South Africa fails an ethical test: Dalai Lama cancels planned visit
Q&A: Africa's legislated civil society crackdown
Comments and proposals on the second draft of the Busan draft outcome document
Civic Engagement Measurement System
Bahrain medical staff sentenced for treating protesters
Civil society comes of age in Jamaica
World Bank-IMF annual meetings 2011
Online Consultation on the CFS Global Strategic Framework
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Following the publication of the revised Busan Outcome Document (BOD), CIVICUS has raised several concerns regarding the global trend of the increasing dis-enabling environment for CSOs that affects their effectiveness and role as independent development actors.
Trying to use a water pistol to stop a charging rhino
IMF-World Bank civil society town hall meeting
Joint letter to Secretary of State Clinton regarding Uzbekistan
Busan CSO pre-event; Register now
Africa's energy future heading down a dark tunnel
Sentencing to prison of lawyer Moses Richards, a chilling message to the Gambian human rights community
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Cyril Ritchie*
The world is today a poorer place, following the immensely regretted death of Wangari Maathai, an outstanding woman, an outstanding humanist, an outstanding innovator, an outstanding civil society activist, an outstanding leader.
Remarks by Laila Iskandar, Chairperson, CID Consulting (a social enterprise in Cairo, Egypt), Board Chair, Spirit of Youth NGO in Cairo (situated in the garbage collectors’ neighbourhood of Manchiyet Nasser), and Member, Global Recyclers without Borders Network
Thank you for the invitation to this Town Hall meeting.
