Défendre les espaces démocratiques

Le paysage politique au Sénégal est actuellement marqué par un manque de débat de qualité en général par un développement inquiétant de rétrécissement de l’espace civique « shrinking spaces » qui se matérialise par de nombreuses arrestations d’acteur.trices politiques.

Les élections présidentielles de début 2024 constituent un point de référence important pour le travail de la hbs au Sénégal. Des élections locales auront également lieu en janvier 2022 et celles des législatives prévues en 2023.

La hbs accompagne les acteur.trices démocratiques à travers p.ex. des formations de journalistes d’investigation, des influenceurs du web et des militant.es des OSC sur le concept de « lanceur d’alerte » et la sécurité en ligne afin d’améliorer la protection des défenseurs de la démocratie en général et des potentiels lanceurs d’alerte, journalistes et activistes en particulier.

Démocratie du genre

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Perspectives #01/2021: African Feminisms Across Generations

Throughout the history of social and political movements in African societies, generations of women have, in one way or another, worked to oppose patriarchal domination, laws and practices in the pursuit of gender equality; advocating for their equal participation in all aspects of social, economic and political life. Despite this tradition of women-centred and anti-patriarchal organising, it is only in the last few decades, partly due to efforts to entrench women’s emancipation and gender equality in development goals, that feminism in Africa has evolved as an explicit ideological and political concept.

Migrations

In the name of the European Union: on the significance of words

Commentary

In recent days, there has been a lot of talk in the EU about an emerging “wave of refugees” or “migration disaster”. However, the real disaster is the failure of Western governments to rescue people from Afghanistan who deserve our protection, the Director of our office in Brussels, Eva van de Rakt, comments.

By Eva van de Rakt

Féminisme

Les articles actuel sur Démocratie

Reducing disinformation and hate in election campaigns: how can we detox the debating culture?

Analysis

The German parliamentary election campaign played out on the internet as never before. In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, this was certainly necessary, but it brought with it all the evils we have previously seen in US election campaigns: disinformation campaigns and hate speech were used to discredit candidates, paid political online advertising and foreign influence circumvented basic democratic values. As a woman, Annalena Baerbock the Greens' candidate for Chancellor, was particularly affected. The elections have shown that what we need, in Germany and the EU, are better media skills for the population and clear rules for communication platforms.

Dispossess: Evictions for Development?

Report Summary

As Lagos pushes to become a 'world-class' city, gentrification increases with more low-income residents being displaced under the pretext of 'public interest'. This research summary explores how evicted victims are impacted and its implications on local trade and the Lagos economy.

The Invisible Women of Europe's Migration Crisis

Transatlantic Media Fellowship

As rates of migration from sub-Saharan Africa increase, how will Europe protect its most vulnerable asylum seekers?

Publications récentes

Closed Ports, Dubious Partners

E-Paper

This study shows that port closures are governed not only by the law of the sea and human rights law, but also by WHO law and that non-refoulement obligations continue to apply even in emergency situations while a derogation is not permissible under international law.

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Perspectives #01/2018: The Quest for Political Accountability: Change Agents, Openings and Dead Ends

Since the third wave of democratisation swept through the continent in the 1990s, the majority of African states have replaced military dictatorships and one-party-dominant systems with more democratic forms of governance. Today, 61 percent of sub-Saharan countries are “free” or “partly free” according to Freedom House’s 2018 survey – although this is down from a high of 71 percent in 2008.

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