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In this episode of Forum for Change, Tamar Kikacheshvili from Civil Rights Defenders speaks to Olesya Bida and Yevheniia Lutsenko about the challenges of being young women journalists in the middle of a full-scale war, or in a “territory of men” as Olesya put it.This episode is produced together with the Eastern Partnership Network, coordinated by ForumCiv. Find out more about our work at forumciv.org.

Climate justice must be a priority for all. But what are we doing to mitigate the disproportionate impacts of climate change around the world? The Stockholm +50 conference, held in the first half of 2022, was a participatory space for civil society, companies and governments to come together to take concrete action on this issue. Interviewees:Oscar Barajas - Latinamerikagrupperna Karin Gregow - ForumCivUlrika Sandberg - Amnesty International SwedenFlavia Cieplinski - Jor...

In this episode of Forum for Change we dig into what role communication and advocacy play for development. Swedish based organizations Emmaus Stockholm, Fair Action and Östgruppen share experiences and some of the tools they use to create change.Guests:Caroline Nord, Emmaus StockholmMartin Uggla, ÖstgruppenCharlie Aronsson, Fair ActionHost: Agnes Nygren, ForumCivAdditional resources used in this episode: Belarus protests continue despite crackdown - BBC News - YouTubeWhy Does Morocco Wan...

Clowns without borders build their development interventions on humour. To create laughter that can help people in crisis and trauma to start living again, to build hope and a different society. In this episode we follow the stories of the Swedish and Brazilian chapters of the development clowns.External resources used in this episode: Clowner utan Gränser i Rakhine Indien - Glädje till barnen i Mumbais red light district Två möten, Indien 2015, av Alex Hinchcliffe Absurda...

In this first episode of our second season, we meet Alice, a Swedish teenager involved in a movement that is preparing a lawsuit against the Swedish government, and Sohanur, a young and prolific activist from Bangladesh who leads a youth network with an intersectional approach.Continents apart, but joined in the same struggle for climate justice and part of a global citizenship to a degree no other generation has experienced.Additional resources used in this episode:Students around the world ...

Belarus: people on the streets gathering, social media bursting with evidence of human rights violations, communities gathering together to talk, think and dream about change.Why now, and what next? On this last episode of the first season, we talk with Ognjen Radjonic, manager of ForumCiv´s Eastern Europe regional office, about the different forces that combined to build up the perfect storm. On this second part, we learn more about the particularities of this "perfect storm", the extr...