Regional Promoting Pluralism
Kosmopolis film and discussion
About
Contact
Countries
Publications
Topics
Personal narratives summer school 2009
Events
News
Pluralism-debate
One level up
Limitations of a 'purist' approach to human rights
Rebecca Adamson’s critique in the June issue of Alliance of the traditional philanthropic paradigm (‘one gives, the other receives’) and the concomitant lack of agency on the part of the recipient may be relevant beyond the field of support to indigenous peoples. Cultural values and traditional mechanisms for decision-making play a role in matters of conflict and justice in many local communities, whether indigenous or not.
Seminar: Human Rights, Pluralism and Civil Society
Sitharamam Kakarala will present the summary findings of the PKP working paper on Human Rights, Pluralism and Civil Society – Reflecting on contemporary challenges in India, locating the discussion within the contemporary context of communalism, caste-ism and similar concerns in India. The working paper can be accessed online: http://www.hivos.net/Hivos-Knowledge-Programme/Themes/Promoting-Pluralism/Publications/Human-Rights-Pluralism-and-Civil-SocietyThe presentation is followed by a critica...› read more...
Date: 16 November : Location: Centre for the Study of Culture and Society, 827, 29th Main Road, Poornaprajna HBCS Layout, Uttarahalli, Bangalore
Date: 16 November : Location: Centre for the Study of Culture and Society, 827, 29th Main Road, Poornaprajna HBCS Layout, Uttarahalli, Bangalore
LGBT activists oppose cutting of aid to enforce sexual rights
The British government’s threat to withhold aid from countries with homophobic policies has received critical responses from LGBT activists themselves. In a public statement, more than 150 African social justice activists argue that aid conditionality does not result – in and of itself – in improved protection of the rights of LGBT people.
Weak State Helps Extremism in Indonesia
What can the Indonesian state do to counter radicalization? The government does not have to return to the past authoritarianism by banning radical organizations. What matters more for a strong state is consistent law enforcement against extreme activities. These include both physical activities such as violence against minorities and non-physical activities such as speeches or publications that fuel sectarian hatred.
Pluralism, Civil Society and Subaltern Counterpublics
This new Pluralism Working Paper reflects on the concerns of pluralism in India, from the vantage point of the ‘new’ subaltern counterpublics. It presents a case for civil society organizations (CSOs) that might facilitate a reconsideration of their conceptual frames and strategies for intervention in the light of recent developments.
Pluralism, Civil Society and Subaltern Counterpublics
Reflecting on Contemporary Challenges in India through the Case-Study of the Pasmanda Movement. By Khalid Anis AnsariThe Family: At the heart of managing diversity.
Conversations with 35 Ugandan leaders and rural women and men. By Emily Drani, Santa I Kayonga and John de Coninck.Individualism not necessary point of departure for pluralism
`Pluralism is based on the principle of individualism, while the African concept of family is premised on the collective, on convergence rather than divergence` quotes a recent Pluralism Working Paper ´The Family: At the heart of managing cultural diversity’. How are differences managed then, in the ‘ typical’ African family? Some pointers for engagement, learned through conversations with urban and rural families.
Changing Categories, Shifting Substance
'What do you see when you see me? A black person, a woman, a tenant, a teacher?' Participants of the 8th Pluralism Summer School not only studied human rights, citizenship and development but also confronted each other with their own perceptions and value frames. How to understand identity? Is it the label we receive through others or how we assert ourselves? Arshad Amanullah reflects.
Selected publications Pluralism Knowledge Programme Indonesia
Since its inception in 2008, the Pluralism Knowledge Programme in Indonesia has published three Annual Report on Religious Life in Indonesia, a position paper and in 2011 started to publish a series of books which resulted from collaboration between academics and practitioners of civil society organisations.Community Login
register a new accountQuick links
openDemocracy - Religion Gender Politics
- Decoding the “DNA of Patriarchy” in Muslim family laws , Zainah Anwar and Ziba Mir-Hosseini (21/05/2012)
- The hijab or the bikini: the shaping of young girls’ sexuality, Rahila Gupta (17/05/2012)
- Turmoil in Syria: failed “Arab spring” or sectarian nightmare?, Yakin Erturk (08/05/2012)
Documentation centre
- The roles of faith-based educational institutions in conflict transformation in fragile states : research report (14/05/2012)
- Islamic schools, the Ulama, and the state in the educational development of northern Nigeria (09/05/2012)
- Doing development the Islamic way in contemporary Niger (09/05/2012)
Global Voices » India
- India: Crackdown on Tamil Nadu Anti-Nuclear Plant Protests (16/05/2012)
- India: Cricket Or Wife (15/05/2012)
- India: Entertainment Industry Seeks Court Ban on Torrents and Vimeo (14/05/2012)
Global Voices » Indonesia
- Indonesia: Lady Gaga's Concert Permit Denied (16/05/2012)
- Indonesia: Soldier Loses His Temper in the Street (12/05/2012)
- May Day Videos: Marches, Demonstrations and Protests Around The World (08/05/2012)
Global Voices » Uganda
Browse by region
