In the face of unrelenting violence against rights defenders, most govt protection measures are limited, & individualized. New Working Paper shares lessons from grassroots advocacy work for collective protection in Colombia: bit.ly/4aSd3LB (English summary coming soon)

𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐊𝐞𝐲𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐠: 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐀𝐝𝐝 𝐔𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲? When those in power appear to listen to citizen voices, how can advocates and policy reformers make sense of their responses? What counts as meaningful? @jonathanfox707’s new blog, available in four languages, proposes three overlapping categories: response, responsiveness, and accountable responsiveness. The goal is to inform practical efforts to keep track of whether our efforts are working. Spanish: bit.ly/4mJQdwe Portuguese: bit.ly/4mZockB French: bit.ly/3HMux3p English: bit.ly/4mREn2Y

Bumper edition of our bi-monthly newsletter - check out all our latest publications, news and events: mailchi.mp/791e59cc204d/arc-…

New article: what are the tensions between efforts to scale up agroecological approaches, and large-scale government subsidies for chemical fertilizer for smallholders? @jonathanfox707 & Carlos García Jiménez discuss the case of Guerrero, Mexico bit.ly/4a7wGAa

New year newsletter from ARC - funding announcement, the final publications of 2025 on education and health accountability, and team and partner updates mailchi.mp/66b8f667ec0a/arc-…

Maintaining education financing under the constraints of public debt is a huge challenge. @ihcus7's new blog for @GPforEducation describes how civil society in Nepal is linking education budget monitoring to advocacy on tax justice & public debt relief. bit.ly/4107IQT

#COP16ElTiempo | En la COP16, se inaugura el Centro Baobab en Cali para la innovación en justicia étnico-racial, género y ambiental. 🔽 eltiempo.com/justicia/lanzan… El tiempo, la sucursal de la COP16

Haitian farmers fought for #accountability and remedy for land lost to industrial development - learn from community leaders & experts, Washington College of Law, Oct 28 RSVP bit.ly/3YbPx96

New Accountability Keywords blog from @GilbertSendugwa & colleagues from @africafoicentre explores how accountability work plays out against the background of Uganda's cultural and linguistic diversity bit.ly/3y5cFfe

#IACC2024 highlights the "Tech Revolution" in anti-corruption. But how are intl dev agencies making info about their activities user-centered & accessible? See our stocktake of USAID's localization commitments through an opengov lens: bit.ly/3wIRAqn

New Accountability Note: Collective Protection for Communities & Rights Defenders. Read (in English) the story of @ACADESAN's breakthrough advocacy campaign for #collectiveprotection of communities & #HRDs facing violence Colombia's Pacific region bit.ly/4esye9E

📢 Exciting news! Our latest publication on collective protection is out now! 💪📚 Defending human rights is a collective practice, and our paper explores why collective protection is crucial for #HRDs and their collectives. Discover it here: protectioninternational.org/…

Publication Day for How Change Happens 2.0. Here's what's changed. Today's @fp2p on how to update a book after a tumultuous 8 years. @OUPAcademic @Oxfam frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk/403…