I Walked Into a School Today

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SOCIETY AT LARGE

Doing more for one's community doesn't take a lot of time.

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My Son is Not the Same As Me: Race, Power and Islamophobia

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HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND DEMOCRACY

A post about the polarising discourses of race, Muslims and violence and how it has affected a mixed-race family living in Nepal. Martin Punaks argues that: “If we are ever to overcome extremism and terrorism, then we first need to mourn for the victims of all societies, regardless of their colour or creed".

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Integrating the social and corporate sectors

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A brief piece about Possible an incredible health organisation which uses lessons from the corporate sector to make healthcare possible throughout the world.

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Boosting Accountability in the educational sector: Kudos for the CIAA and for Dr. Lava Awasti, former Director General of Department of Education

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Significant steps are being taken to improve the level of accountability within the national public schools. CIAA is pushing hard to curb corruption but also the Department of Education has been working seriously to make the sector less corrupted and this is also thanks to the work of Dr. Awasti, its former Director General who was recently transferred back to the Ministry of Education.

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Sustainability and Capacity-building through Art: Insights from Samar Jodha | Veneeta Singha

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CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

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Kathmandu was lucky, yesterday, to get an opportunity to understand and discuss issues of sustainability with Samar Jodha. As a thought leader, his body of work represents and coalesces many disparate strains of our built environment. People are central. Social communication is never easy but always best projected in experiential terms. We tend to reduce rather than mitigate.

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