A civil-society movement emerges in Central America.    From Wordnik.com.  [Finally, a Real Revolution] Reference

My overriding feeling is that the police are no longer on the side of civil-society.    From Wordnik.com.  [Can we trust the police?] Reference

A range of government and civil-society bodies should formulate a campaign to empower women.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Today] Reference

In fact, these relationships helped push the regimes to change and emboldened civil-society groups.    From Wordnik.com.  [How to Change Ugly Regimes] Reference

I am more interested in shoring up civil-society institutions that are the real basis of democracy.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 29, 2003] Reference

Mr. Obama is scheduled to talk with Mr. Putin and to meet with civil-society and opposition leaders.    From Wordnik.com.  [U.S., Russia Move Forward on Arms] Reference

She emphasized the importance of civil-society groups and the Kenyan people in holding the government to account.    From Wordnik.com.  [U.S. Promises Somalia More Aid to Help Fight Terror] Reference

Many of the most important civil-society groups (Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch) now sends reps to both forums.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Anti-Davos] Reference

"We need more civil-society organizations to do the work of raising public awareness and advocacy to combat stigmatization.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The More Things Change…] Reference

Brussels is demanding change from above, and new civil-society lobbies are allying with local government to push from below.    From Wordnik.com.  [On the Agenda] Reference

Shortly after the suit was filed, several Gabonese civil-society activists who had been involved in the campaign were jailed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gabon's President Bongo Dies] Reference

All opposition parties and major civil-society organizations object to the young Mubarak's slipping into office Syrian style.    From Wordnik.com.  [RISE OF THE MINI MONARCHS] Reference

Le Grillion is a cultural center, where a wide spectrum of artists, playwrights, journalists and civil-society activists meet.    From Wordnik.com.  [What Iraqi Expats Are Saying Now] Reference

Helping lead the push, according to people familiar with the movement, is a civil-society group in Yangon called Myanmar Egress.    From Wordnik.com.  [Myanmar Opposition Group Has New Tack: Cooperation] Reference

The civil-society leaders I met were in agreement that the recent release of political prisoners was the result of U.S. and EU pressure.    From Wordnik.com.  [Europe's Last Dictatorship] Reference

Other countries also took steps backward, shrinking political space for opposition parties and curbing the media and civil-society groups.    From Wordnik.com.  [African Polls Show Volatile Democracy] Reference

In her speech, Clinton bluntly accused U.S. adversaries such as Cuba, North Korea and Iran of pressuring or outlawing civil-society groups.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Poland, Clinton pledges support for citizen action worldwide] Reference

In the emerging economy of this new Scientific-Technical Revolution, these strong civil-society values will be even more central to success.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anglosphere Challenge, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

Tensions over Yemen's political situation were evident during Mrs. Clinton's meetings with opposition politicians and civil-society leaders.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clinton Advocates Changes in Yemen] Reference

Sub-regional organizations are a useful link between the civil-society building undertaken by NGOs and the overarching regional role of the OAU.    From Wordnik.com.  [Is There Still a Foreign Policy of the U.S. Toward Africa?: Remarks at the 39th International Seminar for Diplomats] Reference

It offers a great example of what can be achieved when business, governments and civil-society decide to work together, rather than in opposition.    From Wordnik.com.  [Strategy in an Uncertain World] Reference

They reminded me of the civil-society types I had met in Eastern Europe during the Cold War, in cities that, like Kabul, stank of lignite in winter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Man Versus Afghanistan] Reference

For years, young Algerians have protested against a lack of affordable housing, while civil-society groups have decried a lack of political freedom.    From Wordnik.com.  [Algeria Seeks to End Riots With Food-Price Moves, But 14 Die in Tunisia] Reference

She cited "different assessments" of human-rights and civil-society issues between Germany and Russia but stopped short of criticizing the draft law.    From Wordnik.com.  [Medvedev Backs Beefing Up Security Service] Reference

The bill has been greeted skeptically by civil-society groups that are wary of restrictions on civil liberties, press freedom and freedom of expression.    From Wordnik.com.  [Smart Aid] Reference

Instead, leading civil-society organizations are directed by Muslim women, especially in conflict zones such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine, and Somalia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Qamar-ul Huda, Ph.D.: Where's the Dove? Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution in Islam] Reference

If the MDC does finally defeat Mugabe and come to power but appoints all the civil-society leaders in government, then who's there to keep Tsvangirai honest?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life in Mugabe-ville] Reference

One of the ways to inoculate Tsvangirai from Mugabe-style tendencies would be for civil-society organizations to be developing independent of the political party.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life in Mugabe-ville] Reference

They sit and ignore the destruction of the evil pollution flooding our streets, and the waves of crime, and disorder that are building at the walls of civil-society.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Curse of Heroin in Scotland] Reference

PKK likely to declare unilateral truce as a result of civil-society calls.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hurriyet Dailynews] Reference

However, actions have consequences and civil-society holds people accountable.    From Wordnik.com.  [blog maverick] Reference

A.M., a part-Aboriginal civil-society leader who appeared in the film I saw on Monday.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Just World News' with Helena Cobban] Reference

The abolitionists, the suffragettes, Martin Luther King all began in the grass-roots of our civil-society.    From Wordnik.com.  [blog maverick] Reference

Transparency International is a civil-society organization that fights corruption worldwide through more than 90 chapters.    From Wordnik.com.  [AllAfrica News: Latest] Reference

It is also helping civil-society organisations working in the areas of children's literature, cultural dialogue and climate change.    From Wordnik.com.  [Al-Ahram Weekly Online] Reference