STRENGTHENING PUBLIC DISCOURSE ON CIVIC SPACE AND REINFORCING THE CIVIL SOCIETY NARRATIVE
WHAT WE DID: We amplified grassroots narratives with media pieces and coverage. We contributed to increased public trust in civil society through advancing peer accountability practices within civil society.
CIVICUS’s knowledge generation provided platforms to improve public discourse on civic space
- 1,176 media mentions of CIVICUS in more than 118 countries and in 58 languages
- 26 analytical op-eds and 14 blogs responding to key civic and democratic space developments
- 5 locally led jam sessions
- 6 episodes of CIVICUS Voices podcast
- 121,500 views of Grassroots Solidarity Revolution campaign videos
The release of our two flagship reports, People Power Under Attack and the annual State of Civil Society report, provided opportunities to centre public discourse on civic space and the impacts of civil society action, placing the need to defend and support civil society higher on the policy agenda. This included presentations to CSOs, government, academic, media and philanthropic forums such as Spotify’s Equity and Impact team; Building Resilience and BUILD network meetings; ideation meetings hosted by Global Citizen and MIT as well as other national and regional engagements hosted by CIVICUS peers and members.
