South Asia
South Asia or Southern Asia is the southern region of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethno-cultural terms. The region consists of Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, the Maldives and Sri Lanka. Topographically, it is dominated by the Indian Plate and defined largely by the Indian Ocean on the south, and the Himalayas, Karakoram, and Pamir mountains on the north. The Amu Darya, which rises north of the Hindu Kush, forms part of the northwestern border. On land (clockwise), South Asia is bounded by Western Asia, Central Asia, East Asia, and Southeast Asia. The South Asian Association …
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MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 September 2024 English
Pakistan has been a priority country for international development assistance since the early years of its creation. Though Pakistan celebrates National Women’s Day on 12 February each year to commemorate …
Khalique, “the anthem of the women’s movement across South Asia … [Kishwar] wanted an equal world between women … dynamics that underpin violent extremism in South Asia. Another study published by un Women Pakistan … of cell phone use by women is the lowest in South Asia, according to the recent wps Index. The drop …
CIGI: Centre for International Governance Innovation · 5 September 2024 English
Given the forth by military applications of AI has prompted breadth of the current and potential effects of governments and international organizations to military AI applications, some governments and formulate …
Report: Crisis Prevention and Management in South Asia: civilian-military divide in responsible AI principles … . report-crisis-prevention-and-management-in-south-asia/. Baronchelli, Andrea. 2023. “Shaping New Norms … ent-in-south-asia https://basicint.org/report-crisis-prevention-and-management-in-south-asia Cohen, Raphael …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 3 September 2024 English
In What Ukrainian Elections Taught Me about Democracy long-time election observer Jane Cooper recounts her experience monitoring a municipal election in Kirovohrad in 2015. Offering a framework for exploring what …
living for years at a time in southern Africa, South Asia, central Asia, and eastern Europe. And yet, … international development in southern Africa and South Asia. In those years, Sri Lankan politics were notoriously …
UAP: University of Alberta Press · 22 August 2024 English
Contemporary Vulnerabilities explores vulnerable moments in research committed to social change.
Diaspora and Exemplarity in Bollywood,” Samaj: South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal 4 (2010), … Chetana: The City’s Contested Fabric,” Contemporary South Asia 28, no. 4 (2020): 434–445. 7. Dave, “Queer Activism … Chetana: The City’s Contested Fabric.” Contemporary South Asia 28, no. 4 (2020): 434–445. Shahani, Parmesh. … Diaspora and Exemplarity in Bollywood.” Samaj: South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal 4 (2010): …
Mackenzie Institute · 19 August 2024 English
China boosting control of South China Sea with advanced new coastguard ship, extending its overmatch...
Wellesley Institute · 12 August 2024 English
For thousands of years, it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca and the Mississaugas of the Credit. [...] In order to support work to better understand …
from non-European backgrounds (Latin America, South Asia, Africa, Middle East)42, South Asian immigrant … Africa (7.1%), Europe/Central Asian, and Middle South Asia (21.1%), Sub-Saharan Africa East/North African … the Pacific, having no primary care physician South Asia, and Europe Central Asia (ARR=0.20), being in … Muslim-majority countries in Europe, Central Asia, South Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa were more likely to have … Pacific, - Cancer screening rates were lower South Asia, and Europe & Central Asia for those with a male …
IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 31 July 2024 English
In this integrated cost-benefit analysis, the Nature-Based Infrastructure (NBI) Global Resource Centre demonstrates the potential of NBI and hybrid green-grey infrastructure to improve water quality and reduce flood risk along …
with ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability, South Asia, and Swiss Re to design a pilot canal restoration …
Vanier Institute of the Family · 25 June 2024 English
documented decline in the proportion of couples in Canada who are married.7 This trend reflects the Common-law marriage refers to couples growing number of people choosing to remain single who …
Compared with all women in Canada, but those from South Asia and Africa had higher immigrant women were more …
Wilson Center Canada · 20 June 2024 English
The Indo-Pacific in the World June 2024 The Quad in 2024: A Combined Strategic Vision for the Indo-Pacific By Lucas Myers Executive Summary: For an international minilateral grouping with clear …
Pacific. shift also came in response to concerns in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific about a Indeed … better leverage and network their particularly in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and respective capabilities … org.au/india-and-chinas-rivalry-is-reshaping-south-asia/ https://www.voanews.com/a/china-trade-grows … security initiatives in the Indo-Pacific across South Asia certainly played a role, but accelerates the …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 June 2024 English
Since the year 2000, millions of hectares of land in the Global South have been acquired by foreign investors for large-scale agricultural projects, displacing and disrupting rural communities. Women are …
Contemporary Land Governance Scholarship from across South Asia, Latin America, and sub-Saharan Africa illustrates … control and decision-making in the hands of men in South Asia (Agarwal 1994). Then, following independence … reinforce men’s control of land. In her study of South Asia, Agarwal (1994) argued that patrilocal residence … to inherit land, but in many other places in South Asia, Muslims seem to carry out inheritance practices …