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- ‘In the Face of Funding Cuts, Civil Society Has Taken a Leading Role in the Humanitarian Response’
CIVICUS discusses the closure of offices of the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Mexico with members of Integral Human Rights In Action (DHIA), a Mexican civil society organisation (CSO) that promotes and defends human rights in contexts of mobility. In May, the UNHCR announced it would be closing… Read more » - Time to Redesign Global Development Finance
Sarah Strack, Forus Director and Christelle Kalhoule, Forus Chair Read more » - Women in Afghanistan Face a Total Lack of Autonomy
Nearly four years ago, the Taliban took control of Afghanistan and issued a series of edicts that significantly restricted women’s rights nationwide. This has resulted in a multifaceted humanitarian crisis, one marked by a notable decline in civic freedoms, stunted national development, and a widespread lack of basic services. On… Read more » - Afghanistan’s Children in Dire Need of an ‘Acceleration in Nutrition Action’
Afghanistan is burdened with one of the highest rates of child wasting globally, with 3.5 million children under five years suffering from a severe form of malnutrition, leaving them dangerously underweight and unable to grow or thrive. With only five years left to meet global nutrition targets, progress remains unpromising:… Read more » - Bombing Iran Is Part of the USA’s Repetition Compulsion for War War War
Twenty years ago, one day in June 2005, I talked with an Iranian man who was selling underwear at the Tehran Grand Bazaar. People all over the world want peace, he said, but governments won’t let them have it. I thought of that conversation on Saturday night after the U.S.… Read more » - Extreme Weather Will Place Toll on Asia’s Economies and Ecosystems, Says World Meteorological Organization
Asia is heading towards more extreme weather events with a possibility of heavy toll on the region’s economies, ecosystems, and societies, says the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The WMO’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report released today says Asia is currently warming nearly twice as fast as the… Read more » - The Path to Peace Between Israel and Iran
David L. Phillips is an Academic Visitor at St. Antony’s College at Oxford University (September 2025). He was formerly a Senior Adviser at the State Department. Read more » - UN 80 Restructuring: No Office or Agency will be Exempted from Staff Layoffs
When billionaire Elon Musk, a former short-lived advisor to President Donald Trump, was mandated with the task of decimating the federal bureaucracy and laying off thousands of staffers, he was famously pictured carrying a hacksaw to symbolize his cost-cutting agenda. Perhaps it is now the turn of the United Nations… Read more » - Climate and Health: Urgent Need for Adaptation Strategies in Africa
In recent years, there has been growing evidence of how climate change is impacting human health in several ways. The Lancet Countdown has been producing ‘eye-popping’ reports, highlighting how climate change is breaching health thresholds across multiple indicators—heat, disease vectors, food security, air quality, and socioeconomic stability. With record-breaking heat… Read more » - Women Protestors Targeted, Insulted on Georgian Anti-Government Rallies
Having attended hundreds of anti-government protests in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, Gvantsa Kalandadze is no stranger to police intimidation and violence. Police brutality has become common at the daily protests that have taken place in the city since the end of last year, when the autocratic government of the Georgian… Read more »
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