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Innovative and important research being funded in the peacebuilding field!

📉 New polling on public attitudes towards international cooperation reveals that Gen Z feel less like a global citizen than older generations. Learn more in the Global Solidarity Report 2024, which unpacks these findings to show how rising despair is a worrying driving force and why the international community must respond. https://lnkd.in/eR5-5wwg

Today marks the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, observed on 9 August each year to raise awareness about the rights and contributions of the world’s Indigenous population. Although there is no generally accepted definition of Indigenous peoples, the focus of the last few years has been on self-identification, cultural difference from other groups in a state, a special relationship with their traditional territory, and an experience of subjugation and discrimination under a dominant cultural model. Despite challenges such as cultural erosion and threats to their natural resources, Indigenous peoples around the world continue to advocate for their rights and preservation of their heritage. International frameworks have been developed to protect these rights, such as the 1989 Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention and the 2007 UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.  Shared goals among the international frameworks include self-determination, cultural protection, and access to essential resources. Learn more about the history, the challenges, and the contributions of Indigenous peoples ➡️ https://w.wiki/3pxG

This meeting concluded the implementation of the Decade for People of African Descent 2015-2025. The recommendation by most of the high level participants calls for an extension of the Decade for 2025-2035. While we acknowledge the incredible advocacy efforts of civil society organizations through the Permanent Forum for People of African Descent, we are disappointed by the consistent control of the discourse by western countries and the lack of progress in the three pillars enshrined in the resolution: Recognition, Justice & Development. Whatever happened to the phrase ‘Nothing About Us, Without Us’? African Union, Kingdom of the Netherlands, Nigeria, where were you at these discussions? What is your position on these issues for the future? Thank you Canada for all that you have done since 2018 including endorsement of the Decade, support of the extension, allocation of over a Billion Dollars for implementation, commissioning of the National Institute for African Studies, and agreement to be co-chair of the 4th Session of the Permanent Forum for People of African Descent taking place in New York in 2025. Moving forward, we kindly call on the proclamation of the new Decade to be supported with effective and efficient mechanisms for participatory action research, disaggregated evidence based data at country levels, the allocation of adequate financial resources and the establishment of a robust monitoring and evaluation framework. Canada, please continue to show leadership and build on current great strides by setting up a Canadian National Secretariat for the People of African Descent. Organizations including Africa Caribbean Heritage Alliance Fiundation, African Union Sixth Region Global, One Full Circle, etc stand ready to strengthen these efforts. Africa Caribbean Heritage Alliance (ACHA) African Union African Union ECOSOCC African Union Canada African Union Mission to the USA African Union Sixth Region USA UN Global Compact Network Canada

📍🗣️International Day of Peace 2024 Webinar 📢Calling all peace advocates and lovers to join the conversation!

Today is international Day of Peace This year marks the 25th anniversary of the United Nations General Assembly’s adoption of the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace.

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, José Francisco Calí Tzay, extends an invitation to participate in the Virtual Consultation regarding Mobile Indigenous Peoples. This event, scheduled for March 19-20, 2024, aims to contribute to his annual report to the General Assembly on the situation of Mobile Peoples, set to be presented in October 2024 during its 79th session. For registration and more information, please visit https://lnkd.in/dsDKy85E Open discussion with participants: 1) Identity and recognition of mobile Indigenous Peoples. 2) Current barriers and challenges facing mobile Indigenous Peoples. 3) Best practices led by Indigenous Peoples, States and international organizations in supporting mobile Indigenous Peoples.

💡 21 September is International Day of Peace 🕊 This year marks the 25th anniversary of the United Nations General Assembly’s adoption of the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace. 📑 In that declaration, it was recognized that peace “not only is the absence of conflict, but also requires a positive, dynamic participatory process where dialogue is encouraged and conflicts are solved in a spirit of mutual understanding and cooperation.” 🌐 In a world with rising geopolitical tensions and protracted conflicts, there has never been a better time to remember how the UN General Assembly came together in 1999 to lay out the values needed for a culture of peace. 🏵 These include: respect for life, human rights and fundamental freedoms; the promotion of non-violence through education, dialogue and cooperation; commitment to peaceful settlement of conflicts; and adherence to freedom, justice, democracy, tolerance, solidarity, cooperation, pluralism, cultural diversity, dialogue and understanding at all levels of society and among nations.

Making an impact in 86 countries! 💥 With the EU System for an Enabling Environment for Civil Society (EU SEE), we are uniting civil society organisations from 86 countries to monitor and enhance the enabling environment for civil society. Worldwide, freedoms of expression, peaceful assembly, and coalition-building face unprecedented restrictions. These pressures arise not just in authoritarian regimes but within established democracies as well. EU SEE stands as a bulwark against these threats, promoting a civic space where voices can be heard and actions can be taken. Our mission: to empower civil society in protecting human rights and democratic principles 🛡️ Learn more about how we'll achieve this: https://bit.ly/3Wg8ZRd Along with DRI, the program is implemented by Hivos in the lead, CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, European Partnership for Democracy (EPD), Forus, and Transparency International European Commission

Today marks the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, observed on 9 August each year to raise awareness about the rights and contributions of the world’s Indigenous population. Although there is no generally accepted definition of Indigenous peoples, the focus of the last few years has been on self-identification, cultural differences from other groups in a state, a special relationship with their traditional territory, and an experience of subjugation and discrimination under a dominant cultural model. Despite challenges such as cultural erosion and threats to their natural resources, Indigenous peoples around the world continue to advocate for their rights and the preservation of their heritage. International frameworks have been developed to protect these rights, such as the 1989 Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention and the 2007 UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Shared goals among the international frameworks include self-determination, cultural protection, and access to essential resources. Learn more about the history, the challenges, and the contributions of Indigenous peoples ➡️ https://w.wiki/3pxG