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Invasive mathenge tree in Kakuma, northern Kenya. Credit: Farai Shawn Matiashe/IPS

Char Tito, a learner at Kakuma Arid Zone Secondary School in Kakuma, is seated on a chair made from mathenge wood. Credit: Farai Shawn Matiashe/IPS

Magdalene Ngimoe, a learner at Kakuma Arid Zone Secondary School, is making chairs from mathenge wood in Kakuma. Credit: Farai Shawn Matiashe/IPS

Magdalene Ngimoe and Char Tito, learners at Kakuma Arid Zone Secondary School, making chairs from mathenge wood. Credit: Farai Shawn Matiashe/IPS

Magdalene Ngimoe, a learner at Kakuma Arid Zone Secondary School in Kakuma, planting a tree. Credit: Farai Shawn Matiashe/IPS

Waste pickers in New Delhi are marginalized yet provide essential services, often in extreme heat. Credit: Aishwarya Bajpai/IPS

At this level of competition, the basics of running, passing, and scoring are being established in the minds and muscles of players and their parents. So the role of adult on the field includes all the roles: parent, coach, and referee (as well as field set-up and clean-up). There is minimal presence of local government or other official agency; just residents working together in common cause - one attribute of functioning Civil Society.

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Kai a 3-year-old green sea turtle is released back into the turquoise waters of the Indian Ocean off Kenya’s coast after hospitalization. As temperatures rise, will more hatchlings be born in controlled environments rather than in the wild? Photo Credit: Manipadma Jena/IPS

Trained community youngsters called Marine Scouts carry green turtle Kai to release her into the Indian Ocean in Watamu, Kenya. Credit: Manipadma Jena/IPS

Greenpeace Africa has brought together over 40 Nigerian civil society groups to launch the Climate Justice Movement. Credit: Promise Eze/IPS

Hawa Games Dahab Gabjenda has extensive experience as a gender specialist, having worked on women’s empowerment, development, humanitarian and peacebuilding initiatives. Most notably, she participated as a gender observer in the Juba peace talks held between the Transitional Government and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in 2021. In 2020, marking the 20th anniversary of Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, Sudan adopted its own National Action Plan for the implementation of the resolution, charting the course for increased representation of women in political processes. To further help Sudanese women affected by three decades of conflict, Hawa is also involved in several organizations including the Religious Coexisting Council, and she also co-founded Nora, an organization combating violence against women and girls.

“My loyalty and love for my community has always fueled my striving for peace, because we cannot forget where we come from. Peace is the most valuable asset for a society that needs to be built from scratch. Peace cannot be confined to meetings and speeches in lofty conference halls, but instead must spread from the streets.”

Photo: UN Photo/Maimana El Hassan

Indonesia. Madura island, East Java.

A scene from community discussions at the massive gathering in Pesantren Annuqqayah—one of the oldest Islamic boarding schools in the country—on how women contribute to peace in their communities. The discussions were in the lead up to the International Peace Day commemoration in Madura island, East Java, with the President of Indonesia, co-hosted by UN Women and Wahid Foundation as part of the UN Women’s new regional programme on preventing violent extremism in Asia. It is funded by the Government of Japan, and being implemented this year in Bangladesh and Indonesia.

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Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

In the Katfoura village on the Tristao Islands in Guinea, the civil society organization Partenariat Recherches Environnement Medias (PREM) is providing rural women with new opportunities to generate income and improve community life.

Through a grant from UN Women’s Fund for Gender Equality, PREM has helped rural women form several cooperatives and taught its members how to plant a vitamin-rich tree called Moringa and how to clean, dry and sell its leaves with the help of solar technology. Used as medicine or a dietary supplement by societies around the world, Moringa also supports biodiversity and prevents soil erosion.

PREM has helped bring together women in the community through the creation of Moringa cooperatives. Made up of local women who come together to share ideas, it gives women an opportunity to build leadership skills, strengthen community bonds, and participate in economic decisions that affect the community.

PREM is one of over 120 civil society organizations that has been awarded a grant by UN Women’s Fund for Gender Equality since 2009. In the last six years, the Fund for Gender Equality has successfully awarded USD $64 million to grantee programmes in 80 countries. To date, such programmes have reached over 10 million women, girls and boys as direct beneficiaries.

Photo: UN Women/Joe Saad

Read more about the Fund for Gender Equality: www.unwomen.org/en/trust-funds/fund-for-gender-equality

In the Katfoura village on the Tristao Islands in Guinea, the civil society organization Partenariat Recherches Environnement Medias (PREM) is providing rural women with new opportunities to generate income and improve community life.

Through a grant from UN Women’s Fund for Gender Equality, PREM has helped rural women form several cooperatives and taught its members how to plant a vitamin-rich tree called Moringa and how to clean, dry and sell its leaves with the help of solar technology. Used as medicine or a dietary supplement by societies around the world, Moringa also supports biodiversity and prevents soil erosion.

PREM has helped bring together women in the community through the creation of Moringa cooperatives. Made up of local women who come together to share ideas, it gives women an opportunity to build leadership skills, strengthen community bonds, and participate in economic decisions that affect the community.

PREM is one of over 120 civil society organizations that has been awarded a grant by UN Women’s Fund for Gender Equality since 2009. In the last six years, the Fund for Gender Equality has successfully awarded USD $64 million to grantee programmes in 80 countries. To date, such programmes have reached over 10 million women, girls and boys as direct beneficiaries.

Photo: UN Women/Joe Saad

Read more about the Fund for Gender Equality: www.unwomen.org/en/trust-funds/fund-for-gender-equality

High-rise buildings under construction in Lagos, Nigeria. Most accommodation is unaffordable for young Nigerians. Credit: Promise Eze/IPS

Migren Matanga, a smallholder farmer from Rushinga, holding one of her small grain crops. Credit Farai Shawn Matiashe/IPS

Two flags share the frame, one bold and close, the other distant and elevated. In the foreground, the yellow Amnesty International banner stretches across the sky, caught mid-motion, filling the lower half of the image like a voice that cannot be ignored. Far above, almost hidden among rooftops and wires, the Israeli flag waves quietly from the top of the embassy. The buildings stand between them orange walls, old windows, and a name carved into Helsinki’s architecture: Pietola.
This moment is not about noise, but position. The flag on the ground speaks loudly in size and visibility; the one on the rooftop carries the weight of statehood. It’s a visual dialogue protest and presence, civil society and government, ground and sky.


Kuvassa esiintyy kaksi lippua — toinen lähellä ja suuri, toinen kaukainen ja korkealla. Etualalla Amnesty Internationalin kirkkaankeltainen lippu hulmuaa voimakkaasti, täyttäen kuvan kuin ääni, jota ei voi ohittaa. Korkealla rakennuksen katolla, lähes piilossa johtojen ja julkisivujen keskellä, liehuu Israelin lippu suurlähetystön yläpuolella. Rakennukset jäävät näiden kahden väliin — oransseine seinineen, vanhoine ikkunoineen ja Helsingin arkkitehtuuriin piirtyneen nimen kanssa: Pietola.
Tämä hetki ei puhu kovaa, mutta se puhuu asemasta. Maassa oleva lippu on suuri ja näkyvä; katolla oleva lippu kantaa valtiollista symboliikkaa. Kuvassa käy visuaalinen vuoropuhelu kansalaisyhteiskunta ja valtio, protesti ja virallisuus, maa ja taivas.

A protester holds a bright yellow Amnesty International sign reading “Stop the Genocide” during a peaceful demonstration in front of the Israeli Embassy in Helsinki, Finland, calling for an immediate ceasefire and an end to the war in Gaza. The air was cold, but the mood was urgent. Organized as part of the international Ceasefire Now movement, the gathering brought together people from various backgrounds demanding justice, accountability, and an end to civilian suffering. This image captures the raw emotion and determination of those who refuse to look away.

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Mielenosoittaja pitelee kirkkaankeltaista Amnesty Internationalin kylttiä, jossa lukee “Stop the Genocide” rauhanomaisessa mielenilmauksessa Israelin suurlähetystön edessä Helsingissä. Tapahtuman ytimessä oli vaatimus välittömästä tulitauosta ja sodan lopettamisesta Gazassa. Vaikka ilma oli kylmä, ilmapiiri oli vakava ja toiveikas. Kansainväliseen Ceasefire Now -liikkeeseen kuuluvassa mielenosoituksessa eri taustoista tulevat ihmiset yhdistyivät oikeuden, vastuullisuuden ja siviilien suojelemisen puolesta. Tämä kuva tallentaa hetken, jolloin ihmiset eivät kääntäneet katsettaan pois.

Solomon Pili Kaaho'ohalahala shares perspectives with IPS. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS

Noralene Uy speaking to participants about the Philippines’ efforts and challenges towards achieving the 30×30 targets. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS