Democracy and human rights for deveopment - TH!NK ABOUT IT

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Muusa Kostilainen

Student (journalism, international relations, languages, graphic design) (Tampere, Finland)

Reducing extreme poverty around the world, giving information and promoting human rights is important. I think Dalai Lama was right when he said: "Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life." I'm a thinker, yes, but also it's important to feel. Why in the earth do you always ask, "what do you think", instead of "how do you feel about it"? I also would like to live my life the way Bahá'u'lláh encouraged us to do "Let your vision be world-embracing, rather than confined to your own self."

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Democracy and human rights for deveopment

Published 27th August 2010 - 0 comments - 1741 views -

This autumn…interesting discussions, about…what else than development..!

International seminar by
The Finnish NGO Foundation for Human Rights (KIOS) and Political Parties of Finland for Democracy (DEMO Finland)

DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS FOR DEVELOPMENT

The seminar focuses on the experiences and practices of promoting democracy and human rights in South Asia and Eastern Africa. What are the linkages between democracy, human rights and development? How to ensure equal participation for all?

Key facilitators of the seminar include experts in democracy and human rights representing NGOs and political parties in developing countries, and central Finnish and international institutions. Topics under discussion include:

Political and civil society experiences of youth participation in Nepal
Right to participation for minorities in Sri Lanka
Implications of inclusive democracy for development in Rwanda, Burundi and DRC
Promoting worker’s rights and inclusivity in participation in Rwanda
Political participation of women in Tanzania
Right to participation and right to development for young women in Ethiopia

After the seminar I will blogpost about the discussions.

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