West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) is excited about the upcoming African Development Bank Group 2019 #civilsociety forum Africans Rising EPIC-Africa Carl Manlan Lysa John Ayisha Osori CIVICUS Matel Sow Open Society-Africa MandelaWshFellowship TEAM ALFA SEC Emmanuel K. Dogbevi Chamrid Kpadonou

Watch "Socio-Political Crisis in Benin: Citizen's Perspectives" on thecitizenshow.com/_api/media-sha… Charles Kojo Vandyck Banon Leandre Jimm Chick Maame Darkwaa Taaka Awori Dav_437 B🐼bby

#Day3: Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes and advocating for our communal issues! Yesterday, we did put our imagination to work on Creative Campaigning for social change. #CreativeActivism #AfricansRising #25May2019

I’d like to share another “unusual” (but shouldn’t be) part of my office policy w/ you all: Parental Leave! Three members of our small team are expectant or new parents in the first 6 mos of my term. In my office, *every* new parent receives 3 mos paid leave - including dads.

A celebratory toast Foundation for Civil Society WateteziTV Pamela O'Donnell HakiElimu THRDCOALITION policy forum #BestAfricaCSO2019

A young European can move to Dakar, get a job & live a good life without the authorities ever bothering them. Most West Africans cannot enjoy this privilege in Europe but Europeans want to continue to enjoy ease of entry into West Africa. What do we get in return?

What did we learn at EPIC-Africa from the CSO Excellence Awards? Some of the data from almost 400 vetted African CSOs are here: a big focus on capacity building, yet little core support and short grant timelines, but 90% partner with other orgs and have established boards.

Looking forward to the next 3 days representing HURIDOCS with human rights defenders from across the world in #Dublin Front Line Defenders

Looking forward to the next 3 days representing HURIDOCS with human rights defenders from across the world in #Dublin Front Line Defenders #DublinPlatform

#Ireland’s Tánaiste & Deputy Prime Minister Simon Coveney opens our 2019 #DublinPlatform with more than 120 human rights defenders, calling for an end to attacks against WHRDs & HRDs around the world, who are persecuted for their “heroic efforts” defending “human dignity”

The 2nd day of the #DublinPlatform kicks off with the powerful testimonies of WHRDs Sophie Beau (#France) and Meilyn Gamez Mendoza (#Colombia).

As we open day 3 of #DublinPlatform, we stand in active solidarity with our human rights colleagues spending decades behind bars We launched ‘Set Them Free’ to demand the release of 11 HRDs given up to life in prison for their peaceful rights struggles breakingnews.ie/ireland/human-…

What #empowering day it’s been for Global Shapers & Geneva Hub hosting workshop on #youth & #trade at #WTOPublicForum 2019! Thank you to participants, WTO and UNCTAD Youth for this success! #YouthVoice #FutureOfTrade #InclusiveTrade #GlobalShapers #GenevaHub

📣❗️STILL A FEW DAYS LEFT! Apply at the link below to become a member of the Geneva Hub and the big Global Shapers family! globalshapersgeneva.org/join #GlobalShapers #GlobalShapersCommunity #GenevaHub

When tools work well together, #humanrights documentation is made all the more powerful. Just look at GLAN | Global Legal Action Network. They're investigating airstrikes against civilians in Yemen, with support from a collaboration between Digital Evidence Vault and HURIDOCS. huridocs.org/2019/11/glan-d…

Are you between 20-27yo, living in Geneva and impact-driven? Apply now to join the Geneva Hub! 👩🏽‍🤝‍👨🏼🚀💥 Applications via link below: 👇🏻 globalshapersgeneva.org ⏰❗️Deadline: 18 October #GlobalShapers #GlobalShapersCommunity #WorldEconomicForum #Youth #GenevaHub

Geneva-based folks, apply to join the Geneva Hub of the Global Shapers Community!

Today's The New York Times Daily podcast explainer on the Electoral College was magnificent. I thought I knew its full history -- and I learned *so* much. Incredible work from ابو عبد الله Michael Barbaro. (Also great for high school students, esp the first half) nytimes.com/2020/10/22/pod…

This is the election of our lifetime! Make sure you know where your polling place is, when it opens and closes, and what time you’ll be voting on #ElectionDay. Go to weall.vote/hub to get the information you need to make your plan to vote.

We're all tired but seriously let's take a minute to thank all the people who are counting our votes in a historic pandemic. It's hard, thankless, and now suddenly dangerous work. Thank you to everyone who's counting the ballots!