The Institute for Global Engagement (IGE) promotes sustainable environments for religious freedom worldwide. As a faith-based organization, IGE believes firmly in universal human dignity and is committed to the protection of all faiths through the rule of law. IGE pursues this mission with a balanced approach, encouraging governments to protect religious freedom (top-down engagement) and equipping citizens to exercise that freedom responsibly (bottom-up engagement).
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Seizing the Middle East Moment | IGE president Chris Seiple discusses religion and politics in the Middle East, making recommendations for the next president.
Constitutional Democracy in Africa | The Government of Kenya and the Institute for Global Engagement are hosting an international conference entitled: "Constitutional Democracy in Africa: Challenges, Best Practices and Opportunities."
GLF 2008: The New Evangelical | The 2008 Global Leadership Forum, September 26-27, will feature three conversations among leading evangelical thinkers and representatives from other faith traditions about the opportunities and challenges that face an American evangelicalism that is clearly evolving.
Uzbekistan | Human rights organizations as well as many U.S. businessmen, such as shareholders, have joined together to pressure Uzbekistan to stop using child labor in cotton harvest. Uzbekistan uses thousands of children, many between the ages of 10-15, to harvest cotton.
Religious Freedom | A public library in a suburb of Columbus, Ohio, denied Citizens for Community Values, a nonprofit charitable, educational and religious corporation that promotes Judeo-Christian moral values from using a meeting room. However, a judge has ruled in the favor of CCV, stating that a religious group should not be discriminated in using a public facility.
Laos | Laotians are bracing for the worst to come with the "100 year flood" as they pile up sandbags on the banks of the MeKong River to protect the capital of Vientiane. 4 people have already been killed.
Pakistan | Pakistani villagers are fleeing their homes as the fighting in the Bajuar region between security forces and Al-Qaeda and Taliban militants worsens. Around 170 people, including civilians, have been killed.
Vietnam | The government of Vietnam has ordered fuel companies to cut fuel prices by up to 5.3 percent following the trend in the price of a barrel of oil. Vietnam is the 2nd largest importer of petrol and diesel.
China | Exports to China's second largest trading partner, the United States, has slowed in the first half of the year. China believes this is due to the economic situation in the United States, specifically in the mortgage market.