🤔 How can we make #PeopleCenteredJustice a funded priority? 💡 Tomorrow, our #SocialSummit2025 side event will provide a space for collective reflection, knowledge exchange, and policy alignment on this topic. Register for this virtual discussion ⤵️ https://t.co/6zUvNy9S7Q

Over the past 3 days we've led & participated in a number of sessions at #ICSW2025 on understanding and responding to the existential threats facing #civilsociety & social mvmts. What a thought-provoking few days! Learning, listening & devising collaborative solutions.

A sharp insight from @kuminaidoo at #ICSW2025 opening: Solidarity is the greatest renewable energy we have. #civilsociety #justice #peace #fairness

Are you here at #ICSW2025? Drop by our booth on the football field for resources and swag from TAP, #SDG16Now & TAP Partners!

We are kicking off #ICSW2025 with an empassioned call to action from @CIVICUSalliance S-G Mandeep Tiwana. While over 70% of the world's population lives in countries with restricted civic space, #civilsociety around the world continue to fight for #humanrights & #justice.

⏰ Join the next SDG16+ Storytelling Webinar: Storytelling in Restrictive Environments. 📆 Tuesday, Oct 28 | 9:00 AM EST / 14:00 CET 🌍 Featuring inspiring colleagues from across regions sharing best practices & resilient stories. 🔗 https://t.co/WKFVSuTswR

🇺🇳The gap between #UN promises and reality is growing. Most states are failing to protect civic freedoms, the bedrock of any true democracy. Look at the data during #UNGA2025 #UNGA80 https://t.co/3RirmWnafF 🔴🟡🟢

🚨 THURSDAY 🚨 Civic Space Under Threat: An Interactive Workshop 📅 Sept 25 | 9–10:30 AM ET | Virtual, UNGA80 Side-Event 💬 Choose your breakout group & co-create solutions to defend civic space. 🔗 Register: https://t.co/4xByDziorP

🚨 Save the Date! 🚨 Civic Space Under Threat: An Interactive Workshop 📅 Sept 25 | 9–10:30 AM ET | Virtual, UNGA80 Side-Event 💬 Choose your breakout group & co-create solutions to defend civic space. 🔗 Register: https://t.co/4xByDziWhn

Read our latest op-ed "Beyond FfD4: Civil Society Lead in Reform of Global Financial Architecture" https://t.co/KuHPkIZQg8 @IISD_news @IISD_SDGs @mariannebgold @cs_ffd

Thks @Forus CS partners 4 co-hosting #FfD4 side events: ‘Beyond GDP' w/ @CoordiONGD @FuturoenComun @OxfamBrasil; ‘Strengthening Relations btwn PDBs and CS w/ @bondngo @nnngo @abong_osc; 'From Crisis to Collective Action' w/ @TAPNetwork2030 @CIVICUSalliance @anticorruption @Oxfam

Interesting insights in challenges facing #civilsociety in Nepal, including the comments from a TAP Network Partner, @Ngofednepal. Read on:

🗓️ Join us on 31 July for an insightful webinar on Community Justice and Shared Values: Advancing Equity and Equality Across African Justice Institutions. 🎙️ Informative discussions, regional perspectives, and shared solutions await! 🔗 Register now: https://t.co/qGFc8rJHTV

193 promises. 1 global scorecard. Most #UN states are failing to protect civic freedoms -central to #SDG16. A closer look at how member states compare as they meet this week at #HLPF2025 to review progress on the #SDGs. https://t.co/3RirmWmCq7 🟢🟡🔴

#Forus + partners @TAPNetwork2030 @CIVICUSalliance @FordFoundation @AccountLab @QuakerUNOffice are co-hosting: “SDGs & Civic Space Under Threat” – a dynamic dialogue on defending civil society & building resilience. 🔍 Speakers share strategies to counter hostile narratives!

🌍 Read our daily news bites from #HLPF2025. Forus launched its new reports calling for urgent action to localise & democratise the #SDGs. 🛠️ Reform VNRs. Rethink aid. Unlock local power. 📖 Read more: https://t.co/8hJRgrftjZ

💥 No gender equality without justice. Women and girls face systemic legal barriers—from land rights to GBV justice. Let’s put legal empowerment at the heart of #SDG5. #AccessToJustice #HLPF2025

The BIC alongside NGO CSW/NY, WLPF and TAP Network co-hosted an event titled, "Building Access to Justice and Strengthening the Rule of Law: Exploring General Recommendation 41, SDG 5 and SDG 16" on the sidelines of the High-Level Political Forum to explore efforts being made to

When civil society rights are restricted, the capacity to deliver the #SDGs is reduced. #UN to review progress on #civicspace commitments enshrined in #SDG16 for 37 countries. A look at how they compare for this July's #HLPF2025: ➡️ https://t.co/3RirmWmCq7 🟢🟡🔴

🌍 The SDGs are under threat—and so is civil society. Repression. Disinformation. Chronic underfunding. We cannot build a just, peaceful world without civic space. #SDG16Now #CivicSpaceMatters #HLPF2025