Characteristics of a Civil Society Leader

Civil society leader is a person who takes a role to engage a group of individual in pushing for a common agenda trying to improve or promote the quality of life within a society (Van Til, 2000). A civil society leader develops a combination of information into working knowledge to uplift the moral within a group in a bid to make a difference about a prevailing situation. The civil society leader undertakes both political and non-political measure to afford an understanding to the members of the society and push for changes within the society (Slaby, 2011).
Edmond Yakani
Edmond Yakin is a civil society leader in Sudan a newly formed republic struggling to uplift itself from over a decade-long civil unrest. The leader Edmond Yakani is well-known for condemning the newly formed government ignorance to the injustices to the locals and disregard for human life. As a civil society leader, Edmond is admired for the courage to fight for the rights of the local and the articulate measures he takes in doing so. In many occasion, Edmond Yakani takes up measures to rally people in the communities sharing with them information about the government activities and shunning activities that seem to go against the rule of law.
Edmond has been vibrant in highlighting the killing and making it known to the people of Sudan that their rights are being violated with the leaders in the country focusing more on political and economic gains. Through writing and sharing information to the local and international interest bodies, the leader makes an appeal to the political leadership not to disregard the value of human life. In his endeavor to safeguard the interest of the society, Edmond participates and contributes in activities organized by NGO’s and other international bodies. Edmond Yakani is a truly civil society through his measure to highlight the plight of the local Sudan community and rally people to agitate for the protection of their civil rights
Butrous Biel
As civil society leader, Butrous Beil began by educating Sudan citizens on their human rights and the status in their country. The leader took up an active role to educate the general public of their rights, their need fight for their freedom and uphold a civil duty to demand that the government uphold the rule of law. Butrous Beil, a qualified lawyer, uses his professional qualification to highlight the plight of the people of Sudan and form an association with his colleagues. In his endeavors, Butrous has participated in the publication of human right status in South Sudan as well as train the citizens on the relevance of human rights. In his chosen measures of civil leadership, Butrous ensures that people do not rally behind his course blindly.
The information availed through his teaching allows the citizens to have a responsible legal measure in fighting for their right. The target groups in the civil course undertaken by Butrous are the marginalized individuals such as women, refugees, the youth, persons with disabilities and traditional authorities. These groups of persons is likely to have little information trickling down to them owing to their incapacitating position. Despite the daunting challenges Butrous faced in with fighting the regime, he did not coward.
Until the time Butrous ran to exile, he was in active advocacy for human rights and presented the locals with an opportunity to fight a war against the corrupt regime with information at their hand. The actions taken by Butrous to lead the citizens of South Sudan are seen a selfless action propagating development of society and active participation of the citizenry in the rule of law.
References
Slaby, K. (2011). Providing a direction on leadership. [Review of the book On leadership, J. w. Gardner].
Van Til, J. (2000). Growing Civil Society: From Nonprofit Sector to Third Space. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.