Spaces for Change | S4C attended the Special Meeting of the United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee on “Countering the use of new and emerging technologies for terrorist purposes”, held in Mumbai and New Delhi, India, between October 28-30, 2022. This meeting was the climax of a series of high-level technical sessions regarding the increasing threats posed […]
Spaces for Change | S4C participated in Security Policy Alternative Network’s (SPAN’s) third annual conference held in Berlin, Germany, from October 18 to 20, 2022. Over 30 participants from 15 countries came together to share contextual experiences and strategies for reclaiming the civic space shrinking as a result of rising authoritarianism, declining democracies, the impact […]
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is the global body that formulates standards used by countries combating money laundering (ML) and the financing of terrorism (FT). FATF’s 40+9 Recommendations and compliance mechanisms constitute a comprehensive set of measures to combat money laundering, counter-terrorism financing and facilitate cooperation between law enforcement authorities around the world. Recommendation […]
Spaces for Change | S4C convened the 7th edition of the NGO Regulatory Compliance Clinic for non-governmental organizations (NGOs) operating in the northeastern region of Nigeria on April 17, 2023, in Maiduguri, Borno State. Held under the auspices of the Ford Foundation-supported Civic Space Resource Hub (CSR-Hub), executive directors, finance and administration officers of 19 national […]
Spaces for Change | S4C and West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI), co-hosts of the West Africa Civic Space Resource Hub (CSR-Hub), participated in the Weaving Resilience conference held in Cape Town, South Africa from February 27 to March 2, 2023. Beginning from January 2022, the CSR-Hub’s four strategic pillars—Governance, Digital Security, Civic Space Protection, and Research and Knowledge-building—have […]
In commemoration of the 2023 World Data Privacy Day, members of the Action Group on Free Civic Space comprising Spaces for Change |S4C, Accountability Lab Nigeria, and Dataphyte organized a Twitter Spaces conversation: How Safe is your Data?” which brought over 100 digital rights activists and netizens in Nigeria and beyond. The Twitter Space conversation […]