Civil Society

Written by Wikimedia Foundation’s Rachel Arinii Judhistari (Rjudhistari), Lead Public Policy Specialist for Asia Mobile communications are occupying a more central role in societies across the world, with connectivity increasing, and coverage and usage gaps diminishing worldwide. This is also the case in the East Asian and Pacific region, including…

Have published my first article after moving to Tokyo: The crushing of Hong Kong's civil society will be felt by all Patrick Poon is a visiting researcher at the Institute of Comparative Law at Meiji University in Tokyo.The space for…asia.nikkei.com Opinion The crushing of Hong Kong’s civil society will be felt by all National Security Law crackdown puts investors and business at risk too Patrick Poon

This is a blog by Joanna Brown and I making the case for why imagination is crucial for the public sector, and what we might be losing if we dismiss it as simply ‘day-dreaming’. Jo is the Director of People and Inclusion at Camden Council. — Imagination is a superpower. Every single change in society started in somebody’s imagination — or in a small group’s collective imagination — from women getting the vote, to the civil rights movement or better services for healthcare. …

Here’s the link to my testimony at the hearing of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China entitled “The Dismantling of Hong Kong’s Civil Society” on 12 July 2022: Here’s the link to the hearing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJqAiwcCH_c&t=22s

By Suha Mohamed In February, the Data Economy Lab set out to understand the vast landscape of data gathering and governing efforts in the environmental conservation and sustainable development space. …

By Rebecca Masisak and Marnie Webb, TechSoup — Rebecca Masisak is CEO and Marnie Webb is Chief Community Impact Officer of TechSoup. TechSoup is the leader and founder of the TechSoup Global Network. On Friday, June 24, the United States Supreme Court voted to overturn 50 years of precedent and curtail the rights of millions of Americans, threatening…

I first met Raechel Kelly in 2018 when I was developing the concept for Money Movers, and she was working for an ethical finance company. I’ve followed her work from afar since, with deep admiration for what she has already achieved with Planet Cheltenham, and her vision for what’s possible…

Understanding the ingredients for a foresight commons When Careful Industries started to develop the Civil Society Foresight Observatory for the National Lottery Community Fund, a part of the brief was to work out what a Foresight Commons could look like — some kind of shared space and resource that might…

By Anna Sienicka, TechSoup Europe Vice President and Maria Makowska, Training and Education Manager at Fundacja TechSoup The Russian invasion and war in Ukraine has accelerated already existing propaganda and disinformation campaigns throughout Eastern and Central Europe. …