International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, 2 November

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Countering threats of violence and crimes against journalists to protect freedom of expression for all

National human rights action plans: An inventory (The Danish Institute for Human Rights)

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How many states have adopted national human rights action plans? Building on its inventory of all national human rights action plans ever adopted, this research project investigates processes of norm diffusion, methodological evolutions as well as state engagement with national human rights action plans since the 1993 Vienna Declaration introduced the concept.

ASHOKA EVENT: Building for the New Longevity (9th of November)

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Join us on November 9, as we hear from social entrepreneurs building for the New Longevity. Live from the BBK New Lon

Inspiring Practices in Corporate Skills-Based Volunteering (November 15 @ 10:00am EST )

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Earlier this year IAVE released Corporate Volunteering for a Post Pandemic World, a comprehensive research on corporate volunteering and how it happens in each region of the world was the result of nearly 200 interviews, with representation from 80 companies. One of the major topics explored in this research is skills-based volunteering.

Progress on methane emissions by energy companies, but numbers still don’t add up: UNEP

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Over 80 oil and gas companies across the world have committed to measuring and reducing their methane emissions, the second biggest driver of global warming, according to a new report by the UN environment agency (UNEP).

Rights of indigenous peoples and local communities must be the focus of climate change solutions

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BANGKOK, 1 November 2022 — The rights of indigenous peoples and local communities must be put at the center when discussing urgently needed solutions to the ongoing climate crisis, lawmakers, civil society members, and experts said in the first ever conference on the role of parliamentarians in addressing climate change in Southeast Asia, organized by ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR)

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS LAUNCHED IN UKRAINE

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Today the National Association of Social Workers Ukraine (NASWU) was officially launched in the country’s central district of Kamenets Podisk. Representatives from the office of the Prime Minister joined the District Mayor, Mr Mykhailo Simashkevych, along with local social workers, social work students, professionals from other parts of the country and members of the International Federation....

NEW FELLOWS JOIN THE ECHOING GREEN FELLOWSHIP CLASS OF 2022

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Announced in October 2022, these 20 Echoing Green Fellows are innovating for our collective future.

Building Climate Justice Through Participatory Governance (Wednesday, November 2, 2022 6:30 PM 8:30 PM (EAST AMERICAN TIME).)

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Join City University of New York (CUNY) for a virtual panel discussion on "Building Climate Justice Through Participatory Governance: Frameworks and Case Studies from the U.S." with Lebaron Sims, Demos; Johana Bozuwa, Community and Climate Project; and Thomas Hanna, Democracy Collaborative. It will be moderated by Michael Menser, Brooklyn College and CUNY. with Denise Thompson, John Jay College/CU

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