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to OneWorld South Asia. Bringing together a network
of people and groups working for human rights and sustainable
development from across the globe.
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03-07-2008
A new census in Nepal’s Suklaphanta Wildlife Conservation Park has revealed a sharp decline in its tiger count. Lack of resources and lax laws are said to have contributed to the spurt in poaching of the big cat. With India facing similar problems, Nepal wants to jointly redress the menace.
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Image: Tiger skins/ Photo credit: Britannica.com
04-07-2008
Despite social movements in India throwing up new band of educated, sincere and hardworking women as leaders, their participation in electoral politics is quite limited, says Dr Vibhuti Patel, Professor at SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai. Increasing criminalisation and corruption deter women from entering mainstream politics, she feels.
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Image: Personal is Political
02-07-2008
Expressing anguish over the tardy progress on the UN Millennium Development Goals, Salil Shetty, Director of the Millennium Campaign, feels that governments all over the world have not been judicious enough in allocating resources for development. Climate change and food crisis result from lack of investment in MDGs, he says.
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Image: Salil Shetty / Photo credit: IPS
03-07-2008
Contrary to government's claims, bonded labour in India is not merely confined to few pockets of the rural hinterlands but also continues unabated in towns and metropolises. Newer forms of the practice have emerged and are assimilated in the prevalent capitalist relations of production, according to a study.
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Image: Never ending drudgery / Photo credit: Juddah Passow
03-07-2008
Bangladesh’s mobile lady is the last-mile solution to take livelihood information to the poor and marginalised. In its evolution to the Info Lady, she is making high-end information available in a cheaper and effective way.
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Image: A mobile lady with a rural woman / Photo credit: id21
03-07-2008
US based Vernacular Architecture Forum (VAF) invites proposals for its annual meeting from June 10-13, 2009 in Butte, Montana. The idea is to facilitate scholarly discourse to encourage the study and preservation of informative and valuable heritage.
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02-07-2008
Oxfam’s latest book From Poverty to Power argues that the world needs both active citizens and effective states for rooting out poverty and inequity. Viewing disparity as both a moral and practical challenge, the book proposes realistic solutions based on collaborative social action.
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Image: Cover page of the book / Photo credit: Oxfam
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OneWorld South Asia''s Seventh
Annual Regional Meeting on February 8-9, 2008, at New Delhi, focused on Southern voices and
perspectives on the Climate Change debate.
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