Yesterday’s #InternationalDayOfPeace was a reminder of what’s at stake. Peacebuilders are facing a global backdrop of severe philanthropic and bilateral cuts to their work. Find out more in our new peacebuilding survey brief https://bit.ly/3JU0p6N

🚨 New investigation 🦑 Hundreds of distant-water vessels are plundering squid populations in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean, driving this keystone species towards collapse and exposing workers to horrific abuses. Read the report: ejfoundation.org/reports/brig...

A #JustTransition is only possible if renewable energy companies respect human rights. Our latest research on 35 leading companies shows the sector is making progress on respect for rights & shared prosperity – but major gaps remain. Read the benchmark 📊 www.business-humanrights.org/en/from-us/b...

Ahead of the #UNGA high-level week, we're calling for urgent consideration of the alarming impacts of foreign aid cuts on peacebuilders. Find out more: https://humanityunited.org/perspectives/survey-brief-peacebuilding-in-crisis/

Across today’s conflicts, aid workers are being attacked more often than ever. This undermines humanitarian response, endangers lives, and leaves vulnerable communities without critical support. https://on.cfr.org/4nEuwO9

Collaboration is at the heart of our Racial Justice & Equity strategy. Through an eight-month participatory process with partners, we disrupted "power over" dynamics and built a model that centers community voices, fosters trust, and strengthens accountability.

Thanks to those who joined us at the U.S.-Africa Futures Summit! We’re sharing a few highlights from the event as we soak in the discussions, and will have more insights from the day to share soon

This week, violence in response to youth-led protests in Kathmandu left at least 51 people dead and hundreds injured. HU expresses our continued support of our partners and the people of Nepal, and our hope for a peaceful resolution. https://nyti.ms/3Veh33q

Our new Racial Justice & Equity strategy is guided by two stars: 🌟 Near Star: Shifting philanthropy to be collaborative, community- driven, and to center BIPOC voices. ✨ Guiding Star: A future where BIPOC communities have power for self-determined liberation. 👉🏿 https://bit.ly/42ltDSf

"These programs are being politicized and, in some ways, weaponized." More trafficking survivors are seeking safety through U visas - but growing delays and deportation risks are putting vulnerable individuals back in harm's way. Read more via @latimes.com‬: https://lat.ms/3JYgTLh

Our new Survey Brief calls attention to the striking impacts of global foreign aid cuts on peacebuilders: ❌ 71% noted a significant impact. 🕙 44% will run out of funding by December 2025. These results will inform Pathways to Peace, a new report coming soon. Find out more https://bit.ly/3JU0p6N

Palestinian photojournalist Mariam Dagga was just 33 when she was killed by an Israeli airstrike on August 25. London-based Nishita Jha illustrated this tribute which is featured in this week’s newsletter, and includes text from a letter Dagga wrote to her son in the event of her death.

The call for racial justice in 2020 exposed deep inequities rooted in racial capitalism and systemic harm. It demanded new ways of working - investing in the joy, culture, and power of Black and brown lives.

Our latest newsletter features: 📢 A report from @arijnetwork.bsky.social & @theguardian.com documenting the collapse of Gaza’s healthcare system. 💻 A new website from Reimagine Peace. ✍️ A blog on grantmaking's role in transforming systems of forced labor & human trafficking. ➡️ https://bit.ly/4ghpG74

With U.S. foreign aid shrinking, Africa’s diaspora is rising to the challenge, bringing innovation, investment and change to their communities. Join the U.S.-Africa Futures Summit and be part of the conversation on moving From Aid to Agency. 🗓️ Sept 5, 2025 – 3pm EST 👉 bit.ly/USAFS25SessionFour

Our Racial Justice & Equity Strategy emerges from years of partnership and is rooted in the urgent need to resource communities most impacted by injustice. Read more: https://humanityunited.org/perspectives/our-continued-commitment-to-racial-justice-equity/

In four years, the Taliban have annihilated Afghanistan’s independent media sector and supplanted it with their own propaganda empire and sophisticated digital bots that flood social media with pro-Taliban content. Read more👇

Session Three of the U.S.-Africa Futures Summit explores U.S.–Africa cooperation on governance, security, and democracy. From crises in the Sahel, Sudan and DRC to resilient partnerships, join the conversation. 🗓️ Sept 5, 2025 – 2pm EST 👉 Learn more: bit.ly/USAFS25SessionThree

Forced labor fuels $236 billion in profits annually. This article shares how important bans are emerging as one of the few tools to deliver consequences to companies utilizing forced labor - including repayment in stolen wages and improved working conditions. https://bit.ly/4n3eCN9

At the U.S.-Africa Futures Summit Session Two: Development Finance in Africa we will explore the continent’s financial future with leaders shaping strategies across aid, development banks, and the private sector. 🗓️ Sept 5, 2025 – 11:30am EST 👉 Learn more: https://bit.ly/USASF25SessionTwo

Read the latest series of articles focused on the long running conflict in Colombia from the @newhumanitarian.bsky.social‬. Explore how those on the ground are working for peace and solution. https://bit.ly/4oRnPtz

In our latest blog, Mahendra Pandey, HU’s Director of Forced Labor & Human Trafficking, reflects on why wellbeing belongs at the heart of justice and freedom, showing how hope, healing, and community can shape the path to meaningful change. Read Mahendra's reflections: https://bit.ly/3HH9m2H

At the U.S.-Africa Futures Summit Session One: Africa’s Geopolitical Power in a Multipolar World we will explore the continent’s geopolitical opportunities with experts from across security, governance, and innovation. 📅 Sept 5, 2025 – 10am EST 👉 Learn more: https://bit.ly/USASF25SessionOne

Import bans are powerful tools that should not be dismissed. In a new piece for @opendemocracy.net, @freedomfund.bsky.social partners @htlegalcenter.bsky.social argue that advocacy for import bans is a critical strategy to target abuses in supply chains: www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...

With U.S. funding cuts putting vital anti-trafficking work at risk, HU's Ryan Heman, Director of Forced Labor & Human Trafficking, reminds us why a systems-wide approach matters in this piece with @opendemocracy.net. 🔗 www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...

The U.S. - Africa Futures Summit will explore Africa’s role in our changing world. ▪️ Four sessions on development, governance and global engagement. ▪️ Spotlight on diaspora leadership. ▪️ A space for bold, forward-looking conversations. Register for virtual attendance 👉 https://bit.ly/USAFS2025

Ritual has long been part of how communities process loss and restore connection. In peacebuilding, it opens space for healing that policy alone cannot. Read our latest blog on the role of ritual in reconciliation: humanityunited.org/perspectives...

Since 2021, The Freedom Fund’s Survivor Leadership Fund has supported 118 survivor-led organisations in 15 countries - 70% led by women - with flexible, trust-based funding that boosts leadership and organisational strength. www.freedomfund.org/news/centrin...

"Import bans shut the door on goods made with forced labor. They punish exploiters, provide remedies to workers, & force real change."@htlegalcenter.bsky.social's Human Rights & Trade Policy Dir. Anasuya Syam & President Martina Vandenberg in @opendemocracy.net: www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...

Congratulations to Mahendra Pandey, our Director for Forced Labor & Human Trafficking. He has been named one of @onlinekhabar.bsky.social's 40 Under 40 Influential Youths in Nepal. english.onlinekhabar.com/onlinekhabar...

🚨 We just published a new blog! Open infrastructure isn’t a luxury — it’s the backbone of accountability. 🔗 Read the blog to find out why now, more than ever, we need dedicated support to support open infrastructures for corporate accountability wikirate.medium.com/infrastructu....

🌱 At HU, the Healing and Wellbeing Pod began as a way to go deeper than “trauma-informed” approaches in our peacebuilding work. But as we listened to those working on the front lines of social change, we realized that “wellbeing” didn’t hold the full story. 👇 humanityunited.org/perspectives...

We share @humanityunitedorg.bsky.social's concerns about major staffing cuts at the State Dept, which undermine efforts to combat #humantrafficking. The US Trafficking in Persons Report was due to be released in June. We call on State to release the report. humanityunited.org/perspectives...

🌍 Africa’s future is being shaped now. On September 5, 2025, the third annual U.S.-Africa Futures Summit will bring together leaders, changemakers, and the African diaspora to reimagine Africa’s place in a multipolar world. 🔗 humanityunited.org/perspectives...

HU is deeply alarmed by recent State Department staff and funding cuts. We call on the Administration to work with Congress to fund and restore these critical programs: humanityunited.org/perspectives...

At Humanity United, we’ve seen how integrating care transforms transitional justice - not just for survivors, but for staff and communities. Read our second blog exploring the connections between our Healing & Wellbeing work and engagement in Colombia. humanityunited.org/perspectives...

Peacebuilding isn’t just about policy, it’s about people. In Colombia, we’re learning how trauma-informed care and psychosocial healing strengthen justice and sustain peace. 📖 Read our latest blog to learn more about the intersection between our areas of work: humanityunited.org/perspectives...

Black August is a month of discipline, study, and revolutionary remembrance. Emerging in 1971 following the assassination of political prisoner George Jackson, Black August calls on us to honor Black freedom fighters and recommit to the struggle for liberation. Reflect, learn, and take action. 👇

💭 What if our gatherings modeled the world we want to live in? At the Global Hearth Summit, we reflected and connected - centering care and community as core to change. Read our full reflections on the Summit: humanityunited.org/perspectives...

HU’s Kehinde Togun and Kate Hixon of Amnesty International USA outline how business can align with anti-corruption and human rights goals. Their piece for the Center for International Policy (@cipolicy.bsky.social) offers a practical path forward. Read more: internationalpolicy.org/publications...

A new article from our partners @theguardian.com‬ and @arijnetwork.bsky.social‬ reports how Gaza’s hunger crisis is now affecting doctors and healthcare workers, reflecting how humanitarian need is shaped by intentional restriction. Read more: www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Wellbeing in the struggle for liberation is not indulgence - it's discipline & practice rooted in care and trust. Our latest blog explores how we center wellbeing in our Racial Justice & Equity work and what it means to show up for ourselves and our communities. humanityunited.org/perspectives...

Across Southeast Asia, trafficking victims are being coerced into online scam operations. Promised safe jobs abroad, they instead find themselves locked in compounds, under duress to force others into “cyber‑slavery.” globalpressjournal.com/asia/nepal/c... #ForcedLabor

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is making decisions to dismantle the State Dept’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. This plan will lay off most staff and redirect its work toward sovereignty and aid, marking a significant shift in U.S. foreign policy focus. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

Lasting peace begins with care - for ourselves, for one another, and for the communities closest to conflict. At Humanity United, we center wellbeing as essential to our work, not an afterthought. Learn more about our approach: humanityunited.org/perspectives...

The decline of independent journalism poses serious challenges to democracy. This article from ‪@newhumanitarian.bsky.social explores the consequences of newsroom closures and the shrinking space for independent reporting. www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2025...

U.S. companies are facing pressure to roll back human rights commitments amid global instability. This article outlines the risks, the stakes, and why it’s important to hold firm. ⬇️ www.business-humanrights.org/en/blog/stay...

We believe lasting impact is only possible when partners and communities are supported in caring for themselves and one another. In the weeks ahead, we’ll share how well-being cuts across our work - and what it looks like in practice.

The Press Freedom Award by @oneworldmedia.bsky.social is a powerful affirmation of ARIJ’s mission: to hold power to account & deliver rigorous, evidence-based journalism across one of the world’s most challenging media landscapes. en.arij.net/award/arij-w...

🏆 @oneworldmedia.bsky.social announced that ARIJ has won the 2025 Press Freedom Award at the ceremony held on the evening of Wednesday, June 25, in London, UK. This award is presented to an independent media organization based in the Global South that uses journalism to spotlight pressing issues.