Full Coverage: Information & media

29.09.2004 Para promover maior integração entre os jornalistas e pessoas ligadas a entidades de defesa dos direitos da infância e adolescência dos 9 países que compõem a Rede ANDI América Latina, a ANDI lança hoje, dia 24 de setembro, o boletim eletrônico Reseña America Latina.

23.09.2004 Charges against Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) and its four directors have been dismissed by Harare regional magistrate, Lillian Kudya. The publishing company and its directors had been jointly charged with contempt of court and publishing "The Daily News" without a licence, in breach of section 72 of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA).

22.09.2004 A forum of over 300 documentary filmmakers is campaigning for the right to freedom of expression in India's capital, New Delhi, screening over 60 powerful films, most of which were rejected by the country's draconian censor board.

21.09.2004 A businessman in Afghanistan has started the first independent radio station that broadcasts for 16 hours a day.

20.09.2004 The Agenda Feminist Media Project publishes a quarterly thematic journal and is committed to giving women a forum, voice and skills to reflect their experiences and to write about them. The journal which is read throughout the world and South Africa is well respected as one of South Africa's premier feminist publications with a proud history. This year we are running a competition to find outstanding photographic submissions which would be published in our final issue for 2004.

20.09.2004 A group of NGOs, universities and community media organisations, including OneWorld South Asia, are lobbying with the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) for a liberal licensing environment for community radio.

17.09.2004 Interview with David Cadman, deputy mayor of the City of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. His city is at the forefront in working for peaceful settlement of conflicts. Cadman talks to Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus about the anti-war actions of people of his city and perceptions of the US post 9/11 he encountered in his travels.

16.09.2004 The government of Bangladesh has finally accepted the introduction of amateur radio for use in development communication.

13.09.2004 Bangladesh plans to increase its spending on ICTs to at least two per cent of its Annual Development Programme (ADP) by year 2006.

13.09.2004 A film festival on the physically and the mentally challenged people excites film makers, but not activists.

10.09.2004 The Pan Asia ICT R&D Grants Programme is inviting applications from the Asia Pacific region with a deadline of 10 October 2004. For the first time, Microsoft Corporation also has joined hands with UNDP to support the programme.

08.09.2004 As attacks against the media in the disturbed Himalayan kingdom of Nepal continue unchecked, international media organization Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) warns this will impact independent reporting in the region.

06.09.2004 Todas as manhãs, a Amazônia peruana acorda ao som do rádio. O rádio é o principal veículo de comunicação na região. Cerca de 81% das pessoas ouvem programas e notícias radiofônicos, de acordo com um estudo feito na área de Loreto.

06.09.2004 Civil society groups in India have launched a public campaign to ensure a proposed Right to Information Act 2004 giving people access to information from closed government departments, introduces a real culture of glasnost in the country.

06.09.2004 Katha publishes children’s book and translates regional language books into English. The nonprofit is also involved in the education of underprivileged children. In an interview with Narendra Deo of OneWorld South Asia, executive director Geeta Dharmarajan talks about how publishing children’s books is a tool for empowering communities.

06.09.2004 A follow up policy makers’ workshop on “A Road Map for Mission 2007: Every Village a Knowledge Centre” was organised by MSSRF and OWSA on July 9-10, 2004, at the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, New Delhi. Shri Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, delivered the keynote address at the Valedictory session.

03.09.2004 OneWorld South Asia's Narendra Deo finds that more and more Non Governmental Organizations in India are using ICTs in innovative ways for community development.

02.09.2004 Lali's Sansara is the story of a young girl's struggle to break through barriers that prevent her access to education. This film is a part of media and advocacy campaign for getting children out of work and into school in the east Indian state of Orissa.

01.09.2004 La diversité culturelle et la société de l'information sont au centre d'une réunion qui se déroule depuis le 30 aout à Gros Islet, Ste-Lucie, avec la participation d'environ 70 personnes oeuvrant dans une quinzaine de pays de la Caraïbe et impliquées dans la promotion des Nouvelles Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication (NTIC).

01.09.2004 Three websites with links to Iran's reformist parties have been blocked by conservative hardliners in Iran.