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RSS![Roberta Alvim and human rights defender Atanásio Darcy Lucero Júnior visiting the Warao Janokoida indigenous shelter in the city of Pacaraima](https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-09/Roberta%20Pires%20Alvim%20-%20Atan%C3%A1sio%20Darcy%20Lucero%20J%C3%BAnior%20photo%202.jpg?itok=XWaGkTZG)
MIEUX, an initiative funded by the European Union (EU) and implemented by the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD), trains public defenders in Brazil to help them during interviews with migrant children and adolescents.
![Ma Khine explaining climate change issues to local communities](https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2024-06/Myanmar1.jpeg?h=bcaa4911&itok=gxr-xZzt)
With EU support, Ma Khine, a woman leading a local organisation in Myanmar, has been able to strengthen her knowledge on climate change. She has used her newly acquired skills to educate communities by proposing collective actions and solutions to address these issues.
![Trazatón #DesdeCasa prize winners](https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2020-07/_mg_9522.jpg?itok=7c8Ep69e)
'Europa con Vos' Youth Festival celebrates young artists in El Salvador
![A woman standing in front of bushes](https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-11/Margaret%20against%20female%20genital%20mutilation%202.jpg?itok=znGP40eV)
Many women in Eastern Uganda have undergone female genital mutilation. Communication for Development Foundation Uganda advocates for ending this harmful practice. The work of the activists is supported by the Spotlight Initiative, a strategic partnership between the EU and the UN.
![Tsavo Trust ranger, Kenya](https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2020-07/tsavo_trust_ranger.jpg?itok=WDkG4XNY)
A group of international conservation organisations have formed the Universal Ranger Support Alliance (URSA) which will deliver a “new deal” for wildlife rangers including Global Welfare Standards and a Code of Conduct.
![A cartoon of a cartoonist drawing a bullet while at the same time having a target sign on his back](https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-11/Ares-Cuba-cartooning-for-peace.jpg?itok=WKLIRNxD)
Around the world, cartoonists are at risk of facing harassment, threats or violence by taking a stance on social and political issues through their drawings. Cartooning for Peace seeks to promote fundamental freedoms and freedom of expression through cartoons.
![Children in San Martin, El Salvador, learn about their rights](https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2020-09/historia_san_martin_2_unicef.jpg?itok=iY6PoCA6)
In San Martin City, 240 young people have joined a municipal decision-making body to ensure that the ideas and needs of young people are incorporated into local policy, including those of the most vulnerable.
!["We break the silence to help survivors of sexual violence fight for justice"](https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-07/GSF%20story%20preview.jpg?itok=iSuC7qsu)
The EU supports survivors of conflict-related sexual violence in Central African Republic to bring their perpetrators to justice.
![A girl in a school uniform holding books](https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-11/Mozambique%20-%20girls%20school%20-%20Maria.jpg?itok=kGd-WyrL)
Activists in Mozambique are making an effort to ensure girls have the right to continue their studies to protect them from child marriage. This is done in the framework of Spotlight Initiative, a strategic partnership between the EU and the UN.
![Fashion Checker - Breakdown of costs of a t-shirt](https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2020-07/foto2.png?itok=qU8Fmptr)
The European Union is committed to making value chains in the garment sector more sustainable and is supporting a broad range of initiatives to promote decent work and reduce vulnerabilities for garment workers across the world.