The Network of Young Democratic Asians (NOYDA) is a network of youth leaders committed to building a democratic society in Asia. Faced with new challenges and opportunities, the core membership of NOYDA convened a meeting in Taipei, Taiwan on September 8-10, 2017, to develop a strategic plan and build a flagship campaign for the coming…
In June 2017, the World Movement hosted an event on human rights in Crimea with Tetiana Pechonchyk, Head of the Board of the Human Rights Information Centre (HRIC); Olga Skrypnyk, Head of the Crimean Human Rights Group (CHRG); and members the international affairs community in Washington, DC. The event provided a firsthand update on the human rights…
The World Movement, in partnership with the Georgian Foundation for Strategic International Studies (GFSIS), will facilitate a meeting in October 2017 to help civil society organizations (CSOs) in the Eurasia region defend themselves from charges that their work undermines social cohesion and moral order. It will reflect on cultural and historic contexts within the countries…
Former UNSR on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Maina Kiai’s, final report demonstrates the positive impact civil society has made in communities around the world. Authoritarian governments around the world increasingly promote negative narratives of civil society by accusing it of being elitist, corrupt, or foreign agents; of supporting terrorism;…