CIVICUS

📢International Civil Society Week 2025 registration is now open! Join us this November to connect with other change-makers under the theme: Celebrating citizen action: reimagining democracy, rights & inclusion for today’s world. Register now! icsw.civicus.org #ICSW2025

It's time for a feminist woman to lead the #UN. From conflict zones to grassroots movements, our latest video spotlights how women are leading the charge for peace. #VoicesOfSDG16 #SDG5 #WPS25 #UN80 #FeministFuture #1for8Billion #HLPF2025 youtu.be/lTxokgn-zvU?fe…

𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: 𝗖𝗜𝗩𝗜𝗖𝗨𝗦 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲! Are you a passionate young leader eager to make a global impact? Do you believe in civic engagement, youth participation and social justice? Then this is your…

Applications to join the CIVICUS Youth Action Team are now open! Closes 25 July 2025 Full details at web.civicus.org/YAT2025 Apply today, and let’s shape civic engagement together! 🚀🌍 Deadline: 25 July 2025

After three decades of flawed climate talks, civil society is calling for reform to make negotiations more open and transparent, and more focused on implementation and accountability over commitments. 🔗web.civicus.org/climate-bonn_EN #CIVICUSLens

Change is possible if people organize, resist & imagine a more just and free world, where justice isn't punished & peaceful protest isn't criminalized, where human rights defenders do not pay with their lives. We must act now✍️ @CIVICUSalliance experts ipsnews.net/2025/07/from-g…

#HLPF2025 should offer a moment of reckoning. States can continue the charade of promoting gender equality while perpetuating gender exclusion at the highest levels, or they can finally align action with rhetoric, ✍️Jesselina Rana, @CIVICUSalliance ipsnews.net/2025/07/inters…

The selection process for the next UN Secretary-General must be transparent and inclusive, and the role should be held by an intersectional feminist woman who leads with courage and holds truth to power, ✍️Jesselina Rana, @CIVICUSalliance ipsnews.net/2025/07/inters…

After a challenging FfD4 in Seville—where Global North countries stalled real reform—we are at the HLPF 2025 in New York with renewed hope! 💪 Read our Newsletter: gcap.global/news/gcap-at-t… GCAP partners and coalitions are amplifying voices of the Global South, engaging in…

193 promises. 1 global scorecard. Most #UN states are failing to protect civic freedoms -central to #SDG16. A closer look at how member states compare as they meet this week at #HLPF2025 to review progress on the #SDGs. monitor.civicus.org 🟢🟡🔴

🇭🇰The Hong Kong government rushed two pieces of legislation aimed to expand government powers to tackle perceived security threats through vague & far-reaching offences likely to limit freedoms of expression & peaceful assembly web.civicus.org/Laura-Naw #CIVICUSLens @forum_asia

Gaza has become testing ground for AI-powered warfare as Israel deploys Gospel & Lavender for strike recommendations based on alleged links to Hamas, while facial recognition technology controls aid distribution & tracks displaced civilians web.civicus.org/Dima-Samaro #CIVICUSLens

🇵🇦A year into Mulino’s presidency, Panama is facing a growing social crisis that has led to protests fueled by changes to the pension system & the agreement of a military memorandum of understanding with the US 🔗web.civicus.org/LinaVegaAbad_EN #CIVICUSLens @libertciudadana

In Suweida, southern #Syria, civilians are being executed, displaced, and their homes looted. These atrocities constitute crimes against humanity. We urge immediate action: 🔴 Condemn the violence 🔴Hold perpetrators accountable 🔴Allow urgent aid access to protect civilians

CIVICUS discusses the potential for a United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Democracy, which civil society argues will ensure systematic international oversight on democratic freedoms, with Andreas Bummel, founder and ED of @democracywb web.civicus.org/Andreas-Bummel #CIVICUSLens

"Migration has become central to the political debate, with some parties adopting a criminalising perspective & others supporting migrants’ rights"-Rubén Romero of @FundacionCepaim on Spain’s moves to grant undocumented migrants formal status web.civicus.org/Ruben-Romero_EN #CIVICUSLens