13 May

Posted at 06:35h in AfricanDefenders

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][evc_section_title text_alignment="left" enable_separator="yes" text_tag="h4" title="Highlights" text="Expanding the Ubuntu Hub Cities Initiative" text_color="#0a7c43"][lvca_spacer][vc_column_text] The Ubuntu Hub Cities initiative is now in Accra, Ghana!  This was after a feasibility study we conducted to identify the next city to host the...

10 May

Posted at 09:49h in AfricanDefenders

A news piece by New Vision on the Ubuntu Hub Cities initiative and the support the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands has afforded DefendDefenders and AfricanDefenders. The news piece is  commemorating King's Day which is held every year on 27 April, King's Day (previously...

25 Apr

Posted at 08:55h in AfricanDefenders

NGO forum preceding the 71st ordinary session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights [vc_row row_type='expandable' text_align='center' background_color='' border_color='' more_button_label='Statement on the update on democracy, rule of law and human rights the East and Horn of Africa' less_button_label='' button_position='center' color=''][vc_column width='1/1'] As the continent grapples...

11 Apr

Posted at 09:42h in AfricanDefenders

[button size='' style='' text='Click here for the full report' icon='' icon_color='' link='https://africandefenders.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/1647276053890.pdf' target='_self' color='' hover_color='' border_color='' hover_border_color='' background_color='' hover_background_color='' font_style='' font_weight='' text_align='' margin='']   This report gives findings of an Assessment on the Shrinking Online and Offline Civic Space and Security for Human Rights Defenders, including Social...

08 Mar

Posted at 09:28h in AfricanDefenders

DefendDefenders joins the rest of the world in commemorating International Women’s Day 2022. This year’s theme: “Gender Equality today for a sustainable tomorrow,” reiterates the importance of eliminating any gender barriers and differentiations in the fight against climate change. In particular, it draws our attention to the nexus...