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Seventh Sustainable Development Conference
Troubled Times: Sustainable Development and Governance in the Age of Extremes
“…good governance in the South Asian context has to go well beyond good politics or even the creation of a decent society. It must enable the state, the civil society, and the private sector to further broad-based economic growth and social development and increased human welfare.” ....more ....
Three Simple Steps to a Better Environment
A clean and fresh environment is admired and desired by everyone but very few make an effort on their part to work towards that end. This realization hit me a few weeks ago when I started commuting between office and home via a means of transport which brings you closest to your environm\ent - the motorbike. It was a terrible experience! ....more....
A Southern Agenda for Trade and Sustainable Development
This article addresses trade environment links within a broader context of sustainable development. The substantive argument is that linking trade with the environment serves a purely Northern agenda and for it to have resonance in the South, it is important that the environment be linked with poverty and economic efficiency and gender equality.....more....
Prospects for Women Textile and Clothing Workers in the Post-quota Era
In January 2005, the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) under the World Trade Organization (WTO) will be fully implemented and will give way to more liberalized global trade in textiles and clothing....more....
The Way Forward: Access and Dispensation of Justice
For Pakistan, access to justice for the common man has remained an elusive goal. Similarly, dispensation of justice has also remained flawed, delayed and in some cases, non-existent. Some link this sorry state of affairs to lack of resources and capacity, others to the lack of political will of state.....more....
Female Child Trafficking in Swat: From Crime to Custom
Trafficking in women and children is an international scourge and there are hundreds of networks of traffickers who are running and controlling this heinous business worldwide. "Globally, experts agree on estimates that in 2002, more than 700,000 women and children were victims of human trafficking networks worldwide". The practice is, unfortunately, prevalent in South Asia as well.....more....
Gender Sensitive Media: Views from Bangladesh and Nepal
Gender sensitization has become the buzzword for the past few years with some awareness in this context having been created among individuals, civil society and organizations in the public and private sectors. Creating awareness about gender sensitization is indeed an uphill task as changing attitudes and practices can take decades.....more....
