STATEMENTS | January 18, 2021

Urgent statement on civic space in Iraq, Kazakhstan, Honduras and other countries

Publish What You Pay (PWYP) believes that civic participation and unrestricted civil society are a prerequisite for a world where the extractive industries benefit, and do not harm, people. As we enter a new year of continuing health, economic and climate crises, a strong civil society remains a bedrock of recovering and moving forward. As […]

NEWS | November 23, 2020

What Might Our Movement’s Future Look Like Given the COVID-19 Pandemic?

In late October 2020, as a second wave of COVID-19 swept across the Northern Hemisphere – and it became clear that the disruption from the pandemic would be long lived – the PWYP Secretariat hosted a global conversation to stress-test our movement’s global Vision 2025 strategy. Vision 2025 was adopted by PWYP members in 2019. […]

NEWS | October 2, 2020

PWYP Members in Niger finally released. Now their charges must be dropped.

After spending six months in jail on fabricated charges, three members of the global Publish What You Pay (PWYP) movement in Niger were released on bail, following a concerted campaign by civil society groups around the world. On 29 September 2020, Maïkoul Zodi was granted bail by a senior judge in Niger’s capital, Niamey. The […]

BLOG | September 29, 2020

PWYP survey reveals the breadth of achievement among national coalitions

In March 2020 the Publish What you Pay International Secretariat commissioned a survey of National Coalition Coordinators that asked about the activities and experiences of their coalitions over the previous 12 months. The purpose of the survey was to help track the Secretariat’s progress in implementing PWYP’s 2025 Vision strategy and to gather further information […]

BLOG | September 23, 2020

Putting women at the centre of extractive sector governance

With support from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, PWYP coalitions are continuing their work to help bring decisions by women, that benefit women, to extractive sector governance As the global coronavirus crisis continues to cause devastating upheaval, an interesting trend has been observed: that of better outcomes […]

STATEMENTS | September 15, 2020

Niger: human rights defenders still unjustly detained for more than six months

Johannesburg, 15 September 2020 *** Update 30 September 2020: Moudi Moussa and Halidou Mounkaila have been released on bail. ** Update 29 September 2020: Maikoul Zodi has been released on bail. On 15 September 2020 it will be six months since three human rights defenders were jailed in Niger simply for participating in peaceful protests calling for […]

BLOG | September 7, 2020

Towards sustainable economies in oil dependent countries

As oil prices plunge and the Covid-19 pandemic continues to impact the world, civil society must embrace new opportunities for influencing long-term policymaking in oil-dependent countries As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, countries face the dual crises of public health emergencies and economic devastation. This twofold burden is especially challenging in oil-dependent countries, where governments are […]

BLOG | June 26, 2020

Adapting to COVID-19 in Africa’s Extractives Sector

PWYP members in East and Southern Africa are calling on resource-rich countries to give direct support to extractive communities and adopt progressive tax regimes in response to the pandemic As COVID-19 infection rates climb across Africa, the continent is taking decisive measures to minimise the pandemic’s impact on its people. Many African countries already have […]

Urgent statement on civic space in Iraq, Kazakhstan, Honduras and other countries

What Might Our Movement’s Future Look Like Given the COVID-19 Pandemic?

PWYP Members in Niger finally released. Now their charges must be dropped.

PWYP survey reveals the breadth of achievement among national coalitions

Putting women at the centre of extractive sector governance

Niger: human rights defenders still unjustly detained for more than six months

Towards sustainable economies in oil dependent countries

Adapting to COVID-19 in Africa’s Extractives Sector

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Urgent statement on civic space in Iraq, Kazakhstan, Honduras and other countries

What Might Our Movement’s Future Look Like Given the COVID-19 Pandemic?

PWYP Members in Niger finally released. Now their charges must be dropped.

PWYP survey reveals the breadth of achievement among national coalitions

Putting women at the centre of extractive sector governance

Niger: human rights defenders still unjustly detained for more than six months

Towards sustainable economies in oil dependent countries

Adapting to COVID-19 in Africa’s Extractives Sector

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