Civil Society: The Last Line of Defence in a World of Cascading Crises By Inés M. Pousadela and Andrew Firmin Copyright © IPS - Inter Press Service --

https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/03/civil-society-last-line-defence-world-cascading-crises/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=civil-society-last-line-defence-world-cascading-crises MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay / LONDON, Mar 20 2025 (IPS) - In a world of overlapping crises, from brutal conflicts and democratic regression to climate breakdown and astronomic levels of economic inequality, one vital force stands as a shield and solution: civil society. This is the sobering but ultimately hopeful message of CIVICUS’s 14th annual State of Civil Society Report, which provides a wide-ranging civil society perspective on the state of the world as it stands in early 2025. Copyright © IPS - Inter Press Service --