civil-society

Teresa Deng, Dot Baai's founder, calls civil-society organizations "the eyes of the community" because they bring attention to local challenges that might otherwise go unaddressed.

Ruth Allen: Why Southern Sudan Should Be Watching Egypt Ruth Allen 2011

Teresa Deng, Dot Baai's founder, calls civil-society organizations "the eyes of the community" because they bring attention to local challenges that might otherwise go unaddressed.

Ruth Allen: Why Southern Sudan Should Be Watching Egypt Ruth Allen 2011

Teresa Deng, Dot Baai's founder, calls civil-society organizations "the eyes of the community" because they bring attention to local challenges that might otherwise go unaddressed.

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Ruth Allen 2011

This concern for convicted American murderers is touching, given that its normal recipients are civil-society groups in the likes of Sudan and Zimbabwe.

Europe Hectors America 2011

For the first time since the inquiry began last summer, the investigating judges detailed a body of evidence, including seized maps, videos and cash, they say implicates 43 civil-society workers, including at least 16 Americans, in acts of ill-defined political subterfuge.

Egypt Judges Detail Evidence Against Americans, Others Matt Bradley 2012

"This has to be with the participation of the political parties, political powers and civil-society organizations."

Egypt Aims to Alter Voting Rules Matt Bradley 2011

The day after we left, before street demonstrations began, emails to our friends in civil-society organizations suddenly couldn't be delivered -- the regime had preemptively cut off communications to anyone it saw as a potential leader outside of its control, however peaceful or seemingly irrelevant.

Carl Pope: We Sometimes Forget Why Democracy Is Great! Carl Pope 2011

In the emerging economy of this new Scientific-Technical Revolution, these strong civil-society values will be even more central to success.

Anglosphere Challenge, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

The day after we left, before street demonstrations began, emails to our friends in civil-society organizations suddenly couldn't be delivered -- the regime had preemptively cut off communications to anyone it saw as a potential leader outside of its control, however peaceful or seemingly irrelevant.

Carl Pope: We Sometimes Forget Why Democracy Is Great! Carl Pope 2011

Despite Singapore's outsize success and reputation for transparency and efficiency, Mr. Lee has drawn criticism from human-rights groups and civil-society organizations over the years for cultivating a top-down management style that critics say limits the freedom of the press and suppresses dissent.

Singapore's 'Mentor' Seeks a Sturdy U.S. Patrick Barta 2011