The Community Committee of El-kfoor village improved government transparency and accountability by facilitating communication between the El-kfoor Community Development Association and community members who collaboratively solved pressing environmental sanitation and waste management issues.
Held in Bahia, Brazil, the 13th AWID International Forum brought together 1700 activists from over 140 countries from around the world. The forum focused on funding of women's rights groups in developing countries, ending violence against women, and women fighting for climate and environmental justice.
Since the early 2000s, Uganda has placed an emphasis on bottom-up development by NGO’s and microfinance. The ‘people-centred’ approach to poverty alleviation and community development allows active participation and self-determination absent in the traditional market and state top-down models that discouraged popular participation and alienated citizens.
On the 18th September 2014 Scottish residents voted in a legally binding referendum on the question “Should Scotland be an independent country?” Unlike many referenda, a citizens were engaged in dialogue and education in the months leading up to the vote. Over 84.59% of over 4.2 registered voters turned out,...
The SDGs Kenya Forum for Sustainable Development is a participatory platform for civil society organizations (CSOs) within Kenya to collectively contribute to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Established in 2015, the SDGs Kenya Forum for Sustainable Development is currently comprised of thirty committee member organizations, each...