Reading time: 3 minutes The Coronavirus pandemic has enhanced barriers to movement organizing, but it’s also proven how resilient civil resistance is. Despite fragile public health infrastructures and confinement measures, movements and organizers have skillfully redesigned their approaches to strengthen their campaigns and build people power. These methodical shifts are strategic and necessary for a movement’s survival. Not only…
Reading time: 3 minutes On Monday, October 14, 2019, indigenous communities joined to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day in the United States. Native activists and non-native allies work nationwide to reframe the narrative from colonialism to indigenous cultural heritage and resistance. To further the movement, here is a resource round-up of ten indigenous rights organizations you should know about. The…
Human Rights in ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) is a one-stop online platform consolidating advocacy materials and information related to human rights in ASEAN.
The Ivorian Coalition of Human Rights Defenders (CIDDH) is a network of apolitical non-confesional organisations. The CIDDH was founded to respond to the problem of the safety of human rights defenders in Côte d’Ivoire.
Escuela para Defensoras En Derechos Humanos y Ambientales Benita Galeana A.C contribuir a la formación de defensoras en derechos humanos y ambientales con capacidad de autodeterminación de su cuerpo y sus territorios, y la autogestión para mejorar su calidad de vida y un equilibrio en las relaciones de poder.
The African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD) is a civil society organization working throughout Africa to bring creative solutions to conflict. ACCORD influences political developments by bringing dialogue and institutional development as alternatives to armed violence and protracted conflict.
We are a civil society organization that accompanies the indigenous peoples of the Sierra Tarahumara in the exercise of their human and collective rights, the conservation and restoration of their natural and cultural assets, for the well-being of their communities. ASMAC focuses work on three programs: Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples (DHPI), Community Wellness, and…
The Mexican Center for Environmental Law, A.C. (CEMDA) is a non-governmental, apolitical and non-profit organization that has been working for the defense of the environment and natural resources for 25 years. CEMDA is one of the main environmental civil society organizations in Mexico whose fundamental focus is the strengthening, consolidation, harmonization, implementation and effective compliance…
Based in Montreal, Equitas is Canada’s most recognized and active human rights education organization. We work for the advancement of equality, social justice and respect for human dignity through transformative education programs. In the last 50 years, we have reached over 3.2 million people worldwide.
Reading time: 7 minutes Since Dilma Rousseff was ousted from office in 2016, one thing is sure: Brazilian society has lost critical hope on politics and is now profoundly polarized. With two extremes of the political spectrum unwilling to dialogue and failing to tackle its structural problems, Brazilian democracy and human rights are now at stake. Origins of a dictatorship…
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