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Our Task Ahead: Reclaiming Revolutionary Struggle in Atlanta and the South

In the current moment, movement-based organizations must reclaim their revolutionary roots. In contemporary organizing in the US South, tools are available to do so.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Nonprofit Quarterly favicon Nonprofit Quarterly

How to Power Good Union Jobs in the Clean Energy Economy

As examples from Tennessee and Alabama show, when workers, unions, and communities come together, major gains in worker wellbeing become possible.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Nonprofit Quarterly favicon Nonprofit Quarterly

Zimbabwe: Journalist Held on Baseless Charges

Click to expand Image Journalist Blessed Mhlanga walks to an awaiting prison vehicle in Harare, Zimbabwe, after his bail ruling was postponed on February 27, 2025. 2025 Photo by JEKESAI NJIKIZANA/AFP via Getty Images (Johannesburg) – Zimbabwean authorities should immediately release and drop the groundless charges against a journalist for his reporting, Human Rights Watch said today. Blessed Mhlanga, a senior...

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Human Rights Watch favicon Human Rights Watch

Colombia: Armed Groups Batter Border Region

People cross a river to Venezuela from Tibu, Colombia on January 21, 2025, following fightings that killed dozens and forced thousands to flee their homes in the Colombian Catatumbo region. 2025 AP Photo/Fernando Vergara Armed groups fighting over parts of the Catatumbo region near theColombia-Venezuelaborder have committed grave abuses and displaced thousands.The groups have killed, assaulted, kidnapped, and...

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Human Rights Watch favicon Human Rights Watch

Georgia: Drop Repressive β€˜Foreign Agents’ Bill

Click to expand Image Protesters march in front of Georgia’s parliament in Tbilisi, calling for the release of other protestors, whose images they display on posters, March 7, 2025, 2025 Sebastien Canaud/NurPhoto via AP (Berlin, March 26, 2025) – TheGeorgian parliament should reject a bill to introduce criminal penalties for civic activists and nongovernmental groups that refuse to register as β€œforeign agents,” Human...

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Human Rights Watch favicon Human Rights Watch

Syria: Constitutional Declaration Risks Endangering Rights

Click to expand Image Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa, center, prepares to sign a constitutional declaration for Syria in Damascus, on March 13, 2025. 2025 Omar Albam/AP Photo (Beirut) – Syria’s newly approved constitutional declaration, meant to govern the country’s transitional phase, concentrates power in the executive and could undermine the independence of the judiciary, Human Rights Watch said today....

Published on: March 25, 2025 | Source: Human Rights Watch favicon Human Rights Watch

Countries Press UN Rights Council on Accountability in Afghanistan

Click to expand Image The United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, June 13, 2022. 2022 Valentin Flauraud/Keystone via AP Photo Last week, a cross-regional group of countries – led by Iceland, with support from Chile and South Africa – called on the United Nations Human Rights Council to act to advance accountability for past and ongoing rights abuses in Afghanistan. Their joint statement urged...

Published on: March 25, 2025 | Source: Human Rights Watch favicon Human Rights Watch

How Trump’s Migrant Crackdown Is Straining Mexico’s Brittle Nonprofit Sector

A view of Trump administration policies from Casa Tochan, a Mexican migrant shelter.

Published on: March 25, 2025 | Source: Nonprofit Quarterly favicon Nonprofit Quarterly

FIFA: Recognize, Support Afghan Women's Team in Exile

Click to expand Image Afghan women's football team players celebrate a goal on April 24, 2022. 2022 William West AFP via Getty Images (Amsterdam) – The FΓ©dΓ©ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) should act to stop the ongoing discrimination againstAfghan women footballers living in exile and facilitate their return to international competition, theSport & Rights Alliancesaid in areportreleased...

Published on: March 25, 2025 | Source: Human Rights Watch favicon Human Rights Watch

Inside the Federal Funding Freeze

The San Francisco-based Center for Gender and Refugee Studies provides technical assistance to support the legal representation of unaccompanied migrant children. Recent actions by the Trump administration have put these efforts at risk.

Published on: March 25, 2025 | Source: Nonprofit Quarterly favicon Nonprofit Quarterly

Get a Passport or Leave: Russia’s Ultimatum to Ukrainians

Click to expand Image People cross a street with a billboard reading "How to get a passport of a citizen of Russia" in the occupied territory of Luhansk, September 22, 2022. 2022 AP Photo Adecree Russian President Vladimir Putin signed on March 20, 2025, requires Ukrainian citizens living in the Russian-occupied parts of Zaporizka, Khersonska, Donetska, and Luhanska regions to either β€œregulate their legal status” or...

Published on: March 25, 2025 | Source: Human Rights Watch favicon Human Rights Watch

Survivors Bring Case to End Japan’s β€˜Hostage Justice’

Click to expand Image Tomoya Asanuma (center) appears alongside his legal counsel at a press conference after filing a lawsuit on "hostage justice" at the Tokyo District Court on March 24, 2025. The mannequin next to him representsYo Amano, who has been detained without trial for over six years. 2025 Lalasa Tomita/Human Rights Watch Four survivors of Japan’s β€œhostage justice” filed alawsuit at the Tokyo District Court...

Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source: Human Rights Watch favicon Human Rights Watch

South Koreans Await Court’s Verdict on President’s Impeachment

Click to expand Image South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo arrives at the Government Complex in Seoul, March 24, 2025. 2025 Heon-Kyun Jeon /Pool Photo via AP Photo South Korea’s Constitutional Court’sreinstatement of Han Duck-soo as prime minister yesterday, overturning his impeachment, is a significant development in the country’s political crisis. But despite superficial similarities, Han’s case bears little...

Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source: Human Rights Watch favicon Human Rights Watch

TΓΌrkiye: Court Jails Istanbul Mayor

Click to expand Image Banner on the Istanbul Municipality building shows mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, March 22, 2025. 2025 Human Rights Watch (Istanbul, March 24, 2025) – The formal order by an Istanbul court to detain Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Δ°mamoğlu is the latest example of the justice system weaponized to remove a leading opposition politician from the political scene, Human Rights Watch said today.Mayor Δ°mamoğlu’s...

Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source: Human Rights Watch favicon Human Rights Watch

When the Mouth Speaks, the Whole Person Heals: Bringing Integrative Community Therapy and Solidarity Care from Brazil’s Favelas to the United States

Integrative Community Therapy and the concept of solidarity care offer a way to help create community, solve personal and community challenges, alleviate suffering, cultivate love and solidarity, and move us toward health equity and justice. That’s a tall order, but it’s within the capacity of the people. In fact, that is the only place it exists.

Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source: Nonprofit Quarterly favicon Nonprofit Quarterly

Bridging the Healthcare Gap: How Sick Pikin Helps Sierra Leone’s Children Access Lifesaving Treatments

As geopolitical shifts and domestic pressures in donor countries increasingly dictate the future of global health assistance, smaller nonprofits, like Sick Pikin in Sierra Leone, continue relying on the communities they serve for support. With limited healthcare infrastructure and ongoing funding challenges, it’s clear that more sustainable solutions are needed.

Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source: Nonprofit Quarterly favicon Nonprofit Quarterly

Minding the Gaps: Neuroethics, AI, and Depression

Given the historical, inherent biases in society generally and healthcare specifically, AI-driven advancements are not going to serve minority groups as a matter of course. Unless they are tailored to represent and serve all communities equally, they will exacerbate existing biases and disparities. We need representative data. How do we get there?

Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source: Nonprofit Quarterly favicon Nonprofit Quarterly

Germany: Social Security Failing to Protect Rights

Click to expand Image A womancollecting foodfroma Tafel-run food bank in Berlin, Germany, while children in strollers look on,July 3, 2023. 2023 Carsten Koall/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images Social security failures coupled with structural gender inequality leave many people in Germany mired in poverty, especially single-parent families and older women.Major gaps remain in the world’s third richest country between the...

Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source: Human Rights Watch favicon Human Rights Watch

Global Cooperation Needed to Tackle Air Pollution

Click to expand Image Smoke billows over the Mississippi River in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley. October 15, 2023. 2023 Eli Reed for Human Rights Watch Government officials, local authorities, health professionals, and civil society are gathering today at the secondglobal conference on air pollution and health in Cartagena, Colombia.As multilateralism is under threat, this convening is a crucial opportunity for...

Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source: Human Rights Watch favicon Human Rights Watch

Nepal: Extend Social Protection for Children in Coming Budget

Click to expand Image Children write in chalk on the walls of a Saraswati temple on the festival of Saraswati Puja on January 26, 2023. 2023 Sipa via AP Images (Bangkok) – The government of Nepal should use the forthcoming budget to protect the rights of Nepali children by expanding its popular and successful Child Grant program, 24 Nepali and international rights groups said today in a letter to Finance Minister...

Published on: March 24, 2025 | Source: Human Rights Watch favicon Human Rights Watch

Japan Doubts Myanmar Junta’s Election Plans

Click to expand Image People protest the military coup in Myanmar organized by the group "WeLoveMyanmar," outside the United Nations University in Tokyo, Japan, February 11, 2021. 2021 AP Photo/Hiro Komae On March 21, during a session of the Japanese Diet on foreign affairs, Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya expressed β€œserious concern” about the Myanmar military junta’s plans to hold national elections by January 2026....

Published on: March 22, 2025 | Source: Human Rights Watch favicon Human Rights Watch

Trump Administration Shutters Research Lab Tracking Stolen Ukrainian Children

Click to expand Image Kherson Children’s House, an orphanage from which Russian forces allegedly took 49 children in Kherson, Ukraine, November 27, 2022. 2022 Chris McGrath/Getty Images The Trump administration has jeopardized efforts to find thousands of Ukrainian children illegally deported to Russia and Belarus, and in doing so, may have compromised evidence of war crimes by Russian officials.After the US State...

Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source: Human Rights Watch favicon Human Rights Watch

REI Workers Undeterred by Co-op’s Refusal to Let Union Candidates Run for Board

At REI, two union-backed candidates are excluded from the co-op board’s ballot. Workers respond with a membership-based campaign and in the state legislature.

Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source: Nonprofit Quarterly favicon Nonprofit Quarterly

The AI Paradox: Environmental Costs and Responsible Use

While AI can be a powerful tool, its environmental impactβ€”through immense energy and water consumptionβ€”demands transparency from tech companies and intentional, mindful use from consumers.

Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source: Nonprofit Quarterly favicon Nonprofit Quarterly

Lebanon: Support Justice for Beirut Blast Victims, Families

Click to expand Image Relatives of the victims of the deadly 2020 Beirut blast hold portraits of their loved ones on the fourth anniversary of the blast, August 4, 2024. 2024 AP Photo / Hussein (Beirut) – Lebanon’s new government should take all necessary measures to strengthen judicial independence and ensure that the investigation into the August 2020 Beirut port explosion can proceed without undue interference or...

Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source: Human Rights Watch favicon Human Rights Watch

Ending Racism Means Addressing Its Historic Legacies

Click to expand Image A person waves a flag calling for reparations from the 1921 Tulsa Massacre during the Juneteenth Festival on June 19, 2021 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. 2021 Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images Today marks the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the 60th anniversary of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. It is a day all...

Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source: Human Rights Watch favicon Human Rights Watch

Free Press, Democracy, and the Threat of Trump’s Illiberal Regime

Attacks on the press by the Trump administration are all part of the authoritarian playbook, which seeks to discredit journalism to control information, evade accountability, and consolidate power. The free press must resist.

Published on: March 20, 2025 | Source: Nonprofit Quarterly favicon Nonprofit Quarterly

Hungary Bans LGBT Pride Events

Click to expand Image A demonstrator holds a banner during a protest against a new law banning Pride events on March 18, 2025 in Budapest, Hungary. 2025 Janos Kummer/Getty Images Hungary deepened its repression of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people on March 18 as the parliamentpassed a draconian law that will outlaw Pride and similar events, thereby penalizing public support for LGBT people in the...

Published on: March 20, 2025 | Source: Human Rights Watch favicon Human Rights Watch

UN Investigations on Iran Should Continue

Click to expand Image Overview during the 55th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, February 26, 2024. 2024 Janine Schmitz/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images (Geneva) – The United Nations Human Rights Council should renew the mandate of the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Iran and ensure the continuation of a complementary international independent investigative mechanism with a broad mandate to...

Published on: March 20, 2025 | Source: Human Rights Watch favicon Human Rights Watch

Public Service Loan Forgiveness: Who and What Is at Risk?

It took the Biden administration four years to make the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program functional. The Trump administration has already started to weaken it.

Published on: March 20, 2025 | Source: Nonprofit Quarterly favicon Nonprofit Quarterly

Take Action for Palestine

Discover the actions we're taking to push for an end to violence in Palestine and Israel, and find out how you can get involved. The post Take Action for Palestine appeared first on Peace Direct.

Published on: March 19, 2025 | Source: Peace Direct favicon Peace Direct

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Published on: March 11, 2025 | Source: Peace Direct favicon Peace Direct

Peace Connect Tickets

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Published on: March 11, 2025 | Source: Peace Direct favicon Peace Direct

International Funding Cuts: You can help

Today we are seeing some of the worst foreign aid cuts in history, that put the work of our local peacebuilding partners at risk. Your support will enable their urgent work to resist and end global violence. The post International Funding Cuts: You can help appeared first on Peace Direct.

Published on: March 06, 2025 | Source: Peace Direct favicon Peace Direct

What’s next for Syrian peacebuilders?

Sara, Executive Manager at Peace Direct’s Syrian partner Swaadna Al Souriya, shares her story of the liberation of Syria and their plans for peacebuilding. She calls for long-term support to local organisations, humanitarian relief, media coverage and support for justice. The post What’s next for Syrian peacebuilders? appeared first on Peace Direct.

Published on: February 13, 2025 | Source: Peace Direct favicon Peace Direct