What is it?

S4G, the un-mediated, not moderated social platform

Have you ever thought you have something to “express” with a social dimension but never had the opportunity to do it?

Then S4G is what you are looking for:

  • Open, unrestricted and easy to use
  • Three mediums to choose from: TEXT, VIDEO, PHOTO
  • A way to express your ideas, reflections and expertise, on social issues and broader development and society at large
  • You do not need to be an expert but just passionate about what you share

Latest Sharings

IMS: Impact Report 2025: Good journalism needs allies

Full Text Sharing
With the closure of USAID resulting in a 25 percent cut to the world’s media development budget, independent media outlets across the world have become more vulnerable to existential threats ranging from bombings to disinformation. It is vital that the rest of the world steps up to support journalists in these trying times.

The 20th annual Internet Governance Forum (IGF) concluded

Full Text Sharing
27 June 2025 – The 20th annual Internet Governance Forum (IGF) concluded today in Lillestrøm, Norway, celebrating two decades of advancing open, inclusive, and secure digital development.

UNOC Virtual Side: “Intergenerational Equity in Ocean Governance: Securing the Rights of Future Generations” Event Blog

Full Text Sharing
On the 6th of June, World’s Youth for Climate Justice (WYCJ) held a webinar in collaboration with African Young Leaders Foundation (AYLF) titled “Intergenerational Equity in Ocean Governance: Securing the Rights of Future Generations”.

Inequality and Deliberation 2025 – UZH hosts Swiss Summer School in Democracy Studies

Full Text Sharing
On 23 to 27 June 2025, the University of Zurich (UZH) in collaboration with the University of Canberra (UC) hosted the 11th Swiss Summer School in Democracy Studies and 7th Deliberative Democracy Summer School. The event brought together leading international scholars and early-career researchers to explore pressing issues at the intersection of inequality and deliberative democracy.

The Participatory Budgeting Project (PBP): 15 Years: Lesson 3: Trust is Key

Full Text Sharing
The Participatory Budgeting Project (PBP) works with communities across the US and Canada to decide together how to best spend public money. We create and support participatory budgeting (PB) processes that deepen democracy, build stronger communities, and make public budgets more equitable and effective.

IDS: The tax era of develOpment financing

Full Text Sharing
At the UN’s upcoming Financing for Development (FfD4) conference in Spain, commitment to strengthening taxation is crucial.

[Joint Statement] PHILIPPINES: Rights groups condemn brutal killing of human rights defender Ali Macalintal

Full Text Sharing
BANGKOK, Thailand (26 June 2025) – The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), ASEAN SOGIE Caucus, and KARAPATAN strongly condemn the fatal shooting of Filipino human rights defender Ali Macalintal in General Santos City on 23 June 2025.

FAO Director-General urges hope, collective action and genuine multilateralism

Full Text Sharing
At the 44th Session of FAO Conference, QU Dongyu stresses the need to move beyond rhetoric to nourish people, protect the planet, and empower communities

UNV 2024 Annual Report

Full Text Sharing
The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) offers people opportunities to volunteer across the three pillars of the United Nations (UN): development, peace and security, and human rights.

Meet the RRI Collective Action Award Winners

Full Text Sharing
Meet the RRI Collective Action Award WinnersRights and Resources Initiative.These are the three communities that are leading global efforts to protect nature and preserve traditional knowledge for future generations.

RRI 20th Anniversary Celebration Livestream

Full Text Sharing
The RRI Coalition is formed by a group of 21 core Partners who work in areas of their regional and thematic expertise. Click on a partner to learn more.At our celebration in Kathmandu, Nepal on June 30, we will connect leaders from rights-holders’ movements across the world, showcase their achievement and take stock of current and anticipated challenges facing global action for community rights.

BEHIND THE BADGE: UNDERSTANDING THE ROLES, REACH, AND RISKS OF FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY PARTICIPATION IN UN CLIMATE TALKS

Full Text Sharing
"New research from Transparency International shows that in that same year, a total of 339 fossil fuel lobbyists were accredited as official national negotiators at COP29, while another 867 accessed closed-door talks using government issued badges – many without disclosing their affiliations" FROM CLIMATE HOME NEWS

Israel/OPT: Shipping giant Maersk divests from companies linked to illegal Israeli settlements in West Bank

Full Text Sharing
Shipping giant Maersk divests from companies linked to Israeli settlements" Move follows campaign accusing Maersk of links to Israel’s military and occupation of Palestinian lands.

Call for proposals The Community Resource Exchange (CRE)

Full Text Sharing
The Community Resource Exchange (CRE) is a system to facilitate collaborations and co-develop strategies with and among communities defending their rights in the context of international investments and development projects.

ART 19: UK: Banning Palestine Action threatens right to protest

Full Text Sharing
On Monday 23 June, the Home Secretary Yvette Cooper announced the UK government’s plans to ban the campaigning organisation Palestine Action under anti-terrorism laws. ARTICLE 19 strongly condemns the decision, and calls on the UK government to urgently change course and respect the right to protest and dissent.

UNDP leverages every dollar to promote investments of nearly $60 for Sustainable Development, shows new report

Full Text Sharing
May 28, 2025. New York — A new report released today by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) reveals that for every US$1 received in funding between 2022 and 2024, UNDP promoted nearly US$60 in public and private investments aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—a catalytic effect that has mobilised a total of US$870 billion for sustainable development in emerging....

ACTION AID: Financing a Public Future

Full Text Sharing
A Collective Statement for UN Public Services Day - 23rd June 2025. On the eve of the 4th UN Financing for Development Conference

Global survey finds 8 out of 10 people support taxing oil and gas corporations to pay for climate damages

Full Text Sharing
Published: 19th June 2025 Downloads Oxfam Polluter profit tax methodology note.pdf A majority of people believe governments must tax oil, gas and coal corporations for climate-related loss and damage, and that their government is not doing enough to counter the influence on politics of the super-rich and polluting industries.

Pages