Civil Societies, Uncivil States: Defending Civic Space Under Pressure

Please join us for the next DRGHub Talk with Suparna Chaudhry!

Civil society organizations (CSOs) and international NGOs (INGOs) across the world are confronting shrinking civic space and challenges in accessing funding. Governments are stigmatizing activists, choking off funding for NGOs, initiating tax audits, limiting advocacy, and expanding surveillance and media censorship. What explains the increase in these nonviolent or administrative forms of crackdown? How have donors and NGOs responded, and how can we counter this wave of repression? Join Dr. Suparna Chaudhry as she shares insights from new book Civil Societies, Uncivil States : Government Repression of NGOs and discusses how civil society organizations have adapted to increasingly hostile political and legal environments abroad, what funders can do to better support civic space in backsliding or autocratic contexts, and what potential lessons U.S. philanthropy and civil society should learn from their counterparts elsewhere. The session will be moderated by Daniel Sabet.