Persecuted, discriminated against, arrested, killed - only around three percent of the world's population enjoy unrestricted civil society freedoms. In many countries, the conditions under which people can express their opinions or fight for their rights have deteriorated in 2022. Bread for the World publishes the Civil Society Atlas annually, using data from CIVICUS, a global network for citizen participation, and its own research. In this edition, reports from all five world regions illustrate the situation. One focus illustrates how governments and security forces are increasingly repressing not only migrants and refugees, but also those - activists, volunteers, churches and NGOs - who support them. The focus is on Greece, Mexico, Pakistan and Niger. In more than 90 countries, Bread for the World empowers poor and marginalized people to improve their lives through their own efforts. Its work focuses on overcoming new poverty and hunger crises, combating climate change, overcoming violence, fragility and conflicts over resources and common goods, strengthening women and women's rights, and shaping the digital transformation in an equitable way.

ISBN: 978-3-98726-017-9