More than 200 years ago, in his 1796 farewell Presidential address, George Washington issued a stern warning. He described religion and morality as “indispensable supports,” the “great pillars of ...

For years intellectuals have wrung their hands about how to sustain a vast, vigorous civil society in an increasingly diverse nation. But today, millions of people—activists of color, youth, and women ...

Our nation is enduring a period when society is in disarray. There are three pillars of public life that have and will ...

The United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), the milestone international agreement ratified by 165 countries that establishes a legal framework for governments to introduce regulations to ...

Last month I participated in a meeting of a dozen or so foundation leaders and think tankers. We spent two days grappling with, as the invitation put it, the “functions and dysfunctions of the present ...

Since President Trump released executive order 14169, “Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid” on inauguration day and the Department of State released guidance putting a freeze on ...

In the thick of the holiday season, and on the heels of the longest government shutdown in the nation’s history, the ...

After several conferences shaped by restrictions and tensions between governments and social movements, this COP had active ...

Accra, Dec 23, GNA-Ghana has marked a historic global milestone with the hosting of a National Civil Society conference in Accra to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the United Nations (UN@80) and ...

THE civil society ecosystem in Jamaica is an evolving one. The actors in the field are numerous and diverse. The work of these individuals and organisations fit within the third sector which seeks to ...

WHO or what is civil society? Put this question to the average Jamaican and he or she would remain befuddled, unable to come up with a definitive answer. And, yet, in the very final analysis, he or ...

The Yemeni Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MoSAL) has escalated its repression of civil society organizations that work ...