Maina Kiai
Maina Kiai is the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association. He has more than 20 years experience working in civil society and human rights in Kenya, Africa and globally.
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From funding projects to funding struggles: Reimagining the role of donors
By: Maina Kiai
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While donors partner with civil society to counter shrinking civic space, their rigid funding systems can undermine progress.
It’s time for development banks to start listening
By: Maina Kiai
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The aid community often ignores the wishes of the very people it’s supposed to be helping. The world needs a more bottom-up approach to development.
Reclaiming space through UN-supported litigation
By: Maina Kiai
Español
Working together, the UN and civil society are using innovative legal action to protect fundamental human rights and re-open lost civic spaces.
In Kenya, averting a move to strangle civil society with the financial noose
By: Maina Kiai
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In October Kenya introduced legislation capping foreign funding to NGOs and requiring that money be channeled through a government body. Though narrowly defeated, ...