Welcome to Around the World! This week we feature a look at the 2014 Top Global Women, the victims of human trafficking, bad diplomatic speeches, and more.
![]() | Diplomatic Courier honors the Top Global Women who have worked to improve the world. All of the women are nominated by peers, and while some may be famous and others are not so well known, all of them are deserving of this honor, and much more. Read more about it here! |
![]() | Free E-Book: The 2014 Global Women For the first time, the Top Global Women is available as an e-book! Download your copy today, here! |
![]() | The Children China Leaves Behind Village life has never been easy in China, especially in the mountainous central and western regions. A renewed sense of urgency to reform rural education will no doubt play a pivotal role in determining future stability of the countryside and of the nation as a whole. Read about it here. |
![]() | Why are we so much more willing to view minors who are trafficked as victims, but not the minors who are trafficked for months and then years until they know no other life and feel they have no other option? Read more about it here. |
![]() | Bad Diplomatic Speeches: Historical and Cultural Allusions There is a lot of history out there. Draw on it in a speech to reinforce key messages and insights. But do it well, writes Charles Crawford. Read more about it here. |
Diplomatic Calendar
India+SocialGood
What: India+SocialGood is day-long event will convene high-level thought leaders, policy makers, philanthropists, and social leaders to look ahead and set the agenda for a new, more connected generation in India.
Why: India has repeatedly achieved what others once thought was impossible: from maintaining the world’s largest democracy to eradicating polio. Today, India is again on the verge of great transformation. From climate and energy to health and urbanization, this thought-provoking forum will showcase the thriving innovation and entrepreneurship taking hold in India, a model for the rest of the world.
Where: Grand Hyatt, Off Western Express Highway, Santacruz (East), Mumbai, India
When: Wednesday, April 9th, 2014, 9:00-17:00
RSVP at http://www.socialgoodindia.com/invitation.html
For more information, visit the India+SocialGood website or watch their informational video.
Around the Web
A panel of scientists warmed in a UN Report released Monday that climate change poses immediate and growing risks to every continent and ocean, endangering food and water supplies, security, and economic growth, as well as exacerbating problems of hunger, drought, flooding, wildfires, poverty, and war. "Nobody on this planet is going to be untouched by the impacts of climate change," panel Chairman Rajendra Pachauri said at a news conference in Yokohama, Japan.
This Week in History
1917: President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war against Germany, marking the beginning of the United States' involvement in the three-year-long World War I.
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March 31, 2014
Welcome to Around the World! This week we feature a look at the 2014 Top Global Women, the victims of human trafficking, bad diplomatic speeches, and more.
![]() | Diplomatic Courier honors the Top Global Women who have worked to improve the world. All of the women are nominated by peers, and while some may be famous and others are not so well known, all of them are deserving of this honor, and much more. Read more about it here! |
![]() | Free E-Book: The 2014 Global Women For the first time, the Top Global Women is available as an e-book! Download your copy today, here! |
![]() | The Children China Leaves Behind Village life has never been easy in China, especially in the mountainous central and western regions. A renewed sense of urgency to reform rural education will no doubt play a pivotal role in determining future stability of the countryside and of the nation as a whole. Read about it here. |
![]() | Why are we so much more willing to view minors who are trafficked as victims, but not the minors who are trafficked for months and then years until they know no other life and feel they have no other option? Read more about it here. |
![]() | Bad Diplomatic Speeches: Historical and Cultural Allusions There is a lot of history out there. Draw on it in a speech to reinforce key messages and insights. But do it well, writes Charles Crawford. Read more about it here. |
Diplomatic Calendar
India+SocialGood
What: India+SocialGood is day-long event will convene high-level thought leaders, policy makers, philanthropists, and social leaders to look ahead and set the agenda for a new, more connected generation in India.
Why: India has repeatedly achieved what others once thought was impossible: from maintaining the world’s largest democracy to eradicating polio. Today, India is again on the verge of great transformation. From climate and energy to health and urbanization, this thought-provoking forum will showcase the thriving innovation and entrepreneurship taking hold in India, a model for the rest of the world.
Where: Grand Hyatt, Off Western Express Highway, Santacruz (East), Mumbai, India
When: Wednesday, April 9th, 2014, 9:00-17:00
RSVP at http://www.socialgoodindia.com/invitation.html
For more information, visit the India+SocialGood website or watch their informational video.
Around the Web
A panel of scientists warmed in a UN Report released Monday that climate change poses immediate and growing risks to every continent and ocean, endangering food and water supplies, security, and economic growth, as well as exacerbating problems of hunger, drought, flooding, wildfires, poverty, and war. "Nobody on this planet is going to be untouched by the impacts of climate change," panel Chairman Rajendra Pachauri said at a news conference in Yokohama, Japan.
This Week in History
1917: President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war against Germany, marking the beginning of the United States' involvement in the three-year-long World War I.