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 (2011)
Instead, leading civil-society organizations are directed by Muslim women, especially in conflict zones such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine, and Somalia. ❋ Ph.D. Qamar-ul Huda (2010)
By pooling donor resources, supporting national-scale action plans, maintaining rigor in management and oversight, and promoting partnerships of public, private, and civil-society organizations, the Global Fund has saved millions of lives and helped to turn the corner on three pandemic diseases. ❋ The MDG Advocates (2010)
This concern for convicted American murderers is touching, given that its normal recipients are civil-society groups in the likes of Sudan and Zimbabwe. ❋ Unknown (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 (2011)
The Egyptian government is investigating funding of local NGOs, part of a campaign by some officials to halt foreign support for civil-society groups that may be critical of Egypt's government. ❋ Carol E. Lee (2012)
Secretary Clinton, on the last day of her historic visit to Myanmar, met with longtime opposition figures and representatives of ethnic minorities and civil-society groups. ❋ Keith Johnson (2011)
The National Democratic Institute, which said its offices in Cairo, Alexandria and the Upper Egyptian city of Assiut were raided, says it provides voter education and training in civil-society development and has provided political-party training to members of 49 of Egypt's nearly 60 political parties. ❋ Matt Bradley (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. ❋ Matt Bradley (2012)
"This has to be with the participation of the political parties, political powers and civil-society organizations." ❋ Matt Bradley (2011)
In the emerging economy of this new Scientific-Technical Revolution, these strong civil-society values will be even more central to success. ❋ Unknown (2009)
"Neither Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin nor the existing political system has faced such problems before," Nikolai Svanidze , a historian and state-television host, told a session of a Kremlin civil-society group Friday. ❋ Gregory L. White (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. ❋ Patrick Barta (2011)
In fact, the Obama administration in 2009 essentially allowed the Mubarak government to decide which civil-society groups would receive democracy assistance from the U.S. Agency for International Development, a move roundly criticized by pro-democracy groups. ❋ Unknown (2011)
