Human Rights Approach Needed in Financial Regulation
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Protests are rippling from Wall Street to all parts of the globe, and the ongoing effects of the financial and economic crisis have brought home to people worldwide the intrinsic connection between financial regulation policies and the… Continue reading
New Economics Initiative: 21 Hours
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21 hours
Why a shorter working week can help us all to flourish in the 21st century
A ‘normal’ working week of 21 hours could help to address a range of urgent, interlinked problems: overwork, unemployment, over-consumption,… Continue reading
Common Ground Newsbulletin: 25 January 2012
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Inside this edition 25 January – 01 February 2012 www.commongroundnews.org
Calling it sharia shouldn’t make it scary
by Jon Pahl
Bills which would ban US courts from adopting sharia are pending in 20 states. Jon Pahl, Professor… Continue reading
Conference: Overcoming Justice Issues for Sexual Assault Victims
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DISRUPTING THE SCRIPT:
RAISING SEXUAL ASSAULTS ON BLACK WOMEN TO LEGAL CONSCIOUSNESS
Convened by Anita F. Hill and Bernadette J. Brooten
Monday, March 19, 2012
12:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Levin Ballroom
Brandeis University
Sponsored by the… Continue reading
University for Peace: 2012 Online Courses
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ONLINE COURSES
Upcoming Online Courses
The UN-mandated University for Peace is accepting applications for the Distance Education Programme. Apply for individual courses for training in the following areas of study, or take the courses for credit, towards… Continue reading
Call for Papers: Thought as Action: Gender, Democracy, Freedom
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Center for Women’s and Gender Research (SKOK)
University of Bergen
Conference: August 16th, 17th & 18th, 2012
CALL FOR PAPERS
This conference marks the completion of a four-year international research project, THOUGHT AS ACTION: Gender, Democracy, Freedom,… Continue reading
Lena Alhusseini to receive Womansphere Global Award
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Lena Alhusseini (HumanDHS Clobal Core Team), Receives Womensphere Global Award
Lena is Executive Director of Arab-American Family Support Centre http://www.aafscny.org/
On January 19th, Executive Director, Lena Alhusseini, will receive the Womensphere Global Award at the Emerging Leaders… Continue reading
Article: Preventing a Nuclear Iran: Peacefully
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Below please find a copy of the article by Shibley Telhami (HumanDHS Advisory Board) and Steven Kull, “Preventing a Nuclear Iran, Peacefully” published in the New York Times on January 16, 2012.
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OP-ED CONTRIBUTORS
Preventing a… Continue reading
Canadian School of Peacebuilding: 2012
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Each year Canadian School of Peacebuilding (CSOP), an institute of Canadian Mennonite University, invites the peacebuilders of the world to gather in Winnipeg, Canada, for a selection of 5-day courses in June. Register today for courses on… Continue reading
New Book: Foundations of Chinese Psychology
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New Book
Foundations of Chinese Psychology
Confucian Social Relations
Kwang-Kuo Hwang
Originally, the global exporting of psychology was considered a means of bringing science and modernism to underdeveloped parts of the world. In response, indigenous psychology has… Continue reading