A nongovernmental organization (NGO) is a mission-driven organization that operates independently of the government. Most are nonprofits, and some receive government funding.
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 ...
The 2016–2017 Battle of Mosul would have been unrecognizable to Henri Dunant, the founder of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Unlike the defined front lines in the Battle of Solferino, ...
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 Department of Public Information/Non-Governmental Organizations Association Committee today associated 21 non‑governmental organizations with the United Nations ...
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 ...
Many non-governmental organizations in Venezuela — which many analysts now call a failed state — have decided to reduce their operations to stay alive. As Venezuelan inflation rates soar, ...
Q: I have long worked for a global organization that is now impacted by President Donald Trump’s executive orders. Most employees here in the U.S. are being let go. I am being deprived of benefits to ...
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.