Crossroads Asia Lecture (via skype) by Steffi Marung, University of Leipzig

November 25, 2013. Second ZEF/ZFL colloquium with Steven R. Evett.

With presentations by Prof. Dr. Rai Niaz Ahmad, Habib Ullah Bodla and Usman Khalid Awan from Pakistan.

Pathways towards Sustainable Development

ZEF participated in the 2nd Scientific Conference of the UNCCD (United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification) on the "Economic assessment of desertification, sustainable land management and resilience of arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas", held in Bonn, April 9-12, 2013.

ZEF will co-organize a public panel discussion on:

"Women's rights in Afghanistan: status quo and post-2014" on May 27, 2 p.m.

in cooperation with RLC, BICC and Cross Roads Asia.

At the end of the international conference on "Water in the Anthropocene: Challenges for science and governance", held in Bonn last week, the participants called for action to achieve global and sustainable water security. The conference was organized by GWSP and supported by BMBF. A large number of ZEF researchers were among the approximately 300 conference participants.

The "Alternative Nobel" laureates Sima Samar, an Afghan physician and human rights activist, and Monika Hauser, founder of the Germany-based NGO "Medica Mondiale" have been discussing the issue of human and women's rights in Afghanistan at a panel discussion held at ZEF on Monday, May 27.

This second major conference of the Competence Network Crossroads Asia is to be held in Bonn, July 18-19 2013. International experts will focus on the role religion plays in processes related to traditions, migration networks or in the legitimation of migration as well as in political processes, social institutions and the construction of identities. "