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Stop the war

Statement of Solidarity with Civilian Populations and a Call for a Negotiated End to the War in Ukraine Español | Français We, civil society groups from the five continents of the world working together for a just, peaceful, sustainable and prosperous world, jointly call for a negotiated solution to end the war in Ukraine as […]

The review of the HLPF in 2021- ensuring greater accountability for the 2030 Agenda?

Since 2016, every year we have seen regular reviews of the delivery of the 2030 Agenda and of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in many countries but have these reviews actually led to real change? The process is focused on Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) of the SDGs which include a national consultation process, cross-ministerial reporting […]

By Oli Henman

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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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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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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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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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