Janakpur Handicraft: Weaving a Better Future in Rural Nepal
Janakpur Handicraft Centre supports economically backward women in Nepal by giving them training, employment and other opportunities to get empowered.
Who will win the Power Struggle for Tajikistan in the Central Asian ‘Great Game’?
By Adil Khan
Tajikistan is the poorest piece in the multifaceted jigsaw of Central Asia, being pulled by all corners of the globe. With the political elite apparently drowning in ‘cronyism and corruption’, if Tajikistan becomes too dependant on its foreign partners, it could perhaps lose its ability to function as an independent State, and ultimately, its sovereignty.
Lessons from a Summer Sojourn in Pakistan
"Our education is inefficacious if we cannot serve our communities and make a difference. If we are free, we need to free someone else as well; and if we have power, it is our job to empower others" argues Saad Ali Baloch.
“These are exciting times to be young in the developing world”
When many of her friends and colleagues were busy setting up their ambitious careers in big multinational companies, Nisha Singh, a management graduate of London Business School, UK and an electronics...
“Democracy In Sri Lanka is Fake”
When it comes to socio-economic development, Sri Lanka is taken as a remarkable example in south Asia. That development, however, is not equitable and...
Bangladesh: Police and Youth Unite for a Safer Community
By Md. Sariful Islam
Meetings, lectures and open dialogues among the police and students at different faculties and departments of universities are regularly arranged and they play...
Gross National Happiness of Bhutan and its False Promises
Some foreign observers claim that GNH provides ideological cover for repressive and racist policies. Love it or hate it, one thing is clear, the pursuit of GNH does not appear to be helping the people of Bhutan rise to a higher standard of living.
Graffiti on the Great Wall: The Hidden Street Art Culture of Beijing
by Carolynn Look
Beijing, China. Hundreds of buildings tower over the people that bustle between them every day. Some get demolished, some get rebuilt, some...
A Dedicated Journey: One Man’s Commitment to Children’s Rights in Cambodia
by Gareth Mace
"We don't know when we will die, I like to do as much as I can. I want to try to...
Cambodia: Inclusive Education Combats Social Barriers
Despite its rating as least-developed country (LDC) where 56.5 per cent of the population are estimated by the World Bank (WB) to earn less than $2 a day (adjusted for purchasing power parity), Cambodia is consistently, albeit incrementally, improving its enrolment and literacy rates and successfully reducing poverty (from 34.7 per cent in 2004 to 30.1 per cent in 2007, WB). However, marginalized, physically impaired people are still severely affected by income inequality and exclusion.
