From: Thomson Reuters Foundation <alertnet@reuters.com> COURSES, PRIZES, FELLOWSHIPS AND MEDIA CONFERENCES ** denotes new entries No deadline: Free climate change adaptation workshops for journalists in Africa. ContactMichelle Betz at the International Center for Journalists No deadline: Journalists from Afghanistan, Colombia, Iran, […]
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Human Welfare Foundation Distributes Scholarships: India
Human Welfare Foundation New Delhi, PM Foundation Kerala and Fatima Health Care Group felicitated 125 meritorious students belonging to Muslim minority community of Assam in an Award Distribution Ceremony held at Nabin Chandra College Badarpur South Assam. The Foundation distributed […]
Continue reading »MDA to spend Rs8123m on uplift schemes: Pakistan
Karachi: Administrator/DCO Karachi Muhammad Hussain Syed has directed officers of Malir Development Authority to leave no stone unturned in the timely completion of development schemes. In order to make good quality construction projects all resources should be used in an […]
Continue reading »AP govt committed to uplift Muslims: Kiran Reddy: India
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy today said the government was committed to uplifting Muslims in the state and has implemented several schemes, including four percent job reservation, for their benefit. “Congress has increased the minority department […]
Continue reading »Invitation to South Asia Social Forum ,SASF, 18-22 Nov,2011, Dhaka University Premises: Bangladesh
Greetings from the SASF Secretariat desk. You will find an invitation letter for participating in South Asia Social Forum along with bilingual SASF Concept Note. Your participatory interest will be of immense potential for the onward social transformation process meant for […]
Continue reading »Higher Education in the 21st. Century Bangladesh
Introduction: The UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education, held in Paris in 1998, recognized quite emphatically the importance of education and particularlyly higher education for sustainable endogenous development, for democracy and peace, for strengthening defense of peace as one of […]
Continue reading »Q&A: UN Ambassador Abdul Ghafoor Mohamed: Maldives
Abdul Ghafoor Mohamed is the Maldives Ambassador to the UN and was defacto non-resident Ambassador to the US, prior to the recent appointment of Ahmed Sareer to the position. He speaks to Minivan News about the Maldives-US relationship, climate politics […]
Continue reading »Their souls march on : Nepal
Families and friends of those killed in the Ghunsa helicopter crash five years ago are helping nurture a new generation of Nepali conservationists It was five years ago this week that a helicopter crash near Ghunsa in the Kangchenjunga Conservation […]
Continue reading »Campbell Fellowship for Women Scholar-Practitioners from Developing Nations
One six-month fellowship is available for a female postdoctoral social scientist from a developing nation whose work addresses women’s economic and social empowerment in that nation. Download the flier (PDF, 273 KB)The goal of the program is twofold: to advance the […]
Continue reading »UNESCO And Varkey GEMS Foundation Announce Program To Train 10,000 School Principals At Clinton Global Initiative
Training 10,000 principals will impact 10 million children UNESCO and Varkey GEMS Foundation leadership available for interview NEW YORK : The Varkey GEMS Foundation, a not-for-profit education organization and The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), have announced […]
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