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"Anjum Nausheen Rahman (born 16 July 1966) is a New Zealand Muslim community leader and human rights activist. She is an advocate for the rights of Muslim women. Early life and family Rahman was born on 16 July 1966 in the village of Mahuwara in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Her family moved to New Zealand from Canada in 1972 when she was five years old, after her father completed a PhD and was offered a post-doctoral position at the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries in Hamilton. She became a naturalised New Zealand citizen in 1976. Career Rahman was a founding member of the New Zealand Islamic Women's Council when it was established in 1990 and served as its first secretary. She is also a founding member of the Hamilton Ethnic Women's Centre (known commonly as Shama) and has served as a trustee on its board since 2002. Rahman was a spokesperson for the Muslim community following the Christchurch mosque shootings. In media interviews following the attack, she voiced frustration at the failure of the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service to take concerns about violence towards the Muslim community, Islamophobia and the rise of the alt-right in New Zealand seriously. In response to the attacks, Rahman established the Inclusive Aotearoa Collective to combat discrimination. She made submissions and presentations to a parliamentary select committee on behalf of the Islamic Women's Council in support of gun law changes, saying that the tightening of those laws would prevent violence towards vulnerable communities. Since 2017 Rahman and the Inclusive Aotearoa Collective have advocated for a national strategy for inclusion and anti- discrimination.https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/15-03-2020/mirrors-and- monsters/https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/119787343/antidiscrimination- movement-aotearoa-collective-calls-for-governmentled-strategy = Politics = Rahman stood as a candidate for the Hamilton City Council in 2013, and as a list candidate for the New Zealand Labour Party at the , and 2014 general elections. Honours and awards In the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours, Rahman was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to ethnic communities and women. In 2019, she was shortlisted for the New Zealander of the Year Award. References Category:1966 births Category:Living people Category:People from Azamgarh district Category:Indian emigrants to New Zealand Category:Naturalised citizens of New Zealand Category:New Zealand Muslim activists Category:New Zealand Muslims Category:Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit Category:New Zealand Labour Party politicians Category:Unsuccessful candidates in the 2005 New Zealand general election Category:Unsuccessful candidates in the 2008 New Zealand general election Category:Unsuccessful candidates in the 2014 New Zealand general election "
"The University of the West Indies Open Campus (UWIOC) is a public and distance only, research university headquartered Cave Hill, Barbados. It is one of 5 general autonomous units of the University of the West Indies system. Its main campus is located inside the University of the West Indies at Cave Hill, but remains a distinct and separate institution. History The Open Campus was established to improve services to the non-campus territories. It brought together several existing UWI units, namely the University of the West Indies Distance Education Centre (UWIDEC), the School of Continuing Studies (originally the Extra Mural Department), the Tertiary Level Institutions Unit, and the Office of the Board for Non-Campus Countries & Distance Education (BNNCDE). The Extra-Mural Department was first established in 1947 when UWI was still the University College of the West Indies. As it developed into the School of Continuing Studies, it eventually incorporated the Caribbean Child Development Centre, the Hugh Lawson Shearer Trade Union Education Institute, the Human Resources Development Unit, the Social Welfare Training Centre and the Women and Development Unit. The University of the West Indies Distance Teaching Experiment (UWIDITE) was an initiative funded by a USD 600,000 grant from USAID. The telecommunications system was first used in St. Lucia, Dominica, Antigua and Grenada to provide access to courses in non-campus territories. At the same time, there was a Challenge Examinations scheme that allowed students to undertake initial (first year) studies in their home territories before joining one of the three campuses. The UWIDITE facilities were used to support the Challenge program. In 1996, UWIDEC, incorporating the UWIDITE and the Challenge Examinations scheme, was established. Further development of the UWIDEC was implemented in 2003. In 2007, the Open Campus was approved. This Campus was provided with additional financial, human, technology and administrative resources and a structure that was intended to better serve non-campus territories. Aside from the main campus in Barbados, UWIOC maintains presence in 17 English-speaking countries and territories in the Caribbean: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, and Turks and Caicos Islands. Open Campus Country Sites The Open Campus maintains physical sites in most contributing countries. The country sites conduct marketing and recruit new students, facilitate some face to face courses, provide spaces for studying, and some have UWI library branches. * Anguilla - one site * Antigua & Barbuda - one site * Bahamas - one site * Barbados - one site plus the Open Learning Centre at the Cave Hill Campus * Belize - one site * British Virgin Islands - one site * Cayman Islands - one site * Dominica - one site * Grenada - one site * Jamaica - 11 sites plus the Open Learning Centre at the Mona Campus * Montserrat - one site * Saint Lucia - one site * St. Kitts & Nevis - one site * St. Vincent & the Grenadines - one site * Turks and Caicos - one site * Trinidad & Tobago - 13 sites (sites, satellite centres, and IT Academy) plus the Open Learning Centre at the St. Augustine Campus Bermuda does not currently have a Country Site. Academic Programmes The Open Campus offers a wide range of programmes in both distance mode and face-to-face mode at one of its many regional learning centres. At the undergraduate level, the Open Campus offers programmes at the certificate, diploma, associate and bachelor levels in fields such as education, business and public administration, sports, technology, humanities and social sciences. Similarly, at the graduate level, the Open Campus offers programmes at the advanced certificate, postgraduate diploma, masters and doctoral levels in similar areas. The Campus includes courses and certificates that would be considered part of continuing and professional education, prior learning assessment, and summer school courses. While the Open Campus is the main distance education unit of the University, some other units offer programmes by distance. For example, the UWI/FIFA/CIES Diploma in Sports Management is offered by distance and managed by UWI Mona. Similarly, the Department of Library and Information Studies offers several masters-level programmes in a blended learning format. = Accreditation = In 2019, UWI Open Campus was re-accredited by the Barbados Accreditation Council for the maximum term, ending in 2026. Subsequently, as the Open Campus operates across countries and territories, sought mutual recognition in contributing countries/territories. Research and Development The Open Campus, as with the landed UWI campus, has an active research and development environment. The main research unit is the Consortium for Social Development & Research (CSDR). It units several units that were already established before the Open Campus amalgamated several existing units. The units with a significant research mandate (along with educational development) include: * Caribbean Child Development Centre (CCDC) * Hugh Shearer Labour Studies Institute (HSLSI) * Social Work Training and Research Centre (SWTRC) * The Women and Development Unit (WAND) Other units are more developmental in nature, in the sense of improving access to education and training: * Human Resources Development Unit (HRDU) * Radio Education Unit (REU) * a yet-to-be-formed Cultural Studies Unit (CSU) See also *University of the West Indies *open university *distance education References Category:Open universities Category:Education in Barbados Category:Educational organisations based in Barbados Category:Universities and colleges in Barbados Category:University of the West Indies Category:Universities and colleges in British Overseas Territories "
"The Turan Range () is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia. Administratively it belongs partly to Amur Oblast and partly to the Khabarovsk Krai of the Russian Federation. History The range was formerly a remote area, first explored by Peter Carl Ludwig Schwarz during the East Siberian Expedition of 1855. It was mapped by Arseniy Usoltsev together with geological engineer Pyotr Gorlov in 1958. A railway tunnel of the Baikal–Amur Mainline was built across the range. Geography The Turan is a range in northeastern Siberia, located in the southeastern end of Amur Oblast and the southwestern side of Khabarovsk Krai. It is part of the Yankan - Tukuringra - Soktakhan - Dzhagdy group of mountain ranges. Its ridges have a massive look, with rounded mountaintops.Турана // Great Soviet Encyclopedia : (in 30 vols.) / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978. The Turan Range divides the catchment area of the Selemdzha River (a tributary of the Zeya River) to the west, and the Bureya River (a tributary of the Amur River) to the east. The range runs in a roughly NNE/SSW direction for about , and its northeastern part is deeply dissected by river valleys. The Tashina River has its sources in the range. To the north the mountain chain connects with the Ezop Range (Езоп) and to the west and the southwest lies the Zeya-Bureya Lowland. The range of the White Mountains rises to the south.Google Earth The highest point of the Turan is the high Middle Nanaki (Средний Нанаки) located near the northeastern end of the range.National Atlas of Russia. - Cartography, 278-279 "Amur Oblast". Flora and fauna The slopes of the range are covered by conifer forests, such as larch, fir and spruce up to altitudes ranging between and . Dwarf Siberian pine shrub grows in the higher elevations. The range is part of the original habitat of the Amur cat.V. G. Heptner (ed.) Mammals of the Soviet Union, Volume 2 Part 2 Carnivora (Hyenas and Cats). p. 338 See also *Northeast Siberian taiga *Palearctic realm *Temperate coniferous forest References External links *Gorny Journal, 1905 Category:Landforms of Amur Oblast Category:Landforms of Khabarovsk Krai Category:Mountain ranges of Russia "