a concise summary of the State of Civil Society Report 2025 by CIVICUS: 1. Global Civic Space: A Deteriorating Landscape 2. Climate Justice: The New Frontline of Dissent 3. Digital Battlegrounds 4. Funding Crisis & Adaptation 5. Bright Spots & Strategies Wins: Key Implications
The WSIS+20 High-Level Event 2025 will take place from 7 to 11 July 2025 at Palexpo in Geneva, Switzerland, co-hosted by the ITU and the Swiss Confederation, and co-organized by ITU, UNESCO, UNDP, and UNCTAD. The event is strengthened by the collaborative engagement of other United Nations entities with the mandate of implementing the WSIS Action…
Digital Democracy Now participated in the sixty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women was was scheduled to occur in New York from 10 to 21 March 2025. Ten delegates from DDN attended, among them participants from Bhutan, Iran and Afghanistan. We also were joined by Global Citizens Circle. Key Points: Outcome documents…
DDN organized a parallel panel in collaboration with the Committee for Justice and the Egyptian Human Rights Forum at the Human Rights Council in 2024. The event was entitled Human rights in Middle East and North Africa region with special focus on Freedom of Expression in Tunisia in light of the presidential election. Co-organizers Committee…
Digital Democracy Now attended the Action Days of The Summit of the Future which took place in September 2024. The summit was a high-level UN event, bringing world leaders together to forge a new international consensus on how we deliver a better present and safeguard the future. It involved youth as its main focus. DDN…
Al and Global Challenges: Ethical Development and Responsible Deployment CCIT / CAST | EC MEDICI Framework | ICT Watch – Indonesia | Jaipuria Institute of Management Noida | Kamusi Project International | Virtual Activism [now DDN] | Loughborough University Session 199 Wednesday, 29 May 2024 , 11:00–12:00 (UTC+02:00)Physical (on-site) and Virtual (remote) participation Room 9, CICG,…
Armed conflict has a pronounced impact on women and girls, significantly constraining their access to education, healthcare, and economic empowerment, and even survival. In this panel, organized by Digital Democracy Now/Virtual Activism at the CSW68, we emphasized the adverse consequences of armed conflict on the lives of women and girls, highlighting the multifaceted ways in which…
In June 2023, Executive Director Marlyn Tadros attended the 53rd session of the Human Rights Council (19 June to 14 July 2023) in Geneva, Switzerland at the UN headquarters. UNHRC is an intergovernmental body within the United Nations system responsible for promoting and protecting human rights globally, with 47 member states elected by the UN General…
