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- Women parliamentarians prove their mettle in Pakistan
- A new study has dispelled the widely held notion that woman parliamentarians in Pakistan are no more than “silent spectators”. On the contrary, it says they ...
- Indian women: Faceless, voiceless and un-represented
- Successive governments in India have failed to address the core concerns of women voters, who constitute around half the total voters of the country. Will the ...
- Tracing the roots of violence
- It is not sufficient to deduce the recent spate of communal violence in parts of India only in terms of power play, says Rajesh Kasturirangan, a fellow ...
- Obama win takes US beyond race
- Barack Obama's historic White House victory takes America beyond racial politics as a nation in transition elects its first black President. For other world ...
- G77 takes on West on climate change
- Developing countries have taken on the developed nations for diverting the process of negotiations away from UNFCCC framework and Bali Action Plan. In the ...
- Repression on monks in Burma
- The Resistance of the Monks, a Human Rights Watch publication, provides a detailed account of the repression on monks and the violations of their ...
- Nepal sliding back into the abyss
- Nepal prime minister’s resignation has further endangered the already fragile peace process in the country. The Maoist leader has expressed his disappointment ...
- Tribal women missing from Indian politics
- In eastern Indian state of Orissa, deeply entrenched gender factor clipped the wings of many women aspirants in the just concluded parliamentary and state ...
- India's missing think tanks
- India needs to adopt innovative thinking, say editors Rohit Pradhan and Sushant K Singh. They claim policymaking has to move beyond politicians ...
- What women want
- UNIFEM's global report Progress of the World's Women 2008/2009 calls for stronger accountability systems to meet international commitments on ...
- Nepal on the threshold of political change
- An all-party meeting in Nepal has decided to stake claim to form a new government in the country. Earlier the president had asked all the political formations ...
- Criminality, not patriarchy, deters women in politics
- With only a fraction of women candidates contesting the ongoing parliamentary election, political empowerment of women is a far cry. Regional editor of ...
- 'Climate change is occurring all the time'
- The urgency of climate change is such that instead of pointing fingers at each other we need to sit down and develop a pragmatic worldview, says economist and ...
- New fight brews in Sri Lanka after the Tigers
- Before its defeat, LTTE had always projected itself as the sole representative of Tamils in Sri Lanka. Now intensifying competition among Tamil politicians can ...
- Water in Gaza Strip fast becoming unfit for consumption
- Israel’s construction of trap wells is siphoning water supplies from the aquifer before they reach Gaza. The recharge rate of the aquifers has also been ...
- Pakistani insurgent leader asks NGOs to leave
- Maulana Fazalullah, a prominent insurgent leader, has said that NGOs are creating problems for peace in Swat Valley in Pakistan and therefore should leave the ...
- Philippines: Role women can play in politics
- At a recent pre-election conversation in the Philippines, three women legislators were asked: What difference do women in politics make? With elections ...
- North Korea food situation desperate
- In a new report, a UN human rights expert said that state control over economic activities, abuse of power and recent nuclear tests were preventing ...
- India soon to launch a national green party
- Disillusioned with mainstream parties for not paying adequate attention to the environment, a leading crusader in India has planned to launch a national green ...
- Radio encourages Afghan women to run for office
- Salam Watandar, a radio programme in Afghanistan, has successfully persuaded a large number of women candidates to contest provincial council elections. Due to ...
- Mexican indigenous women challenge 'machismo'
- Mexico still has to go a long way in bringing gender and ethnic equity in governance and other spheres of social life. For the first time in a deeply ...
- India again gives mandate to Congress-led alliance
- Indian voters have given a clear mandate to the Congress and United Progressive Alliance to rule the country for next five years. The ruling coalition, which ...
- Tax havens become a poll issue in India
- Promising to bring back billions of black money hoarded in Swiss banks, political parties in India have stirred up a hornet’s nest. Seeing it as a new attempt ...
- Pakistan reinstates deposed chief justice
- With the announcement that all the judges sacked by the then President Pervez Musharaff in 2007 will be reinstated, Pakistani government has averted a major ...
- Indian women feel at home in politics
- They may not be able to match the popularity and appeal of Mayawatis, or Jayalalithas or Sonia Gandhis. But a new breed of women politicians in India’s small ...
- Second phase polling in India largely peaceful
- Another 140 parliamentary constituencies went to poll in 12 Indian states yesterday, registering 55% voter turnout. The newly elected chief election ...
- Sri Lankan army offensive pushes Tamil Tigers
- The Sri Lankan army's capture of the northern town of Kilinochchi marks a new phase in the fighting between the security forces and the Tamil Tiger rebels. As ...
- Myanmar allows mobile phones in remote capital
- Having kept the newly constituted administrative capital, Naypyidaw, out of bounds for any kind of telecommunication services ostensibly for security reasons, ...
- We need to fight patriarchy, not men
- In an exclusive interview to InfoChange, Nobel Peace Prize-winner Shirin Ebadi explains why culture should be dissociated from religion, why Islam is ...
- Citizens demand action on information and employment rights
- A pre-election people's forum in the Indian capital called for making the right to employment and information acts more effective and accessible. The demands ...
