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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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Educating a New Generation of Asian Women Leaders
in Hong Kong, the president of Smith College touts the value of liberal arts education.
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Human Trafficking in Asia: Progress and Continued Challenges
Experts discuss how governments and NGOs can combat the billion dollar human trafficking business in Asia.
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Bearing Witness: Primo Levi's Legacy in Japan and Korea
Leading scholars discuss the cross-cultural meanings of survivor, witness, and testimony in Primo Levi's writings.
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Indonesia Erupts
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Christina Lamb Recounts Death-Defying Encounters as War Correspondent
The U.S. editor of London's Sunday Times spoke at a gathering at Asia Society Washington Center.
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Fighting a Silent Killer
A panel of doctors and community leaders discuss the challenges of fighting hepatitis B among Asian-Americans.
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Women and the Workplace
One of the chief engines to the success of India and China in the global economy is educated women.
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Paradise Beneath Her Feet: Women Transforming Islamic Societies
CFR scholar Isobel Coleman posits a way forward for women in traditional, patriarchal cultures.
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Giving Voice to the Children of International Adoption
Cross-cultural, transracial adoption as seen through the eyes of those who have lived it.
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Ebadi Warns Against Sanctions
International and economic sanctions would harm Iran's citizens, says Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi.
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