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Associate Professor Krushil Watene.
When Associate Professor Krushil Watene, Ngāti Manu, Te Hikutu, Ngāti Whātua o Orākei, Tonga, got the news that she had been accepted into the year-long international leadership programme, Homeward Bound, she admits she was both “thrilled and terrified”.
Dr Watene, a philosopher in the School of Humanities Media and Creative Communication, was one of a hundred women chosen from a pool of 376 applicants.
Dr Watene originally heard about the programme from colleague Dr Priscilla Wehi (Cilla) who attended the programme in 2017. “To be honest I didn’t feel I had much of a chance of being accepted as it’s for women with a background in STEMM disciplines (science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine).
United Nations Human Development Report 2020 released; What is UNHDR? What is India s position? An explainer Updated Dec 17, 2020 | 19:11 IST
The UNDP Human Development Index ranking 2020 is out. India has slipped a spot to 131. What does the UN Development Index measure? Here s an explainer. United Nations Human Development Report 2020
The 2020 Human Development Report is released. Though India slipped to 131, a step lower than the year before, the UNDP Resident Representative Shoko Noda has praised India s commitment to reduce carbon emissions and said that India can help other nations too.
The UN has highlighted the unnatural pressures on humans and governments this year due to the COVID-1 pandemic that began in Wuhan, China late last year and spread across the world.