Saying no to globalisation at the Asian Social Forum
Far-reaching Asian Social Forum analyses
(What's remarkable here about all these despatches from Hyderabad is how
they link macro and micro scales across a wide range of sectors and
constituencies. I think that to the extent this generalisation of
anti-neoliberal politics is occurring, it's the greatest conceptual
breakthrough the international left has had, and represents quite rapid
progress since the coming-out party in Seattle. And moreover, it's also
happening in most of the militant struggles I've been hearing about in
Africa, especially Southern Africa... with the difference that there's
nothing that I know of on the continent except Pambezuka [which we hope will
be broadcasting its weekly news summaries to e-debate from next week] that
so tightly pulls together so much radical analysis... Indeed we're all still
waiting for the Africa Social Forum declaration to be typed up, agreed upon
and circulated...)
InfoChange News & Features
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Despatches from the Asian Social Forum
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Saying no to globalisation at the Asian Social Forum
Dalits, adivasis, displaced people, the disabled, the landless, the evicted,
were present as the Asian Social Forum opened in Hyderabad on January 3,
2003
http://www.infochangeindia.org/features68.jsp
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'The poor do not have access to resources. Whose world is it?'
At the Asian Social Forum, Mari Marcel Thekaekara recorded the
straight-from-the-heart testimonies of people who have suffered injustice
and exploitation, people who bear the consequences of globalisation
http://www.infochangeindia.org/features69.jsp
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Globalisation spells recolonisation, say critics
Globalisation is nothing but a grand strategy for the recolonisation of Asia
with the support of local elites, warned academics at the Asian Social Forum
http://www.infochangeindia.org/HumanItopjsp?section_id=13&detailurl=Human%20
Rights#1846
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Features
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Free meals make them dependent, so should they go back to eating grass?
A couple of months ago, a free community kitchen offering three square meals
to the starving Sahariya tribals of Baran district in Rajasthan, was forced
to shut down after NGOs claimed the tribals would become victims of the
'dependency syndrome'. But how and when do you draw the line between relief
measures and sustainable rehabilitation?
http://www.infochangeindia.org/features71.jsp
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'What's a woman supposed to do in a gram sabha?'
Ten years after the enactment of the 73rd amendment, how well is panchayati
raj working in India? An in-depth study of the local self-government system
in one district of Maharashtra reveals that there is little awareness of the
importance of the gram sabhas, and in many villages the sabha is
non-functional
http://www.infochangeindia.org/features70.jsp
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Beware, the term 'sustainable development' has been hijacked
Sustainable development has become a mantra for big business and
multinational corporations. Worse, it has unwittingly opened the door to the
gradual hijacking of the environmental movement by so-called 'corporate
realists'
http://www.infochangeindia.org/features67.jsp
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Changemakers
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Shaheen Mistri: Helping children break the cycle of poverty
Shaheen Mistri is building a bridge between poor children living in slums
and a broad range of institutions that cater primarily to middle class
Indian children. In the process, she is creating new opportunities for poor
children and helping middle class institutions and corporate houses combat
high levels of illiteracy among the urban poor
http://www.infochangeindia.org/changemakers18.jsp
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Stories of change
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Saving medicinal plants and biodiversity
In the forests of Maharashtra, a UNDP prize-winning initiative is helping to
preserve the region's indigenous medicinal plants. The Medicinal Plants
Conservation Centre maintains and protects biodiversity with the involvement
of the local community
http://infochangeindia.org/EnvironmentIstory.jsp?recordno=1870&storyofchange
v=EnvironmentIstory.jsp§ion_idv=6
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The golden touch of simple women
FRCH's model healthcare project in Parinche needs to be replicated all over
India
http://www.infochangeindia.org/HealthIstory.jsp?recordno=6§ion_idv=2
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Changing places: The Timbaktu story
By setting up schools and eco-restoration schemes, a couple of dedicated
volunteers bring about remarkable changes in an impoverished place
http://www.infochangeindia.org/EnvironmentIstory.jsp?recordno=241&storyofcha
ngev=EnvironmentIstory.jsp§ion_idv=6
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Freedom for the food ladies
Impoverished women in Mumbai's textile mill area use their culinary skills
to become self-sufficient
http://www.infochangeindia.org/LivelihoodsIstory.jsp?recordno=184§ion_id
v=8
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Natural farming with Bhaskar Save
Bhaskar Save practises a mix of organic and natural farming -- and makes
astounding profits
http://www.infochangeindia.org/AgricultureIstory.jsp?recordno=175&storyofcha
ngev=AgricultureIstory.jsp§ion_idv=10
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Books and Reports
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How globalisation affects India's children
Pressure from the World Bank is diluting the State's responsibility for
compulsory primary education and public health. A new report examines the
state of India's 370 million children
http://wwwinfochangeindia.org/bookandreportsst23.jsp
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Muslim Women's Survey
A summary of the ORG-Marg Muslim Women's Survey published in December 2002
http://wwwinfochangeindia.org/bookandreportsst22.jsp
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Perspective paper on Education
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According to the 2001 Census, 65 per cent of Indians are literate. And
almost every child now has access to a school, with around 95 per cent of
our rural population having a primary school within one kilometre of their
habitation. This is a significant achievement. But the big questions are:
does the socio-economic condition of children allow them to go to those
schools? How many drop out within a year or two? And what is the quality of
education available at these schools?
http://www.infochangeindia.org/EducationIbp.jsp
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