24.2 (Summer 2000) Rethinking Childhood: Perspectives on Children's Rights

On the Edge of the Auspicious: Gender and Caste in Nepal

In many aspects of their lives, women and people of the lower castes in South Asia can be described as having marginal voices, a viewpoint exemplified by the dearth of ethnographies attending to these particular perspectives. This is especially true in Nepal. Mary M. Cameron attempts to redress this failing with the 1998 publication of On the Edge of the Auspicious: Gender and Caste in Nepal.

An Interview With Joanne Shenandoah

SW Have you always sung?

Giving Back the Bike: Reconciliation's Promise

The year 2000 marks the culmination of the ten year long process whose purpose was the achievement of a true and lasting reconciliation between Aborigines and non-Aborigines in Australia. Orchestrated by the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation, the goal of the process has been a united Australia that celebrates its indigenous heritage and provides justice and equity for all. The question is: Has this goal been achieved?

A well known anecdote from Father Mxolisi Mapanbani of South Africa gets to the heart of the matter.

Cultural Survival in the twenty-first century

The year 2000 heralds a new beginning for Cultural Survival's Education, Research and Advocacy Program. With welcome new additions to our staff and board, generous funding from a range of sources (see www.cs.org) and a new permanent base for our operations in Cambridge, Massachusetts, we are better placed than ever before to fulfill our mission of promoting the rights, voices and visions of Indigenous Peoples.

Conducting Research with War-Affected and Displaced Children: Ethics & Methods

Research is a vital aid to understanding the circumstances, problems, needs and concerns of children who are exposed to highly stressful experiences. Research can have considerable practical value for children, in that studies conducted with children in war zones and refugee communities often provide important baseline information for program and policy development and monitoring, fund raising and advocacy. Moreover, much recent research with children confronting adversity is cast within a rights framework in which the best interests and protection of children are paramount.

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