Abandon talks for big data rules at WTO, say over 300 CSOs
Voices from the South – June 2019 In the spring of 2019, members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) began negotiations on a binding international framework on what is known
Sign Petition: End the occupation of Palestine
The campaign calls for solidarity with Palestinians in their quest for ending the unjust and illegal occupation, and in securing their freedom and human rights.
Still groggy after worst nightmare: A need to preserve social peace in Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan journalist Piyumi Fonseka reflects on the tragic, violent events that unfolded in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday. Piyumi argues that the Sri Lankan state must not only both care for the victims and bring the perpetrators...
Promoting water as a tool for sustainable peace in Mesopotamia
More than 180 water activists from the Mesopotamia region and other countries gathered in Sulaymaniyah in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq for 1st Mesopotamian Water Forum. Here you will find the final declaration from the forum.
Spaces for engagement and resistance: Inside/Outside organizing in opposition to the IMF and World Bank
Ivan Phell Enrile of the APRN looks at the importance of “inside / outside” strategies on advocacy towards the IMF and World Bank; namely political organizing where activists/advocates are embedded both inside political structures and outside of them.
Video: Resisting and Rebuilding – Successes in 2018
Movements across the world are showing they can fight the giant and win! Here are three examples of successes in 2018 from Karibu's partners in the Global South.
Policy vs. survival: Addressing disconnects between forced movement, international state-led processes, and immediate humanitarian needs
Conversation with Cecilia Jimenez-Damary, UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, on disconnects between forced movement, international state-led processes, and immediate humanitarian needs.
Kairos is us: the vision of Palestinian Christians
Rifat Kassis (Coordinator, Kairos Palestine) addresses the main challenges for Palestinian Christians today, the way ahead for global solidarity and nonviolent resistance, signs of hope, and concrete aims of the “Global Kairos for Justice” movement. The text...
Towards a world without forced migration
The Churches Witnessing with Migrants (CWWM) network is currently gathered in Marrakesh, Morocco for 3 days of strategizing, information sharing, and advocacy. The CWWM is meeting in the context of the passing of the UN's "Global Compact on...
Struggle for water: Water for whom?
Francia Márquez (Colombia), winner of the 2018 Goldman Environmental Prize, reflects on the question of structural racism in Colombia and what should come first: drinking water for the most marginalized, or water for use in industrial projects and mining.