Index for the April-June 1999 issue of ONE COUNTRY (Volume 11, Issue 1)
In Kenya, consultation and partnership are factors for success in development
In the semi-arid Kitui District, traditional women's groups are proving to be effective catalysts for grassroots development when they collaborate with knowledgeable NGOs and focus on appropriate technology.Relying on local resources, Matinyani women are a global model
Supporting story about women's groups in rural Kenya.At the Hague, civil society mobilizes for peace, calling for a "new diplomacy"
The Hague Appeal for Peace can be seen as a step in the on-going process of cross-sectorial alignment and collaboration among the various and diverse groups of global civil society.
A "world-class" artist who straddles two worlds: painting and development.
Although the work of Geraldine Robarts has been featured in numerous art shows around the world, she spends much of her time, her energy and her considerable clout as an artist to promote the cause of village women in the Kitui District among humanitarian aid agencies here in Kenya's capitol.UN Commission on Human Rights again expresses concern for Iran's Bahá'ís
-- For the eighteenth time in eighteen years, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights has expressed its concern over human rights violations against the Bahá'ís of Iran, noting a "worsened pattern of persecution, including death sentences, executions, arrests and the closure of the Bahá'í Institute of Higher Education."The Millennium Forum to be held in UN General Assembly hall
UNITED NATIONS - In an unusual arrangement, the Millennium Forum has been given the use of the UN General Assembly Hall for its opening and closing sessions, which have now been scheduled for 22 and 26 May 2000.Bahá'í Studies chair dedicated in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (June 7) - Prof. Moshe Sharon, the first incumbent of the world's first academic chair in Bahá'í studies [in Israel], said yesterday that the post was being set up at Hebrew University of Jerusalem with the aim of doing away with "tremendous ignorance" concerning Bahá'í.Perspective: Writing our common future
The unification of the earth's inhabitants is neither a remote utopian vision nor, ultimately, a matter of choice. It constitutes the next, inescapable stage in the process of social evolution, a stage toward which all the experience of past and present is impelling us. Until this issue is acknowledged and addressed, none of the ills afflicting our planet will find solutions, because all the essential challenges of the age we have entered are global and universal, not particular or regional.
Riding the new wave of economic globalization
The Lexus and the Olive Tree
By Thomas L. Friedman
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
New York