Full coverage: Development

30.05.2008 Delhi based Centre for Women's Development Studies announces a two-week certificate course on Women's Studies beginning June 30, 2008 in the Indian capital. The course will focus on women's roles in society and current economic trends which affect their lives and status.

29.05.2008 Inspired by a national television programme, women in Chhattisgarh villages in central India went on to form Kalyani clubs to drive awareness on health-related issues. Six years after their inception, the declining cases of diseases and improved maternal and child health speak of the clubs' success in transforming lives.

23.05.2008 After more than two decades, the residents of a small village in Tripura in north-eastern India have a well metalled road connecting neighbouring areas. Built under a government sponsored scheme, the road has brought in multi-benefits in terms of accessing markets, hospitals and reduced transportation costs.

21.05.2008 Jointly organised by ILO and Ministry of Labour in India, a two-day high-level consultation began today in New Delhi to discuss a national employment strategy. The country needs to achieve 3.9% employment growth per annum to meet the target of employment for all by 2012.

21.05.2008 Progress on UN Millennium Development Goals can succeed only if disaster risk reduction is made an integral part of the strategy. Disaster proofing the Millennium Development Goals outlines some risk management techniques to ensure smooth progress on MDGs.

19.05.2008 Marking the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, the UN's International Telecommunications Union awarded DAISY Consortium for its efforts to enable equal access to information and knowledge by the disabled. DAISY is a worldwide organisation of libraries and ICT companies representing 35 countries including India and Bangladesh in South Asia.

19.05.2008 OneWorld South Asia as part of its Ek Duniya Web Services initiative is organising a training programme on Local Language Web Hosting and Communication from June 23-26, 2008 in New Delhi. The aim is to empower grassroots level organisations to build their own websites and generate effective content on development issues.

16.05.2008 Lacking support from the government, a group of tribal women from a remote district in Orissa in eastern India, devised a unique way to get rid of water scarcity. By using bamboo pipes to carry stream water to the villages, these women have benefited hundreds of people.

15.05.2008 IISD’s latest commentary Is Green Great?: Balancing the Demands of Environmental Protection and Human Needs, is the adaptation of Oli Brown's views made at a symposium, held in Portland, Oregon. The author feels that environmentalism is fundamentally about improving living conditions and a more efficient utilisation of resources.

14.05.2008 The Nand & Jeet Khemka Foundation invites applications for India’s Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2008. The Award seeks to recognise social entrepreneurs whose efforts and innovations have contributed towards achieving sustainable development.

13.05.2008 Best practices in preventing and eliminating child labor through education by Child Rights Information Network helps users design and implement capacity-building activities for children in situations of child labour. The book documents experiences of over 80 NGOs and possibilities of change through educational interventions.

08.05.2008 WASHINGTON, May 8 (OneWorld) - More than 800 development and human rights activists are gathering here this week, developing and calling on Congress to implement new strategies to tackle world poverty and hunger.

08.05.2008 Open Access to Knowledge and Information: Scholarly Literature and Digital Library Initiatives – the South Asian Scenario released by UNESCO, New Delhi illustrates South Asian initiatives to bridge knowledge gaps in the region. The book is a useful source for building up necessary information infrastructure for development.

06.05.2008 Reuters Foundation and International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) invite entries from print and online news services for the 2008 Media Awards for excellence in environmental journalism. The worldwide competition aims to encourage informative reporting based on sound scientific data.

02.05.2008 Mikä Afrikan demokratisoitumista oikein jarruttaa? Se, että ulkopuoliset sekaantuvat Afrikan asioihin tuntematta mantereen historiaa eivätkä salli afrikkalaisten ajatella itsenäisesti ja tehdä omia virheitään, vastaa tansanialainen professori Severine Rugumamu.