The major international non-governmental organizations in the disability field were, from the very beginning, actively involved in the elaboration of the Standard Rules. Even though some parts of the ...

The Biden administration has returned human rights to the forefront of U.S. foreign policy. Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently announced that the United States would be rejoining the United ...

A non-governmental organization (NGO) is a non-profit, citizen-based group that functions independently of government. NGOs are organized on local, national, and international levels to serve economic ...

Non-governmental organizations, or NGOs, and nonprofit organizations (NPOs) have many more similarities than differences. Both of these organization types generally work toward benefiting society and ...

And one of our society’s biggest falsehoods-in-a-name: “Non-governmental organizations.” Until recently, these groups have been widely seen as international, idealized versions of domestic nonprofits.

The Taliban administration in Afghanistan has ordered all local and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to stop their female employees from coming to work, according to a letter by the ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Jan Egeland, secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, about the Taliban's decision to ban women from working at NGOs. On a visit to Afghanistan last summer, we ...