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Steve Powers If you are in Kathmandu on Dec 5th, check out “Celebrating Dr. Chandra Gurung’s Life.” Manjushree Thapa will be reading from her book, “A Boy From Sikles,” based on Chandra’s life. It will be at the Central Zoo, Jawalakhel, Lalitpur between 12-3pm. For more on Chandra, go to http://chandragurungtrust.org
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Join us @ World Trade Center & United Nations, NYC, US-China 30thAnniversary Diplomatic
Relations 11/30/09. Renewable Energy panel10-12am. Private Dayevent.
Public discounted seating:http://friendshipsummit.eventbrite.com Promo
codes: USPRC2009 (panel$150). USPRC2009F ($495 Full Day panel, gala
dinner, performancea...rt); USPRC2009FG ($395 Group 3+) Co-organized by
the Sacaf &USCBDC Organizations AND Dept of Commerce, NYC Econ.
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Leslie Wolfe, President of the Center for Women Policy Studies, will discuss the South Asia Initiative on Women and HIV/AIDS Policymaking, which will take place on December 7, 2009. On the South Asia Initiative, women leaders from Bangladesh, India and Pakistan will address the gender drivers of HIV/AIDS in a part of t...he world where the epidemic among women is growing rapidly. Dr. Wolfe will provide an overview of this and other ongoing efforts to further the rights of women worldwide.
Before joining the Center, Dr. Wolfe served as the Director of the Women's Educational Equity Act Program in the U.S. Dept. of Education, and among other posts, has served as the Deputy Director of the Women's Rights Program at the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. At the Center, Wolfe directs efforts to bring women's human rights constructs to a range of policy issues, and works closely with a national network of women state legislators in all 50 states.
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Global Feminist Revolution for Women's Human Rights
Time:12:15PM Tuesday, November 17th
Location:Woman's National Democratic Club
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Asia Society The glaciers of the Himalaya are melting. Explore the extraordinary and growing collection of glacier images from the 'roof of the world' at http://asiasociety.org/onthinnerice
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Global warming is melting 18,000 Himalayan glaciers, the largest concentration of glaciers outside the polar ice sheets. Their melting spells trouble for not only 2 billion Asians but the whole world.
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Atsi Sheth, Chief Economist at Reliance Equities, will talk about how key structural and policy changes in the Indian economy between 2010-2030 could resemble trends in the US economy in the mid-20th century.
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With Atsi Sheth, Chief Economist, Reliance Equities
Time:7:00PM Tuesday, November 10th
Location:Casa Soul Fry, 111-A Currimjee Building
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Asia Society launches a new task force on climate change. Watch the trailer http://asiasociety.org/video/policy-poli
and read about it at http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/scienc
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Two research organizations want the two countries to put more money into developing use of carbon capture technology.
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Watch an audio slideshow of photographer Seamus Murphy as he discusses his experience living in Afghanistan and shares the stories behind some of his stunning images.
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From 1994 to 2006, Seamus Murphy photographed Afghanistan as it transformed from civil-war battleground and home of a "forgotten war" to frontier outpost for foreign toops, capturing both the devastating effects of the Taliban regime and the people that live amidst the savageries of war.
Rajiv Purohit are you going to have any more of the muslim voices show this year?
