Women’s empowerment for socioeconomic sustainable development in Singapore

Community Empowerment for Sustainable Development in Iran

Preface: " Poverty is not simply a matter of material deprivation. It is a matter of human dignity, justice, fundamental freedoms and basic human rights. " 1-UNESCO The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) development community has arrived at a critical point in its approach to the issue of poverty alleviation and its ideal of poverty eradication. Despite valiant efforts on the part of the gover...

Empowerment for Sustainable Development : Towards Operational Strategies

Neuropathy, womens' health, and socioeconomic aspects of diabetes.

NEUROPATHY At a symposium on neuropathy sponsored by the University of Texas Southwestern at the American Diabetes Association meeting in San Antonio, Texas, Soroku Yagihashi (Hirosaki, Japan) discussed aspects of the pathogenesis of distal symmetric polyneuropathy. In a recent survey in Tohoku, Japan, of 32,955 individuals with diabetes, history or symptoms of neuropathy made it the most commo...

Using System Dynamics for Sustainable Water Resources Management in Singapore

To strive to full self-sufficiency in water, Singapore has invested heavily in desalination, wastewater reclamation (branded as NEWater), water catchment management and other similar projects. Among the many alternatives to augment Singapore’s water supply, decision-makers need to know which one is the most sustainable plan to pursue. This research project aims to demonstrate the usefulness of ...

For a Sustainable Global Society: Learning for Empowerment and Leadership

But as the Conference title "The Future We Want" suggests, it also represents an effort to develop a clear vision of a more ideal relationship between humankind and Earth. It is crucial that the effort to establish a vision rooted in an awareness that we are neighbors sharing this planet succeeds; and it is even more important that increasing numbers of people feel inspired to work for its real...