In February 2020, the European Union established the European Centre of Excellence for Civilian Crisis Management in Berlin. We spoke to Volker Jacoby, its founding director, about the Centre’s aspirations and its role crisis...

Violence in the Sahel is increasing but stabilization efforts have so far focussed on military interventions. Read about why promoting civil-society involvement in the security sector is crucial for development of the region....

The Central American youth programme Agentes de Cambio, or “Agents of Change”, has had to move with the times during the COVID-19 lockdown, bringing many of its activities online. This has in some ways expanded the reach of...

Despite being one of the most vulnerable sectors, many informal workers globally have no social security – either from private employers or the state. In sub-Saharan Africa, a survey discovers that communities often come...

Gender inequality continues to become prevalent, even in seemingly progressive structures like trade unions. FES Chile tells the story of a group of women who took the initiative to introduce gender equality supporting...

The global FES project ‘The Future is Feminist’ hopes to create a vibrant space for exchanging ideas and strategies on feminist visions and on the future of work for women. Read four export reports on it so far from Africa,...

How is one organisation working to reconcile climate goals with labour and economic interests.