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The State of Civil Society 2013
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Third Sector Foundation of Turkey

15 Apr 2013
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Third Sector Foundation of Turkey (TUSEV) was established in 1993 by Turkey’s leading CSOs and has now grown to support a network of over 100 associations and foundations that share a vision of strengthening the legal, fiscal and operational infrastructure of the third...
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Civil society and protest in South Africa: A view from 2012

22 Apr 2013
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Introduction On 16 August 2012, the South African Police Services (SAPS) shot and killed 34 striking mineworkers at Marikana, near Rustenburg. The world watched in horror as images of the police shooting semi-automatic live rounds at the strikers were broadcast across...
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Tracking the Growth of Organised Community Philanthropy: Is it the missing piece in community development?

25 Apr 2013
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Summary It’s time the mainstream development sector listened more closely to the voices – quiet, passionate, credible and deeply-rooted – of local community philanthropy. These small institutions are routinely overlooked by large donors, but they are an essential part of...
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The Communal State: Increasing restrictions to civil society rights and individual liberties

26 Apr 2013
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 A legal and regulatory framework for civil society Background Since 2002, different steps have been documented that have been taken by the Venezuelan government to impose restrictions on civil society rights.  In that year, for the first time, the Inter-American Human Rights...
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Quotes

A vibrant and independent civil society is an essential ingredient of effective and stable democracy… In too many cases, the voices of civil society are being stifled and the space in which they can express their views is shrinking.

Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

The challenge for 2013 is to rebuild trust through a new democratic contract between governments and civil society that puts the interests of people before markets…

Sharan Burrows, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)

Governments and multilateral organisations that embrace the idea of CSOs as full and effective actors and partners need to hold governments that are oppressing and marginalising CSOs to account.

Lindsay Coates, InterAction

Development cooperation processes and policies need to be aligned with international and regional agreements on human rights and gender equality.

Julia Miller, Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID)
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