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Forus @forusinternational.bsky.social · 1d

🗓️ Join the Vuka! Coalition Solidarity Dialogue
Resistance Against Corruption & Authoritarianism in Asia – The Role of Youth

🎙️ With @CIVICUSalliance @ForumAsia @AccountabilityLab Forus and #EUSEE

👉 Register: civicus.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Forus @forusinternational.bsky.social · 2d

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Forus @forusinternational.bsky.social · 2d

🗞️ New #CADE Newsletter (Aug/Sept 2025) is here!

🌐 Explore how CSOs are shaping #DigitalRights & #InternetGovernance
🤝 Read partner updates from across the globe
💡 Discover tools for a more inclusive digital future

👉 Read it now: cadeproject.org/newsletters/...

#LetsTalkDigital #civilsociety

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Forus @forusinternational.bsky.social · 3d

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Forus @forusinternational.bsky.social · 3d

Across Africa, constitutional reform is reshaping power — but also testing civic freedoms.

CSO leaders are fighting for inclusive, transparent, people-centered processes.

🔗https://eusee.hivos.org/constitutional-reform-under-pressure-the-double-reality-of-enabling-environment-in-africa/

#EUSEE

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Forus @forusinternational.bsky.social · 3d

Across Africa, constitutional reform is reshaping power — but also testing civic freedoms.

CSO leaders are fighting for inclusive, transparent, people-centered processes.

🔗https://eusee.hivos.org/constitutional-reform-under-pressure-the-double-reality-of-enabling-environment-in-africa/

#EUSEE

Forus @forusinternational.bsky.social · 3d

🌍 New #WeAreForus video!

PDA Chair Zia Ur Rehman discusses:
💼 The #CSDDD & labor rights
🤝 Civil society advocacy with the EU
🌐 The 2025 World Summit for Social Development
🎥 Watch here youtu.be/RxJNwCYajMU?...

#VoicesForWSDD2 #CivilSociety #Sustainability

Forus @forusinternational.bsky.social · 4d

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Forus @forusinternational.bsky.social · 4d

⚠️ #Pakistan’s new Anti-Terrorism Act amendments restore 90-day preventive detention powers for security agencies.

Civil society warns this risks arbitrary detention & shrinking civic space, especially in Balochistan.

📖 Read more & subscribe: eusee.hivos.org/alert/pakist...

#EUSEE

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Forus @forusinternational.bsky.social · 4d

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Forus @forusinternational.bsky.social · 4d

💻 You’ve heard of human rights — but what about digital rights?

From censorship to internet shutdowns, our online freedoms are under threat.

🎥 Watch the new #CADE video: Yhttps://youtu.be/bZzKmZFHA1w?si=bBX5DHyUXOLNhGiz

#DigitalRights #LetsTalkDigital #OnlineFreedom

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Forus @forusinternational.bsky.social · 5d

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Forus @forusinternational.bsky.social · 5d

⚠️ Karnataka’s draft Misinformation & Fake News Bill could criminalize broad forms of online speech — critics warn it threatens #FreedomOfExpression & #DigitalRights in #India.

Read more on the #EUSEE website : eusee.hivos.org/alert/draft-...

#HumanRights #CivicSpace #Misinformation

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Forus @forusinternational.bsky.social · 5d

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Forus @forusinternational.bsky.social · 5d

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Raising Her Voice: how Nepali women are using storytelling, digital media and AI to change the narrative | Forus

Over 40 young women from Dalit and Janajati communities came together for Raising Her Voice, a HopeRise Foundation Nepal initiative with Forus support as part of CADE, that turned their personal stories into creative, and digitally shareable narratives. HopeRise Foundation Nepal is one of the winner

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Forus @forusinternational.bsky.social · 5d

40+ young women from Dalit & Janajati communities joined Raising Her Voice in 🇳🇵 — a #CADE & #LetsTalkDigital initiative by HopeRise Nepal & #Forus, co-funded by the EU.

They turned their stories into AI & digital creations that travel beyond their communities. 🌸

🔗 Link in comments!

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Forus @forusinternational.bsky.social · 16d

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Forus @forusinternational.bsky.social · 16d

🌍 #CADE #RaisingHerVoice in #Nepal: 40+ women from Dalit, Janajati & rural communities joined a day of storytelling, digital rights dialogue & AI artivism.

🎙 Narratives
💻 Digital futures
🎨 AI art

👉 www.forus-international.org/en/campaign/...

#LetsTalkDigital #DigitalRights

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Forus @forusinternational.bsky.social · 18d

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Forus @forusinternational.bsky.social · 18d

Argentina no se presentará a las elecciones para obtener un puesto en el Consejo de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas tras más de 40 años de participación.

Más información + suscríbase a las alertas de #EUSEE sobre los países: eusee.hivos.org/alert/argent...

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Forus @forusinternational.bsky.social · 23d

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Forus @forusinternational.bsky.social · 23d

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Forus @forusinternational.bsky.social · 23d

⏳ Last chance! The Forus Journalism Fellowship deadline is 22 Sept.

We’re supporting 7 journalists (1 per region) with €1,500 micro-grants, training & a global network.

👉 Apply now: www.forus-international.org/en/extra/hub...

#Journalism #PositiveNarratives #CivilSociety #PressFreedom

The Forus Journalism Fellowship – Call for Proposals | Forus

Supporting journalists in amplifying civil society voices globally

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Forus @forusinternational.bsky.social · 24d

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Forus @forusinternational.bsky.social · 24d

⚠️ Arbitrary arrest of journalist Mohalenyane Phakela in #Lesotho shows growing threats to press freedom.

Lured under false pretenses

Interrogated w/out charge

Sources targeted

Devices searched illegally

📖 Read the full #EUSEE alert here: eusee.hivos.org/alert/lesoth...

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