The war in Ukraine has internally displaced over 8 million Ukrainians, forced more than 5 million Ukrainians to leave the country and cost the lives of over 14,000 civilians. Since Russia’s invasion ...

Last month I participated in a meeting of a dozen or so foundation leaders and think tankers. We spent two days grappling with, as the invitation put it, the “functions and dysfunctions of the present ...

The prevalence of the phrase “civil society” is one of the distinguishing features of today’s political tumult. To some nonprofit leaders, the Trump administration’s actions “don’t look like just an ...

The Civil Society Unit of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) supports civil society engagement towards shaping environmental policies, ensuring their voices resonate loud and clear in UN ...

Nicola de Jager receives funding from the National Research Foundation (NRF), South Africa. There is something inherent in the idea of democracy that invokes expectations of valuing human dignity and ...

(Bishkek, June 13, 2023) – Human Rights Watch joined 6 other nongovernmental groups on June 12, 2023 in urging Kyrgyzstan lawmakers not to pass a law that would stigmatize and restrict the activities ...