In a humanitarian emergency, it is necessary to listen to communities, respect their dignity and trust the organisations that know the territory and work on the ground.
As governments around the world increase their investments in humanitarian assistance, they are recognising a simple reality: today's crises are becoming more frequent, more complex, and more interconnected.
"Not necessarily a space with swings and goals, but places where you don't have to produce, compete, buy or demonstrate anything. A bench in the square. A library. A neighborhood association."
On 17 January, a new global treaty entered into force that finally allows countries to establish marine protected areas on the high seas—ocean regions that lie beyond the jurisdiction of any single nation.
Youth literature can help LGBTI youth recognize themselves without feeling exposed. Reading stories about identity, doubt, fear, and hope can open up necessary conversations with families, teachers, and educational settings.
Given the climate emergency situation we are going through, and in the local/global context of urban population growth, it is urgent to seek solutions that mitigate the impacts of climate change on people's lives.
Across the European Union (EU), the legitimacy of civil society organisations is being increasingly questioned, at a moment when democracy needs them the most.
A good example of this real and full participation that we defend is inclusive volunteering, a system in which the person with an intellectual disability participates as a volunteer accompanying people from other groups.
Our function is not to educate, but to achieve spaces of freedom and citizen agency to govern ourselves in a real way. For this we point out the systemic inequalities and show examples of community resilience.
When things go wrong and in emergency situations, volunteers are always there. But it is also there when he repairs the net every day, full of unstitched and more or less visible strips.
Citizen science is defined as an emerging trend in the ways of doing science. Efforts draw on citizens’ involvement in research tasks. This may range from identifying a problem that needs solving, defining research, data collection, data interpretation and transforming these interpretations into actions.
