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Pulling ropes at Day of the Dead Festival, Guatemala (Source: James Rodriguez/Panos Pictures)
Countering extreme right narratives: learning from the Hive community

Ocean Rebellion action in London, UK (Source: Crispin Hughes/Panos Pictures)
Civic Futures-funded report explores the growing securitization of the climate crisis

Pride flag at parade in Stuttgart, Germany (Source: Raphael Renter / Unsplash)
Our latest commissioned research explores the relationship between identity-based attacks and closing civic space

Source: Shutterstock, Merania, Street Artist
What do we mean by working as an ecosystem? Playbook for expanding civic space

Diplomats and UN staff discussing outside the Council Chamber at the Conference on Disarmament. (Source: Mark Henley / Panos)
Evolution or Revolution?
The Future of Recommendation 8

Indigenous activist group in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Source: Lianne Milton/Panos Pictures)
Conditions to Flourish: Understanding the Ecosystem for Narrative Power

Hands raised at protest in Jordan (Source: Ahmad Aburob/Shutterstock)
Building narrative power: introducing the Global Narrative Hive

Protestor holds flare at 'Kill the Bill' march in London, UK (Source: Alisdare Hickson/ Flickr)
New report calls for urgent action to defend UK’s democratic space

Demonstrators at slavery memorial march in Berlin, Germany (Source: Stefan Boness/Panos Pictures)
The Security Playbook 101

Climate Protestors in Stockholm, Sweden (Source: Liv Oeian/ Shutterstock)
New website launched for Civic Futures

Flags of UN & EU stand in European council Building, Belgium (Source: Alexandros Michailidis/Shutterstock)
Counter-terrorism policies are cutting off civil society’s access to resources

Protestors push shields of riot police in Bangkok, Thailand (Source: 1000 Words/Shutterstock)
FICS report reveals proliferation of agencies influencing counter-terrorism

Black Lives Matter March in New York, USA (Source: Lynsey Weatherspoon/Shutterstock)
Trends impacting civic space: “anti-rights groups”

Members of the 10,000 strong Gulabi Gang march through Banda, India (Source: Sanjit Das / Panos)
How can we defend and expand civic space?

Source: Youtube, Poonam Joshi, November 9, 2021
#OnWhatMatters: Hilary Pennington talks with Poonam Joshi

Young man with BLM banner in front of police officers, London, UK (Source: Sandor Szmutko/ Shutterstock)
FICS and partners on foreign policy and civic space


Progressive philanthropy should be bold about funding futures-thinking and visioning work.


Pushing back the proliferation of counter-terrorism laws and policies

Riot police in cloud of tear gas, Hong Kong (Source: Dave Coulson/Shutterstock)
A New Initiative on Civic Space and Security

Students gather in climate protest in Sydney, Australia (Source: Holli/Shutterstock)
Rethinking civic space in an age of intersectional crises: a briefing for funders

Ice sheet breaking up over Antarctica (Source: Matt Palmer/Unsplash)
Climate, civic space and philanthropy

'Anti-Trump' protest at Ocean Beach, San Francisco (Source: Tim Gouw/Unsplash)
What is closing space grantmaking?

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