The roots of International Women’s Day are more radical than you think

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Last March 8, the world celebrated International Women’s Day. Did you know that it was originally founded by female socialists agitating for equality, and that the holiday even helped spark the Russian Revolution?

CPDE global webinar on the (in)effectiveness of the COVID-19 response

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Wednesday, 31 March 2021
9am Buenos Aires | 2pm Paris | 8PM Manila

Our platform warmly invites you to a webinar we are organising on effectiveness in the pandemic response, where we will present our global study, World in lockdown, Development on hold: A special CPDE report on the (in)effectiveness of COVID-19 response. An agenda with the list of speakers will be shared closer to the webinar.

Civil Society at the Frontlines: How can SDG 17 support an enabling environment for CSOs’ recovery and resiliency?

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23 March 2021 | 4:15 PM Bangkok / 5:15 PM Manila

For this year’s UNESCAP Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD), Reality of Aid Asia Pacifique, along with CPDE Asia and the IPMSDL host this event to discuss sectoral case studies highlighting the lack of enabling environment for CSOs, the crucial role of CSOs in fulfilling SDG 17, and the prospects for CSO sustainability and resiliency amid this crisis.

GENDER JUSTICE NOW! Moving Beyond Neoliberalism, Capitalism and Patriarchy

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18 March 2021
4 PM Manila / 7 PM Sydney

Reality of Aid Asia Pacific and Aid/Watch invite you to their 3d Aid Talks to discuss how women and gender diverse peoples from the Asia Pacific region embrace, advocate and are ushering in feminist, just and rights-based solutions for lives, livelihoods and development justice. With panelists from Karen Peace Support Network and Centre for Research and Advocacy, Manipur

Beyond Beijing Committee Nepal hosts a physical #SheDecides Event in Kathmandu

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26 March 2021

To mark the fourth global #SheDecides Day, Beyond Beijing Committee Nepal will be organising a physical event in Kathmandu on 26 March and urge interested youths to fill out the registration form. #SheDecides is a global movement, aimed to achieve a new normal where every girl and every woman can decide about her own body, life, and future without any question.

Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration Video Education Series

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In an effort to raise awareness especially among migrants on the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM),  the Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants (APMM) launched its GCM Video Education Series, a set of five short videos aimed to acquaint migrants with the GCM and its relevance and processes.

19th International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights

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The FIFDH is a leading international event dedicated to film and human rights. Last week, it gathered diplomats, NGOs, victims, artists, philanthropists, activists, journalists, decision makers, and the general public around screenings and high-level debates.

Global Inter-Ministerial Dialogue Addressing Gender-biaised Sex Selection (GBSS)

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A high-level dialogue uniting high level commitments to end son preference and the undervaluing of the girl, towards the full realization of Gender Equality in 2030. Organised by UNFPA, EU and Norwegian Government.

PCFS to UNHRC: hold Myanmar military junta accountable for bloody protest crackdown

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People’s Coalition for Food Sovereignty urges the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to take a stronger stance on the political crisis in Myanmar, following the violent clash between the police and protesters on February 28.

Indigenous Women Rise for Land, Rights,
and Self-determination!

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The People’s Coalition on Food Sovereignty (PCFS) salutes the continuing defiance of tens of thousands of Burmese peoples against the military coup that ransacked their democracy.

Working class women are crucial in ushering social transformation

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Women celebrate International Working Women’s Day on March 8 because thousands of women garment workers went on strike for higher wages, better working conditions and against global powers’ wars more than a century ago. IBON International recognises and celebrates the significant roles of women, especially from the working people and the poor, in advancing people’s rights and sovereignty especially today.

35 Aid Agencies warn of further irreversible impact, marking 10 years of Syrian conflict

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Thirty-five of the leading aid agencies, including ACT Alliance, warn of increased, irreversible, damage if the growing humanitarian needs in Syria are not met and a political solution is not found. They highlight that a decade since the start of the conflict, living conditions for many Syrians are worse than ever.

NETRIGHT Ghana’s Statement for
International Women’s Day

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From Network for Women’s Rights in Ghana,  a CPDE Feminist Group member, for IWD2021.

While we acknowledge the key roles, women are playing as front liners in curbing the pandemic, we also want to highlight the increased burden of unpaid care work, domestic violence, unemployment and the rise in poverty levels that women and girls are grappling with amid the pandemic. Yet, they have been side-lined thus disproportionately represented in COVID-19 policy spaces at all levels.

Job opening at CPDE:
Policy and Membership Coordinator

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CPDE is looking for a Policy and Membership Coordinator!
The successful candidate will provide our platform with the necessary coordination and membership engagement to advance its policy and advocacy objectives. S/he shall work closely with the Policy and Advocacy Officer, and Network Manager.
Location: Quezon City, Philippines
Duration: One-year with six months of probation, renewable

5 funds that are making a difference for women

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CIVICUS shared five funds that are making a big difference for rural women, adolescent girls, women and transgender activists and human right defenders, and sex workers.

CIVICUS is looking for an advocacy and campaigns officer

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Lead CIVICUS’s advocacy initiatives and campaigns in response to civic space restrictions.

How Can Member States Improve the UN’s Global Counterterrorism Strategy?

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Saferworld‘s Jordan Street and Nicholas Miller from International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL) argue that an updated UN approach to counter-terrorism should reflect these changes and address current shortcomings in; protecting civic space, meaningfully integrating gender, defending principled humanitarian access, and delivering human rights oversight.

Facebook enabling Amazon land grabbing, deforestation, finds investigation

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In a powerful documentary entitled Selling the Amazon, BBC Brasil went undercover to show how illegal land grabbers are moving in on public land in the Brazilian Amazon, including within protected areas — clearing rainforest and selling plots to ranchers at highly inflated prices. In a modern twist that is attracting international attention, the documentary showed plots of public land being openly advertised on Facebook.

Building sustainable revenue in community-based organizations: lessons from the legal empowerment field

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The Open Society Foundation shares key lessons from its work supporting organizations that are experimenting with earned income models.

Even in peaceful countries, journalists are increasingly being identified as ‘public enemies’

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In 2020, the number of journalists imprisoned worldwide for their reporting reached record levels: at least 274 (mainly in China and Turkey), of whom 34 were imprisoned for allegedly spreading ‘fake news’, compared to 31 in 2019.

One year on: How the pandemic has affected refugees, asylum seekers, and migration

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On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. As the virus first began spreading outside China, there was widespread fear that refugees, asylum seekers, and internally displaced people living in camps and densely populated urban areas would be hit particularly hard.