On Tanzania’s Lake Victoria’s Ukerewe Island, widowhood is not merely about loss—it is a passage that demands rituals to ...

CIVICUS speaks with Daniel Simons, Senior Legal Counsel Strategic Defence for Greenpeace International, about the lawsuit ...

Of the 234 million children of school age affected by crises, 85 million are already out of school. At least 17 million are ...

While the United States leads in military power and GNP, the US global ranking falls behind many advanced nations in life ...

In India’s Meghalaya, silkworm rearing and weaving are common in rural areas, now several women are using solar-powered ...

Former UN Climate Chief Christiana Figueres said decarbonisation of the global economy is by now irreversible with or without ...

General Assembly designated April 2 as World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD), in an effort to promote inclusion and human rights for autistic individuals. Much work has been done and pushed forward by ...

Sigrid Kaag is the new Chair of Education Cannot Wait’s High-Level Steering Group. Kaag brings a wealth of experience in political, humanitarian and development affairs, as well as in diplomacy. In ...

After so many failed attempts by the U.S. to purchase Greenland over the past 150 years, what makes Trump believe that he ...

Millions of people have been repeatedly driven from first their homes and then, again, from camps, often multiple times. Families have been pushed into impossible choices just to survive, such as ...

Southeast Asia’s major economies have made major strides over the last couple of decades. The largest have seen income per ...

The end of the tenuous ceasefire in Gaza is having disastrous consequences for women and girls. From 18 to 25 March—in just those 8 days, 830 people were killed—174 women, 322 children, with 1,787 ...