On February 22, 2017, Rosa Maria Payá, President of the Latin-American Youth Network for Democracy (JuventudLAC), and several Cuban activists held a ceremony to present Luis Almagro, Secretary General of the Organization of the American States (OAS), with the “Oswaldo Payá Prize” in Havana, Cuba. Almagro planned to receive the award in person, but…
The Tactical Tech Collective (TTC), is accepting applications for their next Gender and Technology Institute (GTI) in Asia. During the meeting, GTI attendees will learn practical ways to leverage technology in their activism, as well as how to “build movement-based discussions around security and privacy from a gendered perspective.” The four-day meeting will convene…
The International Center for Not-for-Profit-Law (ICNL), an organization that supports the legal environment of civil society around the world, released their annual 2015-2016 report entitled “Protecting Civic Freedom.” In the report, ICNL highlights their efforts to defend civil society organizations’ (CSOs) right to access resources through policy recommendations produced by the inter-governmental group, Financial Action…
The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Maina Kiai, is calling on civil society to respond to a questionnaire about their accomplishments over the past ten years. Mr. Kiai will highlight positive developments submitted in questionnaires in the Special Rapporteur’s final thematic report to the 35th session…