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'Kimchi Paradigm' Offers New Insights Into Success at Asian Women Leaders Conference
At Asia Society's most recent WLNA summit, in New Delhi, participants learned how to capitalize on human variety to create teams that work effectively.
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Renewing the City: Efforts to Improve Life in Calcutta’s Urban Slums
V. Ramaswamy on the Calcutta's urban slums.
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The Future of Asia's Nature and Culture
A discussion on the impact of development on Asia’s environment and also on Asia’s man-made monuments.
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Worker's Rights and Immigrant Communities
"It’s very easy to forget that a lot of the sweatshop conditions in factories in China, Bangladesh and India actually also exist in Chinatown in New York."
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The Cordillera Experience
Indigenous peoples, the environment and human rights in the Philippines.
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There Are No Human Rights Without Women's Rights
From Malaysia, a bold call for equality on Human Rights Day, 2001.
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Islamic Family Law and Justice for Muslim Women
Experts discuss discrimination against women and the implementation of Islamic Family Law legislations.
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Human Rights and Law in Asia
Challenges and prospects for democracy and people’s empowerment.
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Human Rights and Law in Asia
Challenges and prospects for democracy and people’s empowerment.
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Microfinance:The Miracle Cure?
Mirai Chatterjee of Self-Employed Women's Association on the movement that has helped many families come out of poverty.
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Sacrifice of the Innocents
A discussion oo two films on sexual violence against Asian children.
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