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Article: Global Civil Society. Myth or Reality?
Written by Corina Murafa
Join FutureChallenges.org for a video interview on global civil society with Prof. Helmut Anheier, PhD, Professor of Sociology and Dean at the Hertie School of Governance, Berlin. Does global civil society really exist or is it more like a cosmopolitan myth? What are its strengths and weaknesses? What global challenges […]
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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
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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.
