Activist Kit News Today

As we start a new year full of optimism but with some trepidation given the challenges faced in the past few years, as reflected in the quotes below, we ask: what will it take to make our schools and clinics safe spaces?

"Sparking community-wide change by transforming imbalances of power is the heart of SASA! Together. It is led by women and men who live and work in the community..." SASA! Together is a community mobilisation approach that supports communities to create positive and sustainable changes around norms that perpetuate violence against women (VAW).

At the next Convention on Biological Diversity summit, world leaders are likely to agree a plan to turn 30% of the Earth into “Protected Areas” by 2030. Big conservation NGOs say this will mitigate climate change, reduce wildlife loss, enhance biodiversity and so save our environment. They are wrong.