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24.11.2006 High GDP growth in India since the beginning of economic reforms has often been accused of promoting growth without a human face.New health data shows improvement in quality of life since 1992. Public health services in India have worsened over the same period.

23.11.2006 The Panchayat Presidentship is not a bed of roses to the newly elected Dalit presidents in the southern districts of Tamil Nadu as a majority of them remain sheer puppets in the hands of the upper castes.

The recent gruesome murder of the newly elected panchayat president belongs to dalit community in Tirunelveli district of sourther Tamil Nadu (India), has once again proved that no political reservation in the local body elections would bring out any change in the plight of the entire Dalit community that remains thrown to the wolves under the oppression of the caste Hindus.

23.11.2006 YK:n turvallisuusneuvosto varoittaa, että Afganistan on vaarassa luisua ”epäonnistuneiden valtioiden” joukkoon, mikäli kansainvälinen yhteisö ei tue Afganistanin jälleenrakentamista. Turvallisuusneuvostolle raportoinut valtuuskunta vieraili Afganistanissa marraskuun puolivälissä. Valtuuskunnan puheenjohtajan Japanin suurlähettiläs Kenzo Oshiman mukaan vuoden 2006 aikana Afganistanin kehityssuuntaus on ollut huolestuttava.

23.11.2006 The scarcity at the heart of the global water crisis is rooted in power, poverty and equality, not in physical availability. There is more than enough water in the world for domestic purposes, for agriculture and for industry. The problem is that some people -- notably the poor -- are systematically excluded from access by their poverty, by their limited legal rights or by public policies.

23.11.2006 The South Asian region contains most of the children in the world who are denied sustained access to basic education. Most of the countries in the region share a common socio-cultural context albeit one which is itself very varied.

23.11.2006 The health ministry is attempting to regulate and standardise the nature of healthcare being provided to Indian citizens by introducing a new law -- the Clinical Establishment Act -- to register all healthcare infrastructure within the next two years.

23.11.2006 Vigorous expansion of trade between developing countries has created "a new geography of global trade," but communications have lagged behind this and other processes that have increased the gravitas of the South, participants agreed at a seminar in Brazil.

23.11.2006 In just two months time the World Social Forum (WSF) will get underway in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, marking the first instance in which Africa is acting as sole host of the event.

22.11.2006 Para debatir sobre los impactos del Acuerdo de Asociación con la Unión Europea, los días 23 y 24 de noviembre se darán cita en el Palacio Ariztía de Santiago expertos, representantes de gobiernos, organizaciones ciudadanas y movimientos sociales de Chile, Europa y América Latina.

22.11.2006 Metsät on usein unohdettu kansallisissa köyhyyden vähentämisohjelmissa, vaikka ne ovat 1,6 miljardin ihmisen elinehto joko ravinnon, tulojen tai muiden hyödykkeiden muodossa, arvioi FAO:n metsäosaston uusi johtaja Jan Heino. Tilanne on Heinon mielestä outo, koska maailmassa on vain kourallinen valtioita, joissa ei ole metsäpeitettä ollenkaan.

22.11.2006 Vuonna 2007 vietetään taksvärkkitoiminnan 40-vuotisjuhlavuotta. Juhlavuoden keräyksen varat suunnataan Kenian katulapsille. Nairobissa elää arviolta 60 000 katulasta ja -nuorta, jotka ovat 8-30 -vuotiaita. Kadulla asuu myös nuorten aikuisten perustamia perheitä. Taksvärkin kehitysyhteistyöhanke toteutetaan yhteistyössä kenialaisen kansalaisjärjestön Undugu Society of Kenyan kanssa.

22.11.2006 Euroopan Uimaliitto (LEN) ja UNICEF ovat solmineet yhteistyösopimuksen, jolla pyritään edistämään tietoisuutta puhtaan veden tärkeydestä lapsille. Euroopan uintiväki haluaa tällä yhteistyöllä tukea YK:n vuosituhattavoitetta puolittaa puhtaan veden ja sanitaation puutteesta kärsivien ihmisten määrä maailmassa.

22.11.2006 Due to unrelenting pressure by the developed countries, the Doha negotiations have veered from their proclaimed development orientation towards a “market access” direction in which developing countries are pressurised to open up their agricultural, industrial and services sectors.

22.11.2006 Nepal has long played host to all out to climb Mt. Everest. In July 1951, during his visit as Prime Minister of free India to Kathmandu, Nehru affectionately hailed Nepal as the "daughter of the Himalayas".

22.11.2006 Substantial progress has been achieved in addressing the issue violence against women over the period. However, there is increased violence in societies today, and a continuing gap between political commitment and adequate resources. The key challenge that remains is to move the issue from awareness that it is a human rights violation and a crime, to making it socially unacceptable and counter to community norms.

22.11.2006 Government's proposal to "incentivise" ownership of property is seen as a bid to empower women in the hope that better economic status would make them less vulnerable to exploitation

21.11.2006 Si bien es cierto que durante los últimos 25 años, en promedio, nuestra región viene estableciéndose como “democrática”, a los distintos gobiernos democráticos no les ha sido posible traslucir una compatibilidad y una consistencia -y coherencia por tanto- entre democracia y “mejora de la calidad de vida” para todos los sectores sociales en nuestros países.

21.11.2006 Intian maaseutua ajatellessa mieleen tulee helposti äärimmäinen köyhyys. Nykyisin kuulemme kuitenkin aina vain enenevissä määrin maan IT-buumista ja käsitys todellisuudesta suurien kaupunkien ulkopuolella saattaa hämärtyä. Tehelkan järjestämässä keskustelutilaisuudessa puhuttiin näiden kahden eri maailman kohtaamisesta ja pyrittiin niiden yhdistämiseen.

21.11.2006 There has been a growing realisation that a system-wide transformation is crucial for the attainment and sustainability of the goal of UEE and MDG with improved quality. The objectives of improved access and increased participation, reduced drop-out rates and enhanced learning achievements cannot be met and sustained without improving the quality, effectiveness and efficiency of teacher in the elementary education system.

20.11.2006 The Rajinder Sachar committee has said that Muslim community was "lagging behind" other religious groups in development indicators and has asked the Government to frame appropriate programmes to address its educational and economic backwardness.