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Civil society self-correcting
Written by Tom Fries
Nonkosi Khumalo, the chairperson of Treatment Action Campaign South Africa, asks whether African civil society has “lost the plot” in its efforts to encourage stronger international action on the AIDS crisis in Africa. Read more
Author Archive
Tom Fries
Erstwhile neuroscientist ('97-'00), rowing coach ('99-'10), business student ('07-'09) and cupcake entrepreneur ('09). Now enjoying international work in the Germany and Washington offices of one of Germany's most prominent think tanks.
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Civil society in action at the UN
Written by Tom Fries
The international HIV/AIDS Alliance (Senegalese representative Magatte Mbodj) prepares its representatives to advocate at the UN in June of 2011. Read more
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How Much Does Your GDP Matter for UN Representation?
Written by Tom Fries
This chart shows how many NGOs a region (UN Geoscheme) has in consultative status to the UN for every billion dollars of GDP (purchasing-power parity) it produces.
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Global Civil Society on the Rise
Written by Tom Fries
This simple chart shows the approximate trend in the overall “population” of global NGOs over the past few years.
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How many NGOs with consultative status to the UN does each region have per million inhabitants?
Written by Tom Fries
This bar graph compares the representation of different regions at the UN, in terms of NGOs with consultative status, for the citizens of different regions (UN Geoscheme-defined regions).
