EU Ambassador to ASEAN: What about SAARC?
By Djan Sauerborn
On September 24, 2014 the European External Actions Service opened the vacancy for a new post, which is in line with its trust towards Asia. The new dedicated EU Ambassador will be based in Jakarta, Indonesia, the most populous country of ASEAN, which was founded in 1967.
One...
Kashmir: Brought by the Flood
Will the lessons brought by the latest Kashmiri floods be understood?
CHIANG MAI, Thailand — September 2014 will be remembered in the greater Kashmir area for the worst floods in more than a century, with one million people displaced, hundreds of confirmed victims and incommensurable material destruction.
As a United Nations...
The Maldives and the Professor
SADF editor-in Chief Djan Sauerborn, quoted in Daniel Pipes, Middle Eastern Forum
When I wrote an article a few weeks ago, "U Penn Prof for Shari'a," criticizing Paul H. Robinson for working with the Maldive government to implement a Shar'i criminal code, I focused on the Islamic law dimension, not...
Crisis in Pakistan could become unmanageable
SADF Director of Research Dr. Siegfried O.Wolf quoted in Deutsche Welle
The ongoing political crisis in Pakistan is hurting the country's economy. The nuclear-armed nation's powerful army is concerned, and so is the West. A greater turmoil could become unmanageable for everyone.
Not many people in Pakistan expected the anti-government protests...
China Beyond It’s Borders: Strategic Interests In Pakistan
The Sino-Pakistan relations in the Asian continent remains fundamentally asymmetrical although both sides became unswerving friends and the bilateral relations enhanced into steadily dependent convergence of strong mutual trust and ambitions for regional stability.
China has long been a main ‘all-whether’ ally of Pakistan, across the parameters of military, politician...
Labour Economics: Theories, Methodologies and Research Issues
1-13 December, 2014, New Delhi, India
SARNET is a research and network programme on employment and social protection, promoted by the Institute for Human Development (IHD), New Delhi, in collaboration with UN-ESCAP, South and South-west Asia Office, the ILO and IDRC-Canada. Its objective is to find ways to improve the...
Employment Opportunities for Female Youth Population: Challenges and Opportunities in Afghanistan
by Dr. Massouda Jalal // Former Minister of Women, Afghanistan
EMPLOYMENT CHALLENGES FOR AFGHAN FEMALE YOUTH
Afghanistan is one of the countries with a very young population. Its youth population represents 40 percent of the total; and 68 percent of all Afghans are 25 years old and below. Female youths comprise nearly...
A Challenge to PM Modi: Empowerment for women and peace for the region!
by Dr. Massouda Jalal // Former Minister of Women, Afghanistan
India deserves to be commended for demonstrating once again the strength of its democracy as it elected its 15th Prime Minister through absolute majority. Supported by the rising middle class and the business sector of his country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
Paths to Power
by Dr. Massouda Jalal // Former Minister of Women, Afghanistan
Introduction
Assalamuallaikum! I send my sincerest gratitude and congratulations to NDI for the impressive draft of its Women Heads of State Report. I find it truly insightful. Like a ‘north star’, it could illuminate the struggles of many women in the thorny,...
Afghan Widows: Challenges and Opportunities from National and International Perspectives
by Dr. Massouda Jalal // Former Minister of Women, Afghanistan
Overview of the Situation
Afghanistan is a highly prolific producer of widows. The number of widows in Afghanistan is estimated to be from 600,000 to two millions. This is one of the highest in the world when analyzed against the overall number of...