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#StandTogetherNow at the UN General Assembly

This September, we had the opportunity to promote the #StandTogetherNow campaign at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. A few blocks away from UN headquarters, where world leaders where gathering, we organised a public mobilisation with key partners where we called for urgent action on equality, civic space and climate and environmental justice. […]

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Civil Society Summit in Belgrade unites CSO leaders in fight for civic freedoms and democratic participation

At the Civil Society Summit held in Belgrade, Serbia, around 150 leaders and representatives of civil society organisation (CSOs) gathered to unite in the fight for democratic participation and civic freedoms. The day-long event opened with the welcome remarks of Serbia’s Office of Civil Society Cooperation Director Zarko Stepanovic, who explained that the sustainable development […]

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By Clara Sanchiz

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The Belgrade Call to Action

A civil society call to stand together to defend people’s voices for a just and sustainable world. Launched in Belgrade, April 8, 2019 Sign the call to action herehere. We, leaders from Global Civil Society, coming from civil society organizations, activists and campaigners from all parts of the World, on this day in Belgrade call […]

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Rubina

Rubina Photo location: Dhaka, Bangladesh We woke up in terror after the roof of our house was swept away, and moments later we were chest deep in rising waters. The water came in so quickly and it got so high it almost reached the ceiling of our house. My parents jumped into the water to try to save the […]

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By Matthew Reading-Smith

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Stories from Bangladesh – climate migration

[masterslider id=”1″] Two global agreements – one focused on the protection of refugees and the other on migration – are in the final stages of negotiation between governments, under the auspices of the United Nations.  Each offers a rare opportunity to protect migrants from one of the biggest sources of displacement today – climate change. […]

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Khodeja

Khodeja Photo location: Hatiya, Bangladesh My children ask me all the time why we have to move from one island to another. I have no answer.  I also ask Allah the same question every day. My home has been taken by the river six times. A few days ago, we moved to this island and made our seventh home. On this remote […]

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Rita Begum

  Rita Begum Photo location: Dhaka, Bangladesh We were the people from north Bengal and lived on the banks of the Brahmaputra River. Each year we were the first in the country to endure the flooding, before floods came to other parts of the country.  We had become accustomed to flooding because we had experienced it all our lives and fought against the odds to […]

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Morjina Begum

Morjina Begum Photo location: Tangaial, Bangladesh My entire life had been spent on an island on the Brahmaputra River. I had never seen any vehicles in my 35 years of life, except for boats, ox carts and horse carts. Like me hundreds of women from these islands had never seen any modern vehicles. The men of the islands went out for necessary things but women didn’t need to go anywhere. I, myself, never imagined a city life could look like this. Last […]

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Hamida Begum

Hamida Begum Photo location: Jessore, Bangladesh I never thought even in my worst dreams that I would have to leave my land and move to Dhaka – but this is what I am about to do. But what we want is never always that which happens. I don’t know how I will live there in one restricted tiny room after living in […]

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Hamida Begum

Hamida Begum Photo location:  Gabura, Sathkhira, Bangladesh She doesn’t go to school anymore. For us, collecting water is more important than going to school now. We old people used to go to school but this new generation is becoming uneducated. But you know ; education only helps when you don’t have to suffer for basic needs like […]

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