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Federica Riccadonna started the forum topic Nepal, Kathmandu, from 10th to 18th February in the group Public Events: Lectures, Conferences, Courses, Screenings etc. 11 years, 10 months ago
Prof. Johan Galtung’s visit in Nepal
The Asian Study Center for Peace and Conflict Transformation (ASPECT), Peace and Conflict Studies Center (PCSCenter (PCS Center), and Friends For Peace (FFP), in […]
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Naakow Grant-Hayford and Janice Pavlock are now friends 11 years, 11 months ago
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Federica Riccadonna posted an update in the group Nepal- A Peace and Conflict Perspective 11 years, 11 months ago
WHICH IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CASTE AND ETHNIC GROUPS in NEPAL?
Here below we try to give a short answer… by Alessandro BattistonMigrating from Central Europe during the 2nd millennium BC, Indo-Aryans people has settled in the fertile Indus Valley and hasestablished division of labour in their society. In Hinduism, their religion and…[Read more]
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Federica Riccadonna posted an update in the group Nepal- A Peace and Conflict Perspective 12 years ago
CALL FOR REFLECTION!
TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE IN NEPAL BY PRAWASH GAUTAM
Justice to the victims of conflict is an issue of paramount importance that any country that overcomes an armed conflict should address. Without justice to the victims, wounds of the conflict become difficult to forget and therefore will make the transition to a desired…[Read more]
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Federica Riccadonna posted an update in the group General Discussion 12 years ago
Choose your language..and..enjoy it!!
A Path to Dignity: The Power of Human Rights Education | path-to-dignity.orgA Path to Dignity: The Power of Human Rights Education | path-to-dignity.org -
Federica Riccadonna posted an update in the group African Futures 12 years ago
“Export-led growth strategies?” And the risks of such strategies?
– lack of product diveristy in economies that rely only products in which they have comparative advantage;
– African countires have a comparative advantage mainly in primary commodities, which have a long term trend of declining prices;
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Federica Riccadonna posted an update in the group African Futures 12 years ago
“Export-led growth strategies?” And the risks of such strategies?
– lack of product diveristy in economies that rely only products in which they have comparative advantage;
– African countires have a comparative advantage mainly in primary commodities, which have a long term trend of declining prices;
– leading to deteriorating terms of trade,…[Read more] -
Federica Riccadonna joined the group African Futures 12 years ago
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Naakow Grant-Hayford wrote a new post 12 years ago
Johan Galtung: A CHANGE IN WASHINGTON? 06-12-2012
Washington, Election Night: OK, one of them won even if the real winners as usual were the non-voters, for whatever reason; men more than women. At about 23:15 Obama passed the magic 50%, not of the popular votes but for the electoral college, with 302-206 well above 270 and it turned into a landslide. Net result: status quo, no change. The media did their best to make the presidential election look important, being the pinnacle, the altar on which democracy is built. Some democracy. (Click here to read on) -
Federica Riccadonna posted an update in the group Nepal- A Peace and Conflict Perspective 12 years, 1 month ago
Back to Kathmandu, after an intesive stay in village, by friends’ house, for celebrating Daishain, the most important hindu festival.
What I understood this time?
That life an death are so strictly connected, linked, related, as peace and conflict…
Like the sacrifice of animals for this hindu festival, and the joy to join the entire family,…[Read more] -
ayuna started the forum topic Understanding Galtung: An Introductory Reading List in the group Anything Galtung 12 years, 1 month ago
Quick Link to this page: http://bit.ly/MD5ECM
01) Galtung on Epistemology of Peace Theory and Peace Practice
02) Galtung on Epistemology 2: Deductive Thinking and Political […]
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Naakow Grant-Hayford and Claire are now friends 12 years, 1 month ago
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Federica Riccadonna posted an update in the group Nepal- A Peace and Conflict Perspective 12 years, 1 month ago
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Naakow Grant-Hayford replied to the forum topic Looking at Africa From Within Africa in the group African Futures 12 years, 1 month ago
Dear Aura,
thank you very much for your inquiry. I will answer in brief delay. But I must say that these two maps for me simply represent two separate attempts to depict the spatial reality of the african […]
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Naakow Grant-Hayford wrote a new post 12 years, 1 month ago
Interview-Excerpt: “If you want peace, abolish hunger”
Federica Riccadonna: You say different communities have varying abilities to overcome and transcend conflict which you call the ‘local potential of peace’. How do you assess the Nepali people’s potential for peace?
Johan Galtung: Nepalis have a capacity for negative peace. The 10-year-long conflict was a testament to their potential for excessive violence, while during the 18 days of Jana Andolan II in 2006, they toppled a 240-year-old monarchy without resorting to violence.
Nepalis are specially good at ‘negative’ forms of non-violence like civil disobedience, demonstrations, and non-cooperation, but they struggle when it comes to positive non-violence, like nation building and constructiveactions towards peace.
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Naakow Grant-Hayford started the forum topic Freedom of Expression = Freedom to Insult? in the group Understanding the Arab Revolts 12 years, 1 month ago
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Naakow Grant-Hayford wrote a new post 12 years, 1 month ago
After the Cartoons and the recent movie, the question is becoming more and more important:
How are we to live together respectfully and guided by empathy, if this is how we treat each other.
There are two key human rights values in this confrontation:freedom of expression–basic, but not the only value in the world;
freedom from insult and respect for the sacred–basic, but not alone.
Conflicts between two values generally have five outcomes:
1: Find out more here
2: What is your opinion on the matter?
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Naakow Grant-Hayford started the forum topic The Muslim Diaspora in Europe and the USA in the group International Relations, Politics, Conflict, War & Peace, R2P, Human Rights 12 years, 1 month ago
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Naakow Grant-Hayford wrote a new post 12 years, 1 month ago
We live in a multi-polar world;
not a bipolar world with two superpowers, nor a unipolar world with one remaining superpower. How many poles, and which, can be disputed.
But the following six may serve to map the present world: USA, EU, Russia, China, India and the OIC, the Organization for Islamic Cooperation, less crystallized than the others. We are talking about 0.31, 0.50, 0.14, 1.34, 1.21 and 1.63 billion human beings respectively, altogether 5.13 billion or 73% of the world population. Left out of this “hexagon” approach are Latin America, most of Africa, some of Asia, Japan and the Pacific.
By far the tallest diaspora in the world is Muslim: about 300 million, of them 177 in India [1], 19 in EU, 23 in China, 16 in Russia, 2.6 in USA.
This essay is about the Muslim social situation in two of the six poles: Europe and the USA. What do we mean by “social situation”? Attitude and behavior, Muslim and the host society. Attitudes vary from hatred-disdain via indifference to admiration and love; and behavior from violence via its absence ─ negative peace ─ to the positive peace of cooperation and harmony. The words “prejudice” and “discrimination” are often used for negative attitude and behavior, but they can also be positive. The basic point is the particle “pre”, a priori; a judgment made in advance, independent of direct experience. And the discrimination is built into the structure, working automatically.
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2: To comment on the piece, please Click here.
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Naakow Grant-Hayford and Yasmine Fakhry are now friends 12 years, 1 month ago
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