Vuka! is a global coalition of 225 civil society organisations which has come together to help secure crucial short and long term victories to regain civic space and incubate new forms of resistance and organisation.
Vuka! would like to work with organisations interested to address the specific threats faced by women, girls and people of all genders as a result of closing civic space.
In response to your answers in this survey, we hope to create a framework through which we can enhance our collective advocacy and action in this area to generate meaningful impact.
List of Steering Group Members
1. HuMENA for Human Rights and Civic Engagement is a non-profit, nonpartisan international human rights organization working in the MENA region https://humena.org/
2. Accountability Lab is a global translocal network that makes governance work for people by supporting active citizens, responsible leaders and accountable institutions around the World https://accountabilitylab.org/
3. MY World Mexico: Hub of Action for Sustainable Development in Mexico Inc., is a nation wide social business aimed to engage stakeholders and individuals in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) https://www.myworldmexico.org/
4. Réseau des Femmes Leaders pour le Développement – Women Leaders Network for Development (RFLD) is a Feminist African non-profit dedicated to empowering women and youth, championing gender justice, and protecting human rights across Sub-Saharan Africa. RFLD has an Observer Status from the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) of the African Union. RFLD sits as a Member in the Working Group of the ACHPR Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders. RFLD also operates as a grantmaking intermediary, providing subgrants to local organizations and media organizations. https://rflgd.org/
5. CIVICUS is a global alliance of civil society organisations and activists working to strengthen citizen action and civil society throughout the world. Its vision is to enable a worldwide community of informed, inspired, and committed citizens to tackle the challenges facing humanity. https://www.civicus.org/
6. Skyline International for Human Rights (SIHR) is a leading organization dedicated to protecting digital freedoms and human rights across the Southwest Asia & North Africa (SWANA) region. https://skylineforhuman.org
7. Womankind Worldwide is a UK-based, feminist global women’s rights organisation that works in solidarity with women’s movements around the world to bring about lasting change in women’s lives. https://www.womankind.org.uk/
8. Open Briefing builds resistance and resilience among the people and movements challenging unaccountable power. As a mission-driven nonprofit, we join forces with grassroots activists, community groups, and social movements at risk. Working together, we strengthen their physical safety, digital resilience, and collective wellbeing. https://www.openbriefing.org/
9. FORUM-ASIA is a membership-based regional human rights organisations with 85 member organisations in 23 countries across Asia. It promotes and protects human rights, civic space, and democracy in the region through empowering civil society and marginalised communities. https://forum-asia.org/
10. The Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center advocates for human rights issues and pursues strategic litigation to hold governments accountable at home and around the world. It fosters a social good approach to business, celebrates agents of change, and ensures change that lasts, educating millions of students about human rights, training the next generation of leaders. https://rfkhumanrights.org/
11. The World Organisation Against Torture is the world’s largest coalition of non-governmental organisations fighting against arbitrary detention, torture, summary and extrajudicial executions, forced disappearances and other forms of violence. https://www.omct.org/
12. Innovation for Change is a global network of people and organisations who connect, partner, and learn together to defend and strengthen civic space and overcome restrictions to our fundamental freedoms of assembly, association, and expression. https://innovationforchange.net/
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