spaces is linked to...
The world faces increasingly daunting, interconnected challenges. But ordinary men and women, from all walks of life, have risen as changemakers using their voices, art or skills, making a difference...
The national strike that started one week ago (November 21) was called by labour unions after a couple of months of rumours about reforms and pension cuts, but has been growing for more than a week...
New report from Forum Syd shows findings on manifestations of shrinking space, strategies to manoeuvre restrictions and what kind of support civil society needs to survive.
Forum Syd is hosting four seminars on democracy and world politics at Sweden's most important political forum.
One of the alternatives that Colombian civil society in rural areas has been building and promoting for more than two decades is the Peasant Reserve Zone.
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.
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.
Spoken word artists like Mufasa are expanding the civic space from traditional opinion pieces and commentaries to innovative and alternative voices addressing social injustices.
That is a question Pervana Mammadova, from Azerbaijan based gender organization YUVA, can be asked by gender experts.
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