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Civicus Digital Action Lab

Location:
"Global South" [sic], especially in countries with restricted civic space.
Grant Size:
USD$10,000 to USD$30,000
Eligibility:
Organisations representing historically excluded groups, such as rural communities, indigenous peoples, women, youth, and the LGBT+ community, are encouraged to apply or be nominated and will make up at least 50% of each cohort.
Status:
Closed
Closing Date:
Sun 17 Nov, 2024
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Pilot projects focused on enhancing democracy through digital tools, advocacy, and campaigns. Up to ten civil society organizations will be selected and, over a nine-month period, will work with the CIVICUS team, technical experts, and each other to develop a fully funded project in their local setting.

N.B. The Global South/Global North terms are inaccurate and misleading. First, they are descriptively inaccurate, even when they refer to general notions such as (economic) development. Second, they are homogenizing, obscuring important differences between countries supposedly part of the Global South and North groups. In this respect, these terms are no better than alternatives that they are trying to replace, such as ‘the West‘ or the ‘Third World‘. Third, the Global South/Global North terms imply a geographic determinism that is wrong and demotivational. Poor countries are not doomed to be poor, because they happen to be in the South, and their geographic position is not a verdict on their developmental prospects. The correct terms are low or medium-income countries.