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Supreme Court Stands With NGOs in Landmark Free-Speech Ruling

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Submitted by Lindsay Coates on Thu, 06/20/2013 - 5:02pm

Today, NGOs scored a major legal victory when the Supreme Court ruled 6-2 that a USAID policy requirement infringed upon Americans’ right to free speech. The case, USAID v AOSI, challenges a 2003 law that requires all groups receiving U.S government funds for international HIV and AIDS work to have a policy explicitly opposing prostitution.

Nutrition for Growth: An Historic Moment for Global Nutrition Efforts?

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Submitted by Lindsay Coates on Tue, 06/11/2013 - 11:14am

World leaders gathered Saturday in London at the Nutrition for Growth summit and pledged an impressive total of $21.9 billion to be spent between now and 2020 to combat undernutrition. Just as significant as the amounts pledged was who was pledging: governments, foundations, businesses and NGOs all made commitments that resulted in billions of dollars.

Citizen Engagement Forms the Backbone for Good Development

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Submitted by Lindsay Coates on Thu, 03/14/2013 - 2:10pm

A democracy truly founded on participation requires strong citizen engagement and feedback. In many contexts, civil society organizations are the most common conduits to include the voice of citizens. Citizen engagement, when it works, encourages greater transparency and accountability and may reduce corruption. NGOs, which often have a strong history of working in communities, are crucial in this endeavor.

The Gold Friends

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Submitted by Lindsay Coates on Thu, 09/27/2012 - 11:32am

When I was 8 years old, my grandmother decided that I needed to learn to cross stitch. She treated everything as an opportunity to improve me, so I was not allowed to pick the motto for my sampler myself, as I might not have chosen a worthy lesson. It said, “make new friends but keep the old, one is silver and the other gold,” and when I finished, it was framed and hung on my bedroom wall.

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