Aga Khan Development Network

A Global Interfaith Initiative to Change the World

Rahim Kanani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Aga Khan, Religion, Women's Rights, Islam, Education, Poverty, Nuclear Weapons, Health, Environment, Interfaith, Christianity, Buddhism, Faith, Aga Khan Development Network, Religion News
Rahim Kanani

More than two thirds of the world's population - over four billion people - identify with one religion or another. Imagine the motivational energy of these four billion people used as a positive force for global social change.

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Maternal Mortality in Afghanistan: A Way Forward

Rahim Kanani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Women, Pathfinder International, Afghanistan, Reproductive Rights, United Nations, Hewlett Foundation, Reproductive Health, Ngos, Women Deliver, International Women's Day, Sierra Leone, Sarah Brown, Dr. Helene Gayle, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, World Health Organization, Ban Ki-Moon, Hillary Clinton, Aga Khan Foundation, Unicef, Aga Khan Development Network, Health Care, Maternal Mortality, Childbirth, World News
Rahim Kanani

Afghanistan is now ranked second worst in the world when it comes to maternal mortality. But there is hope on the horizon.

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Exclusive: The Aga Khan, Women and Development: The Path of Education

Rahim Kanani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Women, Clinton Global Initiative, Education, International Development, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Aga Khan, Aga Khan Development Network, World Economic Forum, Philanthropy, Strategic Philanthropy, Impact News
Rahim Kanani

As development agencies integrate their efforts to reduce the massive inequalities plaguing women and girls worldwide, we must never forget the value of human dignity, and the power of education to dignify.

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Roshan: Cell Phone Company Helping to Change Afghanistan

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cell Phones, GSM Cellular Service Provider, Monaco Telecom International, Canada, Indian Descent, Branding, Street Children, William Inganga, South Africa, Dari, Jim Luce, Entrepreneurialism, Kabul, Women, Thought Leader, Jobs, Microfinance, Sustainable Development, Girls, Pashto, Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development, Narcotics Trade, Aga Khan, Aga Khan Development Network, Roshan Telecom Development Company, Taliban, Global Citizen, Afghanistan, Karim Khoja, Roshan, Teliasonera, Akfed, World News
Jim Luce

Upon meeting Karim Khoja, C.E.O. of the Telecom Development Company Afghanistan Ltd., also known as Roshan, Afghanistan's largest cell provider, I kne...

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