Tag: Civil society

Women activists in the field of human rights and business - Essays

• Voices of two activists from Brazil and Colombia •

Amanda Romero Medina , Júlia Mello Neiva | SUR N.30 | Aug/2020

Global challenges, local responses - Reclaiming Civic Space

• While recognising the interconnected nature of attacks on civic space, it remains critical to amplify local civil society voices and support local responses •

Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah, Mandeep Tiwana | SUR N.26 | Dec/2017

Confronting Closing Civic Spaces In Nigeria - Reclaiming Civic Space

• How activists are using a strategic combination of research action, social media mobilisation and cross-border networks •

Victoria Ibezim-Ohaeri | SUR N.26 | Dec/2017

War on NGOs in Eastern Europe - Reclaiming Civic Space

• Coalition building as a possible answer •

Stefánia Kapronczay | SUR N.26 | Dec/2017

Seizing the Moment - Reclaiming Civic Space

• Examining sustainable operating models for civil society •

Shannon N. Green | SUR N.26 | Dec/2017

Civil society is not the enemy - Reclaiming Civic Space

• How attacks on the North and South are pushing activism to respond •

Ana Cernov | SUR N.26 | Dec/2017

“If we just keep working, how can they win?” - Reclaiming Civic Space

• Strategies to resist shrinking civic space from a Ugandan minority rights organisation •

Adrian Jjuuko, Linette du Toit | SUR N.26 | Dec/2017

Resilience in times of repression - Reclaiming Civic Space

• “The basic motive of the resistance was indignation.” - Stéphane Hessel •

Carlos Patiño Pereda | SUR N.26 | Dec/2017

Challenges to the Sustainability of the Human Rights Agenda in Brazil - Perspectives

Ana Valéria Araújo | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

Experimentation and Innovation in the Accountability of Human Rights Organizations in Latin America - Voices

Juana Kweitel | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

Minorias democráticas em democracias do século XXI - Voices

Pedro Abramovay, Heloisa Griggs | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

Supporting Locally-Rooted Organizations - Tools

• The Work of the Fund for Global Human Rights in Mexico •

Ana Paula Hernández | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

The Future of Human Rights - Multipolarity

• From Gatekeeping to Symbiosis •

César Rodríguez-Garavito | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

Towards a Multipolar Civil Society - Multipolarity

Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah, Mandeep Tiwana | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

Foreign policy and human rights in emerging countries - SUR file on Foreign Policy and Human Rights

• Insights based on the work of an organization from the Global South •

Camila Lissa Asano | SUR N.19 | Dec/2013

Access to medicines and intelectual property in Brazil - SUR file on Right to health and access to medicaments

• reflections and strategies of civil society •

Gabriela Costa Chaves, Marcela Fogaça Vieira, Renata Reis | SUR N.8 | Jan/2008

Reforming Liberia’s forestry sector - The Sur File on Natural Resources and Human Rights

• Reflections of a civil society activist •

Silas Kpanan Ayoung Siakor | SUR N.25 | Jul/2017

When Africa Unites - Voices

• How a new pan-African civil society initiative aims to foster peace, justice, democracy and human rights •

Kumi Naidoo | SUR N.23 | Jul/2016

Five reasons to fear innovation - Institutional Outlook

• …and many other reasons to dare to innovate so as to adapt to today’s world •

Lucia Nader, José Guilherme F. de Campos | SUR N.23 | Jul/2016

A force to be reckoned with - The Sur File on Migration and Human Rights

• How immigrant youth moved the most powerful person in the world, twice •

Zenén Jaimes Peréz | SUR N.23 | Jul/2016

Protection policies for Human Rights defenders - Essays

• An analysis of the Latin American context: Brazil, Colombia and Mexico •

Alice de Marchi Pereira de Souza, Rafael Mendonça Dias, Sandra Carvalho | SUR N.23 | Jul/2016

Arms as foreign policy: the case of Brazil - The Sur File on arms and human rights

• How can civil society in Brazil influence the control of arms exports? •

Camila Asano, Jefferson Nascimento | SUR N.22 | Dec/2015

Occupying Hong Kong - Experiences

• How deliberation, referendum and civil disobedience played out in the Umbrella Movement •

Kin-man Chan | SUR N.21 | Aug/2015