The Sustainability Dialogues by Dr. Parveen Kumar

  World Social Work Day: March 19 The Spanish words ‘Buen Vivir’ or ‘ Vivir Bien’ need to be understood before moving ahead with the importance of an important day being celebrated all across the globe today. ‘ Buen Vivir’ means living well or life in harmony. These are used in Latin America to describe alternatives to development focused on the good life. The words have become a popular term in some government programs and have even reached its way into two new Constitutions in Ecuador and Bolivia. In the Andean countries of Latin America, the principle of ‘ Buen Vivir’ developed as alternative to western notions of development. It describes a way of doing things that is community centric, ecologically balanced and culturally sensitive. The term is also now actively used in various social movements. Academicians and Intellectuals say that a defining characteristic of ‘ Buen Vivir’ is harmony, i. e harmony between human beings and also between human beings and nature. It in...

                         We cannot imagine a world without women. The fairer sex has been the indispensible part of our societies since the existence of life. All across the globe they have been contributing to every sector of economy. Besides having a pivotal and binding role in families, they have been paying a proactive and instrumental role in farming, livestock, health, education, manufacturing, service and all other vital sectors of the economy. Unfortunately in all these developments, they remain largely invisible and unrecognized. The male dominated society has not yet allowed them to come out of four walls of their homes. They still aspire for a proper place in the social hierarchy. Decision making still eludes them and they are the worst victims of various social stigmas, prejudices, stereotypes, domestic violence and various other gender related issues. GENDER INEQUALITY: Gender ineq...