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Slurs, verbal harassment among top SOGIESC-based issues in civil society workplaces
Rappler
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June 3, 2025
MANILA, Philippines – How welcoming is your workplace, really? Can people of all identities thrive without fear of discrimination or harassment? With the lack of national policies in place to combat discrimination, having workplaces that are...
Darfur: bearing the brunt of over two years of civil war in Sudan
KNAU Arizona Public Radio
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June 4, 2025
JOHANNESBURG — The food that a United Nations convoy was taking to the besieged Sudanese city of El Fasher would have been the first humanitarian aid desperate families there had received in over a year. But they never got it. The 15-truck convoy...
Not a bad cop, but a partner: how civil society helps the state with EU integration of public procurement
Ukrainska Pravda
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We, public experts and journalists, are often perceived as bad cops, especially in procurement. We expose overpayments and other tender violations, first approaching procuring entities, and when they don’t respond, we escalate the issue to the...
Former St Mirren director defamed colleagues over comments on charity build
STV News
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June 4, 2025
Two St Mirren directors were defamed when a former colleague accused them of pursuing a “secret plan” to build a charity centre on the club’s land, a judge has concluded. Alan Wardrop claimed that children’s charity Kibble – a shareholder in the...
David Mills: Why modern politics is civil war carried on by other means
The Times-Tribune - Pennsylvania
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June 4, 2025
He was not a philosopher MAGA would read, but he was also not a philosopher mainstream liberals would read. And not just because that would mean admitting they didn’t know as much as they thought and needed help in thinking more deeply — a fact...
NEITI Warns against Abuse of FOI Act, Says It Responded to 72 Requests
This Day
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June 6, 2025
Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has warned against the abuse of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act by individuals and faceless groups posing as Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and...
Why we need a life-course approach to immunisation: global call to action
Croakey Health Media
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June 6, 2025
Governments, health systems, and civil society should treat vaccination as a continuous investment in health across the lifespan, rather than a one-off intervention during childhood, according to a 10-point roadmap designed to close global gaps in...
Civil Society Launches Petition Against Government's Rewrite of Indonesian History
Tempo.co
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June 2, 2025
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Academics, experts, activists, and members of the Alliance for the Openness of Indonesian History (AKSI) have voiced strong opposition to the government's unilateral effort to rewrite national history, warning that such actions...
Microsoft AI saves UK civil servants two weeks of work per year
Technology Record
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By Alice Chambers | 04 June 2025 Microsoft 365 Copilot could save civil servants nearly two weeks each a year, finds new UK Government report. The report includes findings from a trial of 20,000 civil servants who used the tool between September...
Trump unleashes MAGA rebellion on Federalist Society
KTAL - Louisiana
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June 4, 2025
The Gavel is The Hill's weekly courts newsletter. Sign up here or in the box below: President Trump and his allies are waging war with the Federalist Society as he sees parts of his second-term agenda blocked by some of his own judicial...
Thousands of protesters will gather to ‘send message’ to government for ‘targeting poorest’ with spending cuts
LBC
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6 June 2025, 00:58 Disabled activists march towards Parliament on March 26, 2025 in London, England. Picture: Getty A huge demonstration will be held on Saturday to "send a message" to the Government over spending cuts and welfare reform. Listen...
Why a York pub's football team MUST win this weekend's charity match
The Press
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Customers at the Quakerwood on Acomb Wood Drive will be rubbing shoulders on the pitch rather than at the bar when the match gets underway on Saturday. The Quakerwood FC squad is taking on a team from YRK Football Group, which offers casual,...
Mokwa flood: Risk Managers Society reacts to Niger incident, makes recommendations on mitigating future disasters
New National Star
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June 4, 2025
In view of the most recent tragic disaster in Mokwa, Niger State, which resulted in significant loss of lives and property, the Risk Managers Society of Nigeria (RIMSON) has extended its sincere condolences to the Government and people of Niger...
Lithuanian Foreign Ministry: We deplore the arrest of Nika Melia and demand that Georgian Dream ceases the ongoing crackdown against civil society and opposition in Georgia
Inter Press News
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We deplore the arrest of Nika Melia, one of the leaders of the Coalition for Change, the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry writes on the social platform X. The Lithuanian Foreign Ministry call on Georgian Dream to stop the “ongoing crackdown.” “We...
Poland Celebrates Freedom And Civil Rights Day
Charter 97
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The holiday is associated with the June 4, 1989 election as a turning point on the road to restoring democracy. 36 years ago, on June 4, 1989, Poland held the first round of parliamentary elections organized under the terms agreed upon during the...
Scots charity in trans rights row after announcing change to bathroom access
The Ferret
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June 4, 2025
A Scottish charity may be discriminating against transgender staff after announcing a change to bathroom access following the recent UK Supreme Court ruling on the Equality Act, say legal experts. In a leaked email sent to Citizens Advice Scotland...
Time to reinvent our civil service
Daily Trust
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June 4, 2025
Nigeria’s plan to host the maiden edition of the International Civil Service Conference billed for Wednesday, 25 to Friday, 27 June 2025 in Abuja has once more drawn attention to the state of the establishment across the country. As part of the...
France is on the brink of full-scale civil war. I've lived here for 25 years and the locals have had enough of the violence caused by hordes of destructive youths. The state has lost control - and I fear what's coming next: JONATHAN MILLER
Daily Mail
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June 4, 2025
As I stood in the queue at the fishmonger on the town square close to my home in the South of France yesterday, he was cutting the head off a sea bream with deft strokes of his razor-sharp knife. ‘You French have always been rather good at...
Mumbai: Dadar society wins, others still struggle against rogue builders
Mid Day Mumbai
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June 4, 2025
Despite strong rulings and regulations under RERA and consumer laws, societies continue to face delays, dismissals, and non-compliance as developers dodge accountability Safalya Cooperative Hsg Society in Dadar East recently won a landmark order...
Benton Harbor community gathers for annual Peace Walk
WNDU - Indiana
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June 5, 2025
BENTON HARBOR, Mich. (WNDU) - A group of nearly 40 southwest Michigan students just got done with an immersive learning experience. They toured multiple states in the south on a Civil Rights Trail Tour. And on Thursday morning, the final stop...