- Aga Khan Development Network
Aga Khan Development Network brings together a number of development agencies, institutions, and programmes that work primarily in the poorest parts of Asia and Africa. AKDN is a contemporary endeavour of the Ismaili Imamat to realise the social conscience of Islam through institutional action. AKDN agencies operate in social and economic development as well as in the field of culture. Their common goal is to help the poor achieve a level of self-reliance whereby they are able to plan their own livelihoods and help those even more needy than themselves.
The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) is a group of development agencies with mandates ranging from health and education to architecture, culture, microfinance, disaster reduction, rural development, the promotion of private-sector enterprise and the revitalisation of historic cities.
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in WG links-ALL > WG Organizational Related Links-Islam - Central Eurasia Project
The Central Eurasia Project (CEP) provides information about human rights and the social and economic health of the South Caucasus and Central Asia. Some of its projects focus on the neighboring countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan as well. CEP uses grantmaking to international and indigenous NGOs to help build local capacity, bring international expertise to bear on the region, and promote cooperation between local activists and international civic movements in the fields of human rights, the environment, and transparent governance. Its ultimate goal is to strengthen civic leaders in the region and construct support networks within international structures and movements
in Soros Network Initiatives-ALL > Soros Network Initiatives - Islam - East East Program: Partnership Beyond Borders
The Program supports international exchanges bringing together civil society actors to share ideas, information, knowledge, experiences, and expertise and to support practical actions that result from that networking. The program provides financial and human resources that enable civil society actors to build and strengthen resources and expertise; share best practices in social transformation; collaborate on innovative solutions to common challenges; adn create and strengthen international advocacy coalitions. It also empowers marginalized and vulnerable sectors of society through promotion of cultural, ethnic, and social diversity, making information accessible and available to the public and encouraging public engagement civic dialogue
in Soros Network Initiatives-ALL > Soros Network Initiatives - Islam - Middle East & North Africa Initiative
Middle East & North Africa Initiative (MENA) acts as the primary contact point for OSI activity in the region. Its overall approach is to assist in assembling a network dedicated to open society issues such as transparency, rule of law, accountability, minority rights, strengthening and empowering civil society, empowerment of women, addressing the knowledge deficit, and fostering and supporting independent media. MENA supports a number of scholarships in law and other disciplines such as culture and the arts, as a means of fostering freedom of expression and critical thinking. The topics addressed by MENA programming are tailored to fit each country's needs
in Soros Network Initiatives-ALL > Soros Network Initiatives - Islam - Aspects of labor migration and unemployment in the Arab region
By Nader Fergany, Almishkat Center for Research. Migration has become internalized as a structural feature of the political economy of many Arab countries. As a result, the loss of information on the phenomenon is unfortunate and needs to be corrected. The center of attention of the paper is migration shifts to countries of destination outside the Arab region, especially Europe, which are, with some exceptions that intensify the brain drain out of the region1, apprehensive of additional migration inflows.
in x2006 Fellows-ALL > 2006 Fellows - Islam > Nazila Ghanea-Hercock - Central Eurasia Project (CEP)
CEP provides information about human rights and the social and economic health of the South Caucasus and Central Asia, Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Central Eurasia Project uses grantmaking to international and indigenous NGOs to help build local capacity, bring international expertise to bear on the region, and promote cooperation between local activists and international civic movements in the fields of human rights, the environment, and transparent governance. The ultimate goal of such activity is to strengthen civic leaders in the region and construct support networks for them within international structures and movements. The CEP's grantmaking generally dovetails with its research and advocacy agenda.
in Soros Network Initiatives-ALL > Soros Network Initiatives - Islam - East East Program: Partnership Beyond Borders
The East East: Partnership Beyond Borders Program supports international exchanges that bring together civil society actors to share ideas, information, knowledge, experiences, and expertise and to support practical actions that result from that networking. The program provides financial and human resources that enable civil society actors to build and strengthen resources and expertise; share best practices in social transformation; collaborate on innovative solutions to common challenges; adn create and strengthen international advocacy coalitions.
in Soros Network Initiatives-ALL > Soros Network Initiatives - Islam - Freedom House
Freedom House is a leading advocate of the world's young democracies that are coping with the debilitating legacies of tyranny, dictatorship, and political repression. We conduct an array of advocacy, education, and training initiatives that promote human rights, democracy, free market economics, th ...moree rule of law, independent media, and US engagement in international affairs. Its publications, Freedom in the World, Freedom of the Press, Nations in Transit, and Countries at the Crossroads are regularly used as references by international journalists, press freedom advocates, policy-makers, non-governmental organizations, the US government, and the global business community
in WG links-ALL > WG Organizational Related Links- Roma Exclusion by 3 users - Gender and labor migration to the Gulf countries
By Nasra M. Shah, Feminist Review, Volume 77, Number 1, 2004, pp. 183-185(3)
in x2006 Fellows-ALL > 2006 Fellows - Islam > Nazila Ghanea-Hercock - Gulf migration study: Employment, wages and working conditions of Kerala emigrants in the United Arab Emirates
By C. Zachariah, B.A. Prakash, S. Irudaya Rajan. The paper documents changes in the labor demand for different categories of emigrant workers, enumerates the emigration policies, examines employment and working conditions, wage levels and related problems of the Kerala emigrants, understands the education and training requirements of future emigrants to UAE. This paper contributes to understanding of Kerala migration to the Gulf countries. It gives the most authentic estimate of the annual remittances to Kerala from the Gulf countries and from other parts of the world. http://ideas.repec.org/p/ind/cdswpp/326.html
in x2006 Fellows-ALL > 2006 Fellows - Islam > Nazila Ghanea-Hercock - How gender-responsive budgeting can contribute to the PRSP
By Debbie Budlender. The author discusses the role of gender budgeting in the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper of Pakistan. In particular, the author argues that it improving governance by making it clearer to government officials, legislators and the public what government is doing and why and by increasing participation in the policy and budget processes. Gender-responsive budgeting is valuable investing in human capital, by promoting the utilisation of all the potential human resources in the country, without gender bias; and it targets the poor and vulnerable, by focusing on those who most need government assistance and are least able to provide for themselves, whether because of gender, location, poverty or other characteristics
in x2006 Fellows-ALL > 2006 Fellows - Islam > Haroon Rafique - Islam in mass-media space of Russia and Tatarstan: policy and social analysis
By Irina Kouznetsova-Morenko. The purpose of the article is to study of Russian and Tatarstan media policy towards Islam in a context of interreligious tolerance and research of potential of transformations in media policy. The project based on studying of the level of attention of Russian and Regional press for the life of Muslims in republics of traditional distribution of Hanafit maskhab (Tatarstan, Bashkortostan), analysis of opinions and stereotypes concerned Islam and Muslims translated by mass-media, revitalization peculiarity of treatment of the questions concerned processes in Muslim world of Russia, Tatarstan and foreign countries in Russian and Tatarstan mass-media
in x2006 Fellows-ALL > 2006 Fellows - OSThreats > Eduard Ponarin - Legal Reform in West Bank and Gaza
The World Bank Group report
in x2006 Fellows-ALL > 2006 Fellows - Islam > Majid Mohammadi - Middle East & North Africa Initiative (MENA)
OSI's Middle East & North Africa Initiative (MENA) acts as the primary contact point and clearinghouse for OSI activity in the region. MENA's overall approach is to assist in assembling a network dedicated to open society issues such as transparency, rule of law, accountability, minority rights, strengthening and empowering civil society, empowerment of women, addressing the knowledge deficit, and fostering and supporting independent media. In addition, MENA supports a number of scholarships in law and other disciplines such as culture and the arts, as a means of fostering freedom of expression and critical thinking
in Soros Network Initiatives-ALL > Soros Network Initiatives - Islam - Migration from the poor to the rich Arab countries
By Eliyahu Kanovsky; "Middle East Review", Spring 1986, pp.28-36
in x2006 Fellows-ALL > 2006 Fellows - Islam > Nazila Ghanea-Hercock - Pakistan: education and gender policy. Girl's education: a lifeline to development
By Sabina Qureshi. The author explores specific issues related to gender and education in Pakistan in order to advocate for an affirmative plan of action for girl's education both at policy and schools level. The research addresses the following key questions: What is the nature of the crises of low level of literacy in Pakistan? What are the implications of inequities in education on society with particular reference to girl child education? How do existing impediments to development i.e. low level of literacy in Pakistan particularly that of girls and women can add to social costs for a country like Pakistan? What are the major areas of concern in primary level education which need intervention?
in x2006 Fellows-ALL > 2006 Fellows - Islam > Haroon Rafique - Restrictive labour immigration policies in the oil-rich gulf: effectiveness and implications for sending Asian countries
[PDF] By Nasra M. Shah. The paper is a part of the United Nations Expert Group Meeting On International Migration And Development In The Arab Region. It reviews data sources on migration, focuses on immigration policies aimed to affect supply of workers, also deportation of overstayers and illegals, strengthening protective visa regimes and restrictions on visa trading, and also Policies aimed to affect the demand for indigenous workers
in x2006 Fellows-ALL > 2006 Fellows - Islam > Nazila Ghanea-Hercock - Road Map and Implementation Strategy for Research and Analysis for Gender Responsive Budgeting Initiative
Government of Pakistan Research Paper
in x2006 Fellows-ALL > 2006 Fellows - Islam > Haroon Rafique - Structural Changes in Receiving Country and Future Labor Migration - The Case of Kuwait
By Nasra M. Shah. Changes in migration schemes during the past two decades indicate that the median age of the national male labor force remains low, its concentration in the public sector has increased, and its participation in production and manual work has declined further. This article analyzes changes in the national labor force with regard to volume, age and sex composition, retention in the labor force, productivity, type of occupation, and sector of activity. International Migration Review 29:4(Winter, 1995): 1000-1022
in x2006 Fellows-ALL > 2006 Fellows - Islam > Nazila Ghanea-Hercock - Study of the Recent Budgetary and Planning Reforms in Pakistan
By Masharraf Rasool Cyan. The author presents the results of the study of the budgeting and planning reforms in Pakistan with the focus on specific institutional processes that have changed or are being changed as a result of the reforms of the budget and planning organization and methodologies. It also recounts important capacity building initiatives connected with various reform initiatives and the potential impact of reforms from the gender budgeting perspective. Finally, it provides a risk analysis of the reform initiatives.
in x2006 Fellows-ALL > 2006 Fellows - Islam > Haroon Rafique
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