All 4 Uses of
non-governmental organization
in
Half the Sky
- "Nobody would rent to us, because we were an NGO [a nongovernmental organization] and an NGO full of women," Sadaffe said.†
Chpt 11
- "Nobody would rent to us, because we were an NGO [a nongovernmental organization] and an NGO full of women," Sadaffe said.†
Chpt 11
- In South Korea, women hold 14 percent of the seats in the National Assembly but lead 80 percent of the country's NGOs.
Chpt 14NGOs = non-governmental organizations (private, non-profit organizations working for member goals at the international level)
- In Kyrgyzstan, women don't hold a single seat in parliament but run 90 percent of the NGOs.
Chpt 14 *
Definition:
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(non-governmental organization) private, non-profit organizations working for member goals at the international level -- possibly through direct action, but especially by lobbying government officials