Shifting power in grantmaking: an update from Africa
The Core Group of Karibu's grantmaking pilot in Africa gives an update on how they are co-creating a grantmaking program where decision-making power is moved closer to movements on the ground.
How we did it: The rebuilding of the Iraqi Social Forum following COVID-19
Mahmoud Alhiti and Batool Kareem of the Iraqi Social Forum tell the story about the steps the ISF took in order to set a new course forward following major challenges of the pandemic and social unrest. Their experiences provide...
Global call to action: WTO waiver now to end the pandemic
A "Global Call to Action" has been issued to call for an emergency suspension of the intellectual property rights on products that would protect, contain, and treat COVID-19.
What frontline communities need from the UN Climate Change Summit (COP26: Inside advocacy)
Ivan Phell Enrile writes on the “inside” advocacy work of South movements that have gained access to the COP meetings, and the policy demands that they will be working for in Glasgow. Part II of a two-part series on...
The social and climate crisis (COP 26: Outside advocacy)
The “Southern People’s Action on COP26” writes the efforts of those movements who have not been able to travel to Glasgow for the UN climate talks and who are mobilizing for "outside advocacy" in the streets. Part 1 of...
Memeing Democracy: How memes are used to engage in political discourse and circumvent censorship in the Global South
R. Vaishno Bharati reflects on how the growing role of “meme culture” around the world has supplemented the efforts of social movements in the Global South.
Collective protest by women victimized by Microfinance: A movement with hope for the future
Amali Wedagedara writes about the 55-day protest of women in Sri Lanka against microfinance, and the collective's shared vision for a new development model in the Global South.
Towards a world without forced migration: 19 key demands from migrant groups in Asia Pacific
What is needed for a world without forced migration? This is the question that migrant groups from across the Asia-Pacific region have asked and presented on during a recent review of the UN's Global Compact on Migration (GCM)....
Inequitable Access to COVID19 Vaccine
K.M. (Gopa) Gopakumar from TWN writes about the need to advocate for the vaccine as a global public good, to scale up production and provide access to efficacious vaccines, and that it is vital to support the current proposal...
No end in sight for ‘hunger pandemic,’ except through assertion of people’s rights
Sarojeni Rengam (Malaysia) writes about how COVID-19 pandemic has also exposed a number of other critical systemic holes in other sectors including agriculture and food production.