- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
Civil Society Quotes
Civil society sits between government and the individual, made up of the NGOs, advocacy groups, and citizens who hold institutions accountable. These quotes describe partnerships between government and civil society to safeguard a nation's future, a shared declaration of war on child labor requiring a coherent worldwide movement, and human rights work built on naming and shaming abuses. Another line points to a growing sense of shared international responsibility among thousands of supra-national NGOs working alongside the United Nations.
Civil society quotes here emphasize partnership over conflict, showing how governments, workers, and citizen groups can align on causes like ending child labor and defending human rights.
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- Hard Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
This is why universities, and civil society more generally, are so important for a democracy like ours, founded on a genuine idealism that we have a hard time holding on to. They provide a space to question whatever we are doing in the name of things we say we believe in or might believe in.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
I will work in partnership with the Government, all political parties, and civil society to safeguard and advance the future of all Singaporeans.
- Pressure
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- Nov 07, 2020
While the World Bank is an inter-governmental institution, drawing its funds from member governments and run by a board of directors nominated by member governments, its policies have increasingly become sensitive to civil society pressure and NGO agendas.
- Corporate World
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- Nov 07, 2020
Financial institutions, the corporate world and civil society - all must uphold high standards of probity in their working. Only a genuine partnership between the Government and its people can bring about positive change to create a just society.
- Church
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- Nov 07, 2020
Standards of conduct appropriate to civil society or the workings of a democracy cannot be purely and simply applied to the Church.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
The core of human rights work is naming and shaming those who commit abuses, and pressuring governments to put the screws to abusing states. As a result, human rights conventions are unique among international law instruments in depending for their enforcement mostly on the activism of a global civil society movement.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
Business, labor and civil society organizations have skills and resources that are vital in helping to build a more robust global community.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
At the heart of these challenges lies the question of how the institutions of the European Union make laws, the types of laws they pass and the effectiveness with which those laws are implemented on civil society and the economy.
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need a mobilized and active civil society using its purchasing power to demand sustainable products and practices. It is also essential that governments commit to the future, creating fiscal and regulatory conditions for sustainable policies to thrive.
- Charter
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- Nov 07, 2020
I shall work with Congress, civil society groups and local government executives who are convinced that charter changes are needed to enable the country to surmount the unprecedented challenges of the 21st century.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
By international standards, many of the U.K.'s policies for civil society are exemplary. However, there are concerns about constraints on civil liberties - particularly restrictions on free assembly and about the rising tide of everyday regulation has seriously impeded community activity - from organising street parties to helping children.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
So is civil society prepared for the future? Probably not. Most organisations have to live hand to mouth, juggling short-term funding and perpetual minor crises. Even the bigger ones rarely get much time to stand back and look at the bigger picture. Many are on a treadmill chasing after contracts and new funding.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is this desire to see civil society remain a strong and united force within the U.K. that has encouraged me to chair Citizens U.K. Commission on Islam, Participation and Public Life.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020