CSOs have long proven their significance in pushing for a rights-based, people-centered sustainable development. However, they still face challenges in pursuing their work with the global trend of shrinking civic spaces, especially in responding to COVID-19. Despite their important role as frontliners, CSOs and other peoples’ organizations are being threatened and attacked. The Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) is an annual platform for regional development actors to review, assess and recommend ways forward to

Amid the long history of women’s and gender justice struggles and movements, we are now at a crucial junction and opportune moment for liberation through self-determination by pushing the gender justice agenda out of the margins and asserting its place in local, national, regional and global policy arenas. Women and gender diverse peoples are serving at the frontlines, and the impacts of the crises on them are a stark reality of ongoing injustices and inequality.

On November 5th 2020, the British government announced that it would spend only 0.5% of its Gross National Income (GNI) on Official Development Assistance (ODA) – a huge departure from the legally mandated and internationally agreed target of 0.7%.[1] In a separate statement, U.K. NGOs have earlier criticized the move, and raised the alarm on the “truly shocking” lack of government transparency in implementing cuts to development aid.[2] Earlier this year, British diplomats were reportedly

You are invited to Aid Talks Webinar #3, hosted by Reality of Aid-Asia Pacific and Aid/Watch. 18 March 2021 4 PM Manila / 7 PM Sydney REGISTER HERE: bit.ly/AidTalks_GenderJusticeNow Aid Talks will dive deep into how women and gender diverse peoples from the Asia Pacific region embrace, advocate and are ushering in feminist, just and rights-based solutions for lives, livelihoods and development justice. Amid the long history of women’s and gender justice struggles and movements,

Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have long proven their significance in pushing for a rights-based, people-centered sustainable development. They have demonstrated and reaffirmed continuing dedication to their own effectiveness as development actors or partners and continuing engagement with governments and institutions to uphold long-standing commitments on effective aid and development cooperation.   However, CSOs still face challenges in pursuing their work with the global trend of shrinking civic spaces, especially in the midst of responding to

  Myanmar Photos (above) from Ben Small and India Photos (below) from Google   Escalating attacks on peoples’ rights and on democratic rule have been sweeping Asia Pacific the past few weeks. From the months-long farmer protests in India to the military coup in Myanmar, the region saw the masses’ prowess to take ownership of the streets and assert a just and people-centered development. The Reality of Aid Network – Asia Pacific (RoA-AP) extends its