28-01-2012Ahead of the 9th World CEO Sustainability Summit, Björn Stigson, Advisor to the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, speaks to OneWorld South Asia. more...
27-01-2012 “Prevention” will be the core focus area of The United Nations' Five-Year Action Agenda, outlining opportunities to ensure a better future for the world's people, says UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon.
25-01-2012In collaboration with the Nordic Initiative Clean and Ethical (NICE), the United Nations Global Compact launches the first sector-specific initiative to address the challenges of the global fashion and textile industries.
24-01-2012Women in Sri Lanka find it difficult to contest elections despite high literacy rates and robust social indicators, notes women's rights activist Rosy Senanayake.
23-01-2012Successive crop losses, mounting debts and rising health and medical expenses lead yet another farmer to commit suicide. Here is the story of Dayasagar Sahu from one of India’s most backward districts, Bargarh (also, home to Maoists, or a violent internal conflict against the Indian state) in the state of Orissa along India’s eastern coast.
Change the picture for the better with a click 24-01-2012Indian NGO CRY – Child Rights and You - invites entries for its Click Rights campaign to advocate for every child’s right to quality education through photography.
Community policing to fill the 'trust-gap' 14-01-2012In an e-mail interview with OneWorld, police officer Veerendra Mishra talks about his latest book, Community Policing- Misnomer or Fact? which analyses the conceptual variances and factors that impede smooth collaboration between the police and the public.
11-01-2012The HUNGaMA (Hunger and Malnutrition) Survey conducted by the Naandi Foundation presents India's malnutrition data at the district level in a pioneering attempt to make the voices of over 74,000 mothers heard.
