Category: December 2007

The Program on Negotiation (PON) is a university consortium dedicated to developing the theory and practice of negotiation and dispute resolution. Through research and other initiatives, PON encourages new thinking in negotiation theory, and provides a forum for the discussion of cutting-edge ideas. They offer comprehensive training to prepare students and professionals to assume leadership…

The Global Peace Index (GPI), an index created by the Economist Intelligence Unit to measure the levels of peacefulness in 121 countries, continues to generate substantial attention worldwide. There have been over 11 million hits on the GPI website, and a Google Search will produce nearly 500,000 connections. In recent months, AfP worked with the…

While December heralds the end of the year festivities, and we take this opportunity to wish all our readers a very happy festive period, there are also some very important and thought provoking events that we need to consider as we celebrate. Among these are the 16 days of activism against women and child abuse.…

By Nereshnee Govender The Satyagraha Centenary International Conference on “Globalization of the Gandhian Way: Sociology, Politics and Science of Satyagraha” was held at Jawaharlal Nehru University(JNU)  in New  Delhi from the 13th to 16th November and in the village Bithiharwa in the Champaran district of Bihar from the 17 to 19 November. Bithiharwa is the…