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The Juntanza Nacional Campesina is securing land rights and fostering agricultural development in Colombia.
News - 2024-03-25

Aremos Paz: ploughing furrows of peace in Colombia

After five years the Aremos Paz project have come to an end. Read more about how the project have supported rural communities and the reincorporated population in rural areas affected by the conflict...

Man talar i mikrofon på en scen i Dar El Salam i Tanzania.
Success story - 2024-03-19

12 times civil society changed the world in 2023

Strengthening press freedom, dismantling structural discrimination, eradicating harmful practices, maintaining a helpline despite state crackdown, preserving natural resources, these are just some of...

People walking in demonstrations holding signs and mobile phones.
Success story - 2024-01-27

Over 20 000 people march to end femicide in Kenya

In January, ForumCiv in Kenya joined a collective of feminist movements, human rights activists, concerned citizens, and civil society organizations in the country for an End Femicide march.

Tomas står i trädgården.
Success story - 2023-12-20

“The bees send the children to school”

Small holder farmers are often among those who live in absolute poverty and often live in places where climate change effects are severe. ForumCiv accompanied Vi Agroforestry to meet some of the...

Screening of the documentary The territory
News - 2023-12-08

Amazon: a network of life beyond the rainforest

ForumCiv's regional office for LAC, in collaboration with the digital journal RAYA, hosted a screening of the new documentary "The Territory", which depicts the daily lives of the indigenous Uru-eu...

4 women have their back against the camera to show the text Empowering Rural Women through Legal and Economic Advocacy for Land Rights written on their purple t-shirts.
Success story - 2023-10-18

Empowering rural women through land rights

In a world where land ownership has long been a symbol of power and economic security, the fight for rural women's land rights continues to gain momentum in Liberia.

The Colombian parliament with Colombias flag on the roof. Screenshot of the report on Colombia.
News - 2023-10-02

The UN reviews human rights in Colombia

In the ongoing UN review of the situation for human rights in Colombia, ForumCiv and other Swedish civil society organizations operating in the country have put forward recommendations that Sweden...

meeting in Agro-environmental Fair
News - 2023-08-16

Hutches of life (Part 2)

In the second part of this story, we will discuss about the development of the Peasant Agro-environmental Fair and the public statement made by the peasant organizations of the piedmont to the Amazon...

Putumayo River
News - 2023-08-04

Hutches of life

A story about Andean-Amazonian peasants and their ways of caring for, protecting and restoring ecosystems. These stories are based on ForumCiv’s work with peasant organisations and particularly within...

Joy is working at a electrical fuse box. She is wearing a red helmet and a green jacket.
Success story - 2023-06-26

8 times civil society changed the world in 2022

Change begins with people who raise their voices to demand democracy, equality, and human rights for all. We are highlighting eight of our results from supporting civil society in 2022.