The transgender community scored a historic victory last week when the Islamabad High Court granted their writ petition ruling that authorities must add a transgender category to the national census form. Since September 2016, the Trans Action Alliance Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Trans Action KP) has been pushing a writ petition calling for a more inclusive national…
On October 26, 2016, the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Board stated that if Azerbaijan’s government fails to amend restrictions on NGOs before next March, their EITI membership will be suspended. The EITI is an initiative that oversees the international “standard for transparency and accountability around countries’ oil, gas and mineral resources.” Azerbaijan’s EITI membership…
Are you an activist curious about your legal right to receive domestic and foreign funding? The World Movement for Democracy’s new “Civil Society and the Right to Access Resources” interactive infographic provides clarification about this very issue. The tool demonstrates how the right to access donor funding is defined by the international community and explains…
The World Movement for Democracy’s global #SetThemFree Campaign works to bring awareness to activists currently behind bars. In response to the country’s deteriorating human rights situation, and growing restrictions on civil society, the #SetThemFree campaign has expanded its Spotlight coverage of Egypt and its human rights activists behind bars. The Egyptian government has targeted civil society with…