A shared statement by peacebuilding organizationsInternational Day of Peace, 21 September 2021 The Mindanao Peacebuilding Institute was a signatory to this statement. Click here for more information and to see a full list of the signatories. Visit the UN 2021 International Day of Peace website here. Without peace, development will falter Without justice, hope will wither Without inclusion...

According to CIVICUS, a global society alliance that monitors the status of civic space worldwide, only three percent of the world’s population lives in countries where basic civic freedoms are respected: the freedom of association, and the freedom of peaceful assembly and expression.1 The rest struggle with increasing repression and intimidation from both state and non-state actors. The passage of laws that restrict and punish critical voices, the barrage of defamation leveled against journalists, the constant threats of bodily harm experience...

In August, we posted on our Facebook page that our development partner, Dreikönigsaktion der Katholischen Jungschar (DKA Austria), recently conducted a "Stop Child Labor" campaign. We had posted that you could view the very creative mosaic that they had created. We just received another update that we would like to share with you. Martina Clara Podeprel, Advocacy & Campaigns for DKA, wrote the following: Altogether we have received around 5000 submissions from symbolic hands against child labour. We encourage you to visit the website, and even though it is in German, you c...