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Civil society can be understood as the "third sector" of society, distinct from government and business, and including the family and the private sphere. [ 1] By other authors, civil society is used in the sense of 1) the aggregate of non-governmental organizations and institutions that advance the interests and will of citizens or 2 ...
Arab Feminist Union – founded 1945. Associated Country Women of the World – international organization formed in 1933. The Association of Junior League International – Women's development organization founded in 1901. Beta Sigma Phi – founded 1931. Communist Women's International (1920–1930) – established to advance communist ideas ...
According to the UN, an NGO is a private, not-for-profit organization which is independent of government control and is not merely an opposition political party. [ 65] The rapid development of the non-governmental sector occurred in Western countries as a result of the restructuring of the welfare state.
Co was considered as the foremost authority in ethnobotany in the Philippines. Agham together with 14 other organizations conducted a fact-finding mission, which resulted in the formation of a coalition consisting of Co's family, friends, and supporters as well as concerned civil-society groups.
Localizing and Transnationalizing Contentious Politics: Global Civil Society Movements in the Philippines. Lexington Books. p. 75, 97. ISBN 978-0-7391-3307-1. The way forward: A policy resource book on legal empowerment of the poor in the Philippines. Quezon City, Philippines: Economic, Social and Cultural Rights-Asia. 2007. ISBN 978-971-93989-0-5.
For example, climate change is linked to increase civil conflict in the Mindanao region which increases the number of casualties and deaths of young men in the area. [31] This effectively widows women married to those men and leaves them on their own to take care of them and their children, even when the society and government makes it ...
Civic space. Civic space is created by a set of universally-accepted rules, which allow people to organise, participate and communicate with each other freely and without hindrance, and in doing so, influence the political and social structures around them. [1] [2] It is a concept central to any open and democratic society and means that states ...
"Consortium of Bangsamoro Civil Society Organizations holds peace rally". Philippine Information Agency. 2008-10-02 "PEACETALK: Disappointing SC denial of MOAtions for reconsiderationn". MindaNews. 2008-11-24; Commission on Human Rights; USNS MERCY COMPLETES SUCCESSFUL MISSION IN THE PHILIPPINES