At Spaces for Change’s | S4C’s one-day capacity-building workshop held in Maiduguri, Borno State, leaders and executives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) operating in north-east Nigeria deepened their understanding of the National Risk Assessment (NRA) of non-profit organizations (NPOs) in Nigeria. Whether or not NGOs are vulnerable to terrorism financing (TF) abuse has been a subject of […]
The annual retreat of the Action Group on Free Civic Space (AGFCS), held on March 21 and 22, heralded the third year of the Security Playbook Project supported by the Fund for Global Human Rights. The retreat marked the end of the 2022 project year during which 18 organizations implemented 42 activities and projects aimed at countering the security-related […]
Members of the Action Group on Free Civic Space (AGFCS) in the north-central region of Nigeria converged at a one-day CSO-funders roundtable held on March 24 to discuss the need for increased donor support for initiatives and coalitions working at the intersection of security and the civic space in Nigeria. Spaces for Change | S4C […]
Twenty-eight months after the #EndSARS protests in Nigeria against police brutality, civil society organizations and movements around the world are still drawing important lessons for supporting activism and peaceful assemblies on digital spaces. Spaces for Change|S4C shared some of these lessons at a recent webinar hosted by the European Centre for Non-profit Law (ECNL) in […]
Following the successful completion of extensive data collection and analysis during the national terrorism-financing risk assessment for non-profit organizations (NPO) in Nigeria, the Special Control Unit against Money Laundering (SCUML) convened a validation workshop to present the findings to stakeholders. The validation workshop was held exactly one year after the national risk assessment (NRA) of […]
Spaces for Change| S4C participated in the civil society consultation for West, East, and Central Africa held under the auspices of the United Nations Special Rapporteur’s “Global Study on the Impact of Counter-Terrorism Measures on Civil Society and Civic Space.” S4C’s Legal Officer, Patrick Allam, is among the forty-five leaders and representatives of (45) civil […]