The covid-19 pandemic has provided authoritarian governments in numerous regions of the world an excuse to restrict civil society activities. In various Latin American countries, for example, the scope for NGOs is currently shrinking dramatically. Belarus or Kyrgyzstan and Hungary are also restricting civil liberties and taking repressive action against critical voices from civil society. Authoritarian regimes often deliberately seek to divide civil society.
According to CIVICUS, over 70 percent of all people worldwide currently live in so-called "repressed or closed states", only 3.1 percent in open societies. A decline in political culture and the erosion of democratic principles and values have become a global phenomenon, manifested for example in the lack of acceptance for democratic rules or the lack of recognition of election results.

Online Workshop in English

Speakers:
Rita Muckenhirn, Systways gUG, Facilitator in Sustainability and Conflict Transformation
Nomthandazo Sibozo, Iliso Care Society, South Africa
Emmanuel Kumi, PhD, University of Ghana

Registration:
Register now or the latest on 28th of October my email:
duesseldorf@eine-welt-netz-nrw.de