Global citizenship is the idea of

all people have rights and responsibilities that come with being a
member of the world, with whole-world philosophy and sensibilities,
rather than as a citizen of a particular nation or place. The idea is that
one’s identity transcends geography or political borders and that
responsibilities or rights are derived from membership in a broader
class: "humanity". This does not mean that such a person denounces or
waives their nationality or other, more local identities, but such
identities are given "second place" to their membership in a global
community extended, the idea leads to questions about the state of
global society in the age of globalization. In general usage, the term
may have much the same meaning as “world citizen“.
In a week military action in Syria that is drawing global attention, it is
important to remember the innocent human lives including the many
children that suffer during conflict. An often-overlooked consequence
during these periods if the impact on education, despite how critical
learning is for the children to rebuild their war-torn communities.

More than a third of Syrian schools have been destroyed or damaged

by fighting leaving nearly 2 million children out of the classroom. And
another 600,000 who have fled their homes are not in school. The
story is much the same with rising conflict across the globe — 246
million children experience some kind of school violence in the world
today.
• The world citizen was typically an intellectual, who travelled
widely, met and corresponded with intellectuals in many countries
and advanced cosmopolitan views.
• Since 1945, The global citizen is usually pictured as the activist on
transnational social movements.
• The idea that travelling is an expression of cosmopolitanism is
indeed debatable.
• Mass tourism, which often shields people from the society they re
visiting, has nothing to do with increasing international
understanding and may have harmful effects on the environment
and local culture.
• There are travels that are seen as means of promoting international
understanding like exchanges between school children.
• The image wandering scholar is still part of a cosmopolitan view of
the world of learning
• It is also encouraged by governments to promote friendly relations
between countries.
• In the beginning of the 21st century, there was the development of
informal networks and formal transnational organizations.
• These organizations pursue professional or social interests that have
become an important feature of international politics.
• The existence of transnational associations does not necessarily mean
that those involved are acting as global citizens because in many
cases, they are basically promoting their own particular concerns.
• Those who belong to these organization meet in international
conferences to share their ideas and to call for states and international
law to respect their rights to copyright and to an income from their
writing.
• Campaigning to transnational organizations is committed to global
causes.
• They also depend on volunteers who offer direct assistance to those
who are suffering from abuse, poverty, war, among those.
• The concept of civil society has become central to social theory
since the 1980’s when dissident intellectuals in Eastern Europe
looked to social networks initiated from below to provide the sphere
of independence from the state and a basis for resistance.
• The existence of autonomous social groups and institutions has been
seen as essential to democratization both in remaining communist
regimes such as china and in other authorization states.
• Democratic theorists have argued that civil society is essential to
liberal democracies ass a barrier to an encroaching state.
• Participation in voluntary bodies provides a political education and
promotes responsible citizenship.
• Hegel and Marx conceptualized civil society as the sphere deifned
by the market economy, and its resulting individualism and socially
divisive effects.
• But most theorists of civil society see it as distinct from both the
state and the economy
• Civil society also suggests very informal links whether between
neighbors or fellow enthusiasts of a particular body
• The implication of global civil society must depend on how it is
defined and on the comparative economic and poitical power of
group within it.
• Global civil society poses a direct challenge to states when group
within one country ignore or oppose official policies to create links
with citizens in other countries
• The basic tenet of cosmopolitanism is the belief in universal
equality and human rights.
• Transnational organizations supporting human rights are often cited
in discussion of both global society and global citizenship.
• Richard Falk discussed how global civil society promotes a world
order based not on state interests but on the interests and rights of
human being.
• Amnesty international and regional human rights bodies typify this
move towards a law of humanity
• Amnesty international is probably the best-known human rights
campaigning organization with a separate international secretariat
and sections in many parts of the world.
• It is used to exemplify transnational action to protect individual
rights.
• Amnesty has also played a role in strengthening global civil society.
• It cans also be seen as a collective global citizen.
• Human Rights Watch, which is based in the USA, is one of those
who play important role in monitoring human rights worldwide and
protesting about abuses.