http://netvouz.com/ipfwgweb/tag/islam?feed=rss ipfwgweb's bookmarks tagged "islam" on Netvouz http://www.akdn.org 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. WG links-ALL > WG Organizational Related Links-Islam ipfwgweb Wed, 16 Aug 2006 10:38:47 GMT http://www.soros.org/initiatives/cep 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 Soros Network Initiatives-ALL > Soros Network Initiatives - Islam ipfwgweb Wed, 16 Aug 2006 10:53:41 GMT http://www.soros.org/initiatives/east 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 Soros Network Initiatives-ALL > Soros Network Initiatives - Islam ipfwgweb Wed, 16 Aug 2006 10:22:08 GMT http://www.soros.org/initiatives/mena 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 Soros Network Initiatives-ALL > Soros Network Initiatives - Islam ipfwgweb Wed, 16 Aug 2006 10:17:13 GMT http://www.worldbank.org/mdf/mdf4/papers/fergany.pdf#search=%22labor%20migration%20in%20Gulf%20countries%22 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. x2006 Fellows-ALL > 2006 Fellows - Islam > Nazila Ghanea-Hercock ipfwgweb Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:51:04 GMT http://www.soros.org/initiatives/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. Soros Network Initiatives-ALL > Soros Network Initiatives - Islam ipfwgweb Thu, 02 Nov 2006 19:59:01 GMT http://www.soros.org/initiatives/east 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. Soros Network Initiatives-ALL > Soros Network Initiatives - Islam ipfwgweb Thu, 02 Nov 2006 20:01:43 GMT http://www.freedomhouse.org/ 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 WG links-ALL > WG Organizational Related Links- Roma Exclusion ipfwgweb Wed, 16 Aug 2006 11:21:23 GMT http://no url By Nasra M. Shah, Feminist Review, Volume 77, Number 1, 2004, pp. 183-185(3) x2006 Fellows-ALL > 2006 Fellows - Islam > Nazila Ghanea-Hercock ipfwgweb Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:47:33 GMT http://www.cds.edu/download_files/326.pdf 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 x2006 Fellows-ALL > 2006 Fellows - Islam > Nazila Ghanea-Hercock ipfwgweb Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:49:55 GMT