For 53 years, this broad permanent coalition has managed to maintain political consensus and the ability to act on the basis of a common programme (‘diversity in ideology, unity in programme’). Long ...

There were setbacks in the negotiations on gender at the beginning. This was because some, particularly Arab states, rejected that LGBTIQ rights should also be mentioned. In the end, however, the ...

Sopiko Japaridze is co-founder of the Solidarity Network Workers Centre, an independent trade union for care workers in Georgia.

Idasemiebi Idaminabo is a Doctoral Researcher in Climate Change Laws and Human Rights at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, Scotland.

Mark Bergfeld is director of property services and care at UNI Europa, representing cleaners, security workers and private care. He holds a PhD from Queen Mary University of London.

Madlen Nikolova is a project coordinator at UNI Europa. She holds a PhD in Politics and International Relations and writes on labour issues and law and political economy.

Dr Dmitri Stratievski is a political scientist and historian. He studied and completed his doctorate at the Free University of Berlin. Stratievski is chairman of the Osteuropa-Zentrum Berlin e.V..

Priyal Singh is a Senior Researcher at the Institute for Security Studies, a human security think tank headquartered in South Africa. He coordinates the institute’s ‘Africa in the World’ programme, ...

As polarisation deepens, the rise of populism seems unstoppable. But focusing on shared values and local solidarity may just save democracy picture alliance / Anadolu | Luciano Adan Gonzalez Torres A ...

Natalia Figge heads the FES Office in Kathmandu and the Regional Project on Gender Justice in Asia.