Driven by a confluence of powerful secular trends, Americans’ trust in civil society has declined to alarming levels. Without addressing these trends and reversing the loss of trust, the ideal of ...

The World Bank Group has been working to strengthen its engagement with civil society since 1981, when its first operational policy note on relations with civil society organizations (CSOs) was ...

In India, there are civil society organisations that continuously draw attention to the fact that the law is not applied equally to the rich and powerful, and yet when they are accused of ...

The Civil Society Policy Forum (CSPF) is a key event during the World Bank Group-International Monetary Fund (WBG-IMF) Spring and Annual Meetings. The forum provides an open space for Civil Society ...

For our common good we need to reject ugly rhetoric and work to restore a civil society where major issues can be identified and addressed.

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Amid ever-tightening authoritarianism in Russia, it is vital that external actors support regional journalism and independent initiatives as vehicles for future democratic change. Is there any real ...

Nov. 8, 2024 — When people have an audience watching them, it can change their performance for better or worse. Now, researchers have found that chimpanzees' ...

A judge has struck down a state law that made it easier for New Yorkers to sue over electoral divisions and voting rules that weakened the political voice of minority groups, saying its special ...

Oct. 3, 2024 — The extinction of hundreds of bird species caused by humans over the last 130,000 years has led to substantial reductions in avian functional diversity -- a measure of the range ...

The Situation Room, a coalition of 1,000 civil society groups, has announced a town hall meeting on December 1, 2024, to discuss the proposed Nigeria Tax Bill 2024. The Nigeria Tax Bill 2024 ...

A new Civil Society Covenant has been announced today by the Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy, with organisations from across civil society urged to get involved in ...