Tips from Episode 18 of the Capacity4dev Podcast Series.
Crisis in Journalism: The Impact of the US Government Funding Cuts on Global Media - published in June 2025 and produced by three consortia of top media-development organisations led by Internews Europe, BBC Media Action, and Free...
India’s civil society continues to face a complex operational environment, marked by regulatory hurdles and heightened scrutiny, particularly for rights-based organisations. At the same time, new developments over the past few...
The enabling environment for civil society in Indonesia has experienced a marked deterioration, characterised by intensified restrictions and heightened tensions between state authorities and civic actors. Nationwide protests...
From 2021 onwards El Salvador has experienced a growing concentration of power in the executive, which increasingly controls the judicial and legislative branches, whose own oversight roles have been diminished. Despite the...
The enabling environment in Pakistan continues to present persistent challenges alongside limited but notable areas of resilience across its political, economic, and civil society spheres. Politically, uncertainty and polarisation...
The Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) has consecutively won the national election and governed Cambodia for almost four decades, dominating political life, government institutions, and the judiciary, resulting in a highly restricted...
Jamaica’s democratic framework provides a solid foundation for civil society, yet systemic challenges undermine its potential to fully enable CSO operations. The 2011 Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms establishes clear...
The Republic of The Gambia continues its democratic journey as one of West Africa’s most significant political transitions in recent years. The small nation of 2.5 million people is surrounded by Senegal except for its Atlantic...
Eswatini is governed under an absolute monarchy, where the King holds executive, legislative, and judicial authority. The country operates a hybrid governance system that blends traditional institutions with liberal democratic...
