The good bold days – Rethinking the fight for gender equality and human rights

By: Johanna Riha; Asha George

The world of 2026 is marked by overlapping crises that continue to expose the fragility of our systems and the persistence of inequality.

Geopolitical conflicts enrich a few while devastating many, intensifying the already catastrophic impacts of climate change. These political choices are not neutral—they shrink civic spaces, reinforce political extremism, and unleash coordinated assaults on gender equality and human rights. These attacks are not incidental; they are deliberate strategies to undermine multilateralism and global solidarity, eroding the foundations of peace and planetary well‑being.