What Are Bahá’ís Learning from Working in Fragile War-Torn States?

The focus of this session is on what Bahá’ís are learning from working in fragile war-torn states such as Iraq, Afghanistan, Nepal, Cambodia, Bangladesh and Yemen.  It is difficult to compress years of experience in the short time available, so we will briefly address only a few questions: What does “generation and application of knowledge” actually mean, in this sense? What knowledge has been generated from working in fragile war-torn states? How is this knowledge being applied? What are the implications of this for fragile states and the international community, contemporary scholarship, and Bahá’ís and their friends who have an interest in this field?

  • Andy Tamas

    Andy Tamas is a governance and capacity development specialist with experience in fragile war-torn states (Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen), with a focus on strengthening and evaluation of public sector reform initiatives.  His dissertation research is on fostering culturally-appropriate institutional development to strengthen transparency and accountability in governance in fragile states and aboriginal First Nations in Canada.

  • Vasu Mohan

    Vasu Mohan works on democracy, governance and human rights in Asia with a focus on empowerment of youth, women, minorities and people with disabilities. He currently serves as the Deputy Director for Asia Programs at the International Foundation for Electoral Systems, Washington, D.C., and has managed IFES' work in Afghanistan and India for the past decade. 

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37th Annual Conference

Scholarship and the Generation of Knowledge

1,400

The views expressed in this recording are those of the presenters and do not necessarily represent the views of the Association for Bahá’í Studies, nor the authoritative explications of Bahá’í writings.