Navigating a Changing and Shrinking Civic Space
We are delighted to share with you this compilation of practical tools used by local and community women’s organisations and initiatives in Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon, and Tunisia in navigating a changing and shrinking civic space in their respective countries.
This toolkit, which was developed in collaboration between the Centre for Transnational Development and Collaboration, FemPawer Consortium, Arab Women Organisation, Collective for Research and Training on Development, Palestinian Working Women Society for Development, and The Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation, aims to:
- Document the experiences of women’s organisations, initiatives, and activists within the FemPawer project who are advocating for women’s economic rights amidst the changing and shrinking civic space.
- Provide resources for these groups to negotiate with and counteract the shrinking civic space.
- Create space for mutual learning and self-reflection among institutions, initiatives, and activists across the targeted countries.
- Offer recommendations to stakeholders interested in supporting women’s initiatives facing challenges in civic space.
- Serve as a reference for understanding the challenges and strategies of participating organisations and initiatives.
We hope this toolkit will serve your organisation’s needs in relation to negotiating with the shrinking civic space. Do not hesitate to get in touch should you have any feedback, comments or questions.