What are the views, ideas, and challenges of the youth today in civic and political participation? How do these differ from the views, ideas, and challenges experienced by development workers a generation ago? How can we get more young people to be involved in...
The Mindanao Coalition of Development NGOs (MINCODE), co-organizer of CODE-NGO, presented this third E-Talk and interactive session during the Social Development Week 2022. The discussion highlighted the struggles of doing development work in the Bangsamoro...
The second E-Talk session during the Social Development Week 2022 tackled the basics of artificial intelligence (AI) surveillance and how AI impacts democracy and human rights. We share the presentation of Ms. JM Sarmiento, the Education and Research Officer of the...
Photo courtesy of: UST-SIMBAHAYAN Community Development Office “Community organizing shows that organizing communities for power is possible and effective. The oppressors liberate themselves from oppression and in the process free the oppressors from the sin of...
Despite the ongoing pandemic, the collective work of civil society organizations (CSOs) is full of stories that need to be heard by a wider audience. Although COVID-19 interventions in communities are reported quantitatively by the government and mainstream media, the...
The civil society organizations (CSO) sector plays a critical role in addressing the historical and existing social inequalities exacerbated in a crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite health risks and community quarantine restrictions, CSOs persevered, adapted,...