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Interview with Anabel Cruz, CIVICUS Board Chair
Following the fact-finding and solidarity mission to Nicaragua supported by the CIVICUS Crisis Response Fund, CSW asked Anabel Cruz to share her reflection on the space for civil society in Nicaragua.
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Unheard Voices Are Needed to Focus the Ambitions for Haiti's Reconstruction
Source: ATD
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How Extreme Poverty Separates Parents and Children
Source: ATD
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‘Partner, not enemy': Depoliticising civic space in Nicaragua
Source: Mark Nowottny (Civil Society Index, CIVICUS) and Adam Nord (Civil Society Watch, CIVICUS)
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Haiti: Picture of a massive long-term needs
Source: The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, 29 January 2010
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Press Release:
CIVICUS urges the Nicaraguan Government to make Civil Society its partner in development
27 January 2009. Johannesburg, South Africa

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Stories from Haiti (II): Healing hearts and minds
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Stories from Haiti (I): An orphan's story
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Press Release:
Pan-African solidarity with Haiti

22nd January 2010, Johannesburg.
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Uzbekistan accuses artist of libel for her ethnographic work
Sonia Zilberman, CIVICUS' Civil Society Watch program
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CIVICUS solidarity mission to Nicaragua
Since early 2009 CIVICUS' Civil Society Watch programme has noted a serious trend of increasing threats to civil society
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The aftermath of Haiti's quake
By Anabel Cruz

Chair of the CIVICUS Board
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It is our pleasure to invite you to submit nominations for the upcoming CIVICUS Board elections.
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"From Political Won't to Political Will":
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csifin.jpgCivil society is playing an increasingly important role in governance and development around the world. In most countries, however, knowledge about the state and shape of civil society is limited, and there are few opportunities for civil society stakeholders to come together to discuss and reflect on the current state of civil society and the challenges it is facing.

The CIVICUS Civil Society Index (CSI) is a participatory needs assessment and action planning tool for civil society around the world, with the aim of creating a knowledge base and momentum for civil society strengthening initiatives. The CSI is initiated and implemented by, and for, civil society organizations at the country level, and actively involves, and disseminates its findings, to a broad range of stakeholders including: government, donors, academics and the public at large.

The two primary goals of the CSI are: to enhance the strength and sustainability of civil society, and to strengthen civil society’s contribution to positive social change.

To achieve these goals, civil society stakeholders make use of participatory and other research methods to create an assessment of the state of civil society. This assessment is then used to collectively set goals and create an agenda for strengthening civil society in the future.

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