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Voluntary action

Citizen science can help track illegal wildlife trade in the Himalayas

Citizen reporting tools can provide crucial data on the status of species and track illegal wildlife trade. There are several such citizen apps, some...

Mongabay-India - 26 February 2022

Civil society

Women’s voices raised against hate in India

The Fearless Collective is a movement that helps citizens move from fear to love through the creation of participatory art in public space. By Mehru Jaffer /...

Inter Press Service - 25 February 2022

Civil society

A man in a Myanmar village advocates against men battering their wives

Ko Aung Lin, a father of three boys, knows exactly what violence against women is because he has committed it himself. Now, he has...

OWSA Contributor - 24 February 2022

Civil society

People are hungry, says hunger watch survey

Many households had to go to sleep without eating. 41 per cent of general caste households surveyed reported that they had to sleep without...

OWSA Staff - 23 February 2022

Climate change

The new world wonder: a 100 million hectares wall to protect Africa

The ambition is to restore 100 million hectares of currently degraded land and sequester 250 million tons of carbon by 2030. By Baher Kamal / ...

Inter Press Service - 23 February 2022

Civil society

Science for the city by citizens: Enhancing local water system resilience

Skyrocketing hospital bills and rising costs for water, only to be matched by costly repairs of the homes we live in – all because...

OWSA Contributor - 19 February 2022

Bangladesh

Bangladesh NGOs highlight human rights violations

Bangladeshi human rights organisations have written to the UN human rights council to counsel the Bangladesh government to put an end to extrajudicial killings,...

OWSA Contributor - 9 February 2022

Civil society