Mainstreaming ideals of empowerment: A knowledge gap? | Veneeta Singha

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Submitted by Veneeta Singha 03Sep
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"The normative crisis of the Information Society" has also, organically, sought a new resolution and a reorientation (for both for-profit and non-profit sectors).
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Kathmandu by Thomas Bell [New book alert!]

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Submitted by Veneeta Singha 03Sep
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"A wonderfully discursive account of the personal discovery of a great city. Looping through centuries and slaloming between journalism and history, memoir, mythology and gossip, Tom Bell has written a portrait of Kathmandu like no other, taking us from Manjushree to the Maoists via witches, colonial Orientalists, LSD cults, spies wars and old Serge Gainsbourg movies. A splendidly eccentric and enjoyable first book."

- William Dalrymple

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Can volunteers alone make the nation literate?

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 02Sep
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Students acting as volunteers can be of great help in reducing adult illiteracy in the country. Yet it would be naïve to expect them alone to eradicate illiteracy. What is needed is a concerted effort that can harness new partnerships with non for profit organizations and state agencies. While more resources must be allocated to not for profit actors, accountability mechanisms must be stepped up.

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International Day for the Elimination of #VAW: November 25, 2014

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Submitted by Veneeta Singha 01Sep
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International Day for the Elimination of #VAW: www.un.org/en/events/endviolenceday/

 

"I welcome the chorus of voices calling for an end to the violence that affects an estimated one in three women in her lifetime. I applaud leaders who are helping to enact and enforce laws and change mindsets. And I pay tribute to all those heroes around the world who help victims to heal and to become agents of change." 
 
- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

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Development from the Ground: A Resource Center Comes to Karjanha VDC, Siraha

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Submitted by Michael Rosenkrantz 01Sep
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How can we truly achieve integrated development involving the people impacted. One method is through the establishment of a Resource Center.
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"Professions of the World" Photo Exhibition at the Alliance Francaise Katmandou | Veneeta Singha

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Submitted by Veneeta Singha 28Aug
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SOCIETY AT LARGE
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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND DEMOCRACY

 More at: http://www.alliancefrancaise.org.np/event/photo-exhibition-af-foundation-jobs-of-the-world/?instance_id=4557

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Turning Community managed schools in the Air Asia of education

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 27Aug
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Comparing public and private schools is a bit like comparing Air Asia with Singapore Airlines. There is no match in terms of quality. Yet fully fledged airlines are losing ground as more passengers fly no frills. The same could happen with community schools if they are really empowered and if we consider private schools more like social enterprises.

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International Day of #Non-violence - October 2, 2014

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Submitted by Veneeta Singha 24Aug

"The International Day of Non-violence is an occasion to "disseminate the message of non-violence, including through education and public awareness". The resolution reaffirms "the universal relevance of the principle of non-violence" and the desire "to secure a culture of peace, tolerance, understanding and non-violence".

www.un.org/en/events/nonviolenceday/index.shtml

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Basantapur Durbar Square in Relief | Veneeta Singha

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Submitted by Veneeta Singha 22Aug
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SOCIETY AT LARGE

Basantapur Durbar Square in Kathmandu 

I found the Square fresh, vibrant, colorful and existentially replete as I walked around. History is everything it was meant to be and so much more.

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ADB please say NO

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 22Aug
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BETTER AID
The Asian Development Bank, when announced that Nepal can easily afford to pay back its soft loans and consequently decided to stop its grants making to the country, showed it can be a trailblazer in the field of development assistance. The Bank should reject last minute efforts from the Government to reverse its decision.

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