Index for Volume 9, Issue 1 April - June 1997
In Thailand, a home-grown project assists a neglected people
OMKOI DISTRICT,Chiang Mai Province, Thailand –
In a remote district, grassroots work
by Thai Bahá'ís becomes a catalyzing force in efforts
to empower the Karen people.
The Imperative for Moral Education
PERSPECTIVE–
The case for moral education is made most starkly
by asking: Would this century's notorious death camps and campaigns
of ethnic or racial purging have occurred if the world's population
had achieved a higher level of moral development?
In Greece, NGOs organize a diplomatic event to protect forests
ATHENS -
- With its highly
varied terrain, combining rugged mountains in the north with sun-drenched
Mediterranean islands in the south, Greece contains diverse flora
and fauna - and some of Europe's few remaining pristine forests.
Earth Summit + 5, down beat in it assessment of progress since Rio, sends NGOs home with new energy
UNITED NATIONS - Five years ago, after
some 118 world leaders at the first "Earth Summit" in
Rio de Janeiro adopted Agenda 21, a global program for environmental
protection and economic development, it was greeted with banner
headlines and diplomatic congratulations.
UN reform tied to NGO access
UNITED NATIONS - Among the key points
to emerge from a 30 April meeting on increasing UN access for
Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) was a conviction that effective
reform of the United Nations system hinges on its willingness
to accommodate greater participation by civil society.
Around the world, Bahá'í women's groups increase their activities
Among observances of International Women's Day this year, a celebration held in
the village of Piplud near Indore, India, was likely among the
most removed from metropolitan civilization.
South African Bahá'í wins Mandela Award
JOHANNESBURG, South
Africa – Roslyn Mazibuko, Director of the Primary Health Care
Services for the Northern province of South Africa and a member
of the South African Bahá'í Community, was recently
given the Nelson Mandela Award for Health and Human Rights.
Review: How prophets lead to profits
Managing with the Wisdom of Love: Uncovering Virtue
in People and Organizations
By Dorothy Marcic
REVIEW-- Between increasing global competition for market share, growing pressure from stockholders for profits, and expanding expectations for greater quality from customers, the business world has become vastly more complex in recent years.