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What's New: "If the world's leaders need more inspiration before heading to the climate change summit in Copenhagen next month, they need look no further than East Africa." - Christopher Thompson, Time CNN Women Should Be More Than Window Dressing Jedi Ramalapa interviews Ingrid Srinath, Secretary General of CIVICUS Women in developing countries are among the most vulnerable to the effects of crisis - be that climate change, food price hikes, the HIV/AIDS pandemic or the global recession. It is becoming more commonplace to hear women's testimony, but are women's voices heard when it comes to deciding on solutions? IPS spoke to Ingrid Srinath, chief executive officer and secretary general of CIVICUS World Alliance for Citizen Participation, about women's exclusion from decision-making in global forums. Excerpts of the interview follow. For more information, click here. Building the relationship between civil society and the media: how you can get involved! Do you sometimes think that your civil society organisation would have been able to shed some light on the latest news story – if only you’d been asked? Do you want to make the expertise of your organisation more accessible to the media? If yes, you’ll want to take part in this initiative. CIVICUS, in collaboration with the Inter Press Service (IPS) is developing a database to facilitate the relationship between civil society and the media. This database will contain the names and contact details for civil society organisations as well as their fields of expertise and the regions in which they work. The database will allow the media to quickly and easily find sources for their stories within civil society on a wide variety of themes. If you would like to be part of this database, please complete the form. If you have any questions, please email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .  “From Political Won’t to Political Will”: A CIVICUS publication examines political will for active citizen participationDrawing on an inspiring collection of first-hand experiences from around the world, “From Political Won’t to Political Will”, a new publication by the South-Africa headquartered CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation examines why political will for participatory governance is lacking and what can be done about it. It identifies strategies and actions that have proved effective in nurturing political will and outlines what citizens, civil society actors, elected representatives, and government officials can do to build broad-based support for citizen empowerment and participatory governance. To read more information about this publication, click here. To read the press release, click here. Help CIVICUS plan for 2010 Is there a theme close to your heart? A special day that represents the change you want to see in the world? An international meeting that you think has the potential to affect our lives and the lives of people around the world? Do you think CIVICUS needs to make it a priority for 2010? Help us plan for the year ahead by identifying the TOP 5 events and TOP 5 Global meetings that you think we need to focus on in 2010. Please complete this short survey by 12 November and make sure your voice is heard in our planning process. To complete the survey, click here. Special issue on International Volunteer Day (5 December 2009) The first issue of e-CIVICUS in December will be dedicated to celebrating International Volunteer Day (5 December). Articles on the theme of volunteering, especially those that show the work of volunteers and their impact on civil society, should be sent to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it by 3 December 2009. Special issue on Human Rights Day (10 December) International Human Rights Day (10 Dec) will mark the 61st Anniversary of the Universal Declaration for Human. This year, the day will focus on non-discrimination. The famous first line of the declaration is “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights”. Yet today, the fight against discrimination remains a daily struggle for millions around the globe. To mark this day and support the fight for non-discrimination and human rights for all, e-CIVICUS will produce a special issue on 10 December. Please provide your articles and commentary on whatever moves you about the theme of human rights to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it by 8 December 2009. CIVICUS seeks nominations of individuals to stand for election to its Board of Directors It is our pleasure to invite you to submit nominations for the upcoming CIVICUS Board elections. We sincerely hope you will take up this opportunity to participate in the governance of CIVICUS and that it will inspire you to renew your membership of our organisation. At the time of submitting your nomination, it is not vital that your membership is up to date. However, to be eligible to vote for the final candidates you will need to be a paid up member of CIVICUS. For more information, click here. |
About CIVICUS
CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation is an international alliance established in 1993 to nurture the foundation, growth and protection of citizen action throughout the world, especially in areas where participatory democracy and citizens' freedom of association are threatened. For more information, click here.
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