On Tanzania’s Lake Victoria’s Ukerewe Island, widowhood is not merely about loss—it is a passage that demands rituals to ...

In Malawi, being a forest guard isn’t a glamorous, sought-after job but recently it has become an increasingly perilous ...

Today’s multiple and connected crises – including conflicts, climate breakdown and democratic regression – are overwhelming the capabilities of the international institutions designed to address ...

CIVICUS speaks with Daniel Simons, Senior Legal Counsel Strategic Defence for Greenpeace International, about the lawsuit ...

The COVID-19 Pandemic has affected every sector of society and a global assessment by the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) confirms that its shocks have extended to forests on every region on ...

South Africans await judgement to be handed down in a court case that could set a sweeping precedent by empowering communities on communal land with the right to reject new mining projects.

The world's largest international policing organisation Interpol is being used by governments to track down political opponents and human rights campaigners, an IPS investigation reveals.

Of the 234 million children of school age affected by crises, 85 million are already out of school. At least 17 million are ...

General Assembly designated April 2 as World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD), in an effort to promote inclusion and human rights for autistic individuals. Much work has been done and pushed forward by ...

In India’s Meghalaya, silkworm rearing and weaving are common in rural areas, now several women are using solar-powered ...