South Asia

The Quest for Peace and Prosperity in the Asia-Pacific and Beyond

Speech by H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Republic of Korea. more

Asia Women's Next Obstacle: AIDS

This fight against AIDS must be fought on many fronts, but it must begin with broader engagement of women. more
"Get your laws away from my uterus." (bitchplz/Flickr)

Women of the World

Laws and policies affecting women of South Asia. more
071110-A-2013C-074 A paratrooper from 1st Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, watches as an aircraft flies overhead while dropping supplies in Paktika Province, Afghanistan, Nov 9. (soldiersmediacenter/Flickr)

The Global Perspective on the War on Terror

Experts discuss and offer critical viewpoint of US foreign policy. more
A woman suffering from HIV/AIDS uses a stick to walk back to her bed in hospital. Cambodia. (© Masaru Goto / World Bank)

Women's and Girls' Health in South Asia: Challenges for Global Policy

Experts discuss the critical challenges that lie ahead in securing reproductive health rights for women and girls in South Asia. more

Dalia Hashad Advocates Against Racial Profiling

The ACLU advocate discusses the curtailment of civil liberties, the USA PATRIOT Act*, illegal detentions, and racial profiling more
UNDP Human Development Report (onshi/Flickr)

Launch of the 2002 United Nations Development Program

"In individual human freedom lies the capacity for political participation, economic development and social progress." more
Chinatown, New York (Marionzetta/Flickr)

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." more
The sidewalks of Bangkok. (SlapAyoda/Flickr)

Feeding Ourselves

Strategies and solutions to end hunger in Asia. more
Sangram Singh with children in the Dilkhush Mahal Rajasthan, Mewar Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, ca. 1720 16 1/16 in. x 26 25/32 in. (40.8 cm x 68 cm)

Power and Desire: South Asian Paintings from the San Diego Museum of Art, Edwin Binney 3rd Collection

October 10, 2000 - January 7, 2001 more