Full Coverage: Media

31.05.2007

30.05.2007 There was no significant progress or changes in protection of children rights in Serbia, concludes the Children Rights Centre in its Report on Status of Children Rights for 2006.

29.05.2007 NetNovinar - Centar za istrazivacko novinarstvo i medijsku edukaciju raspisuje konkurs za bh. novinare i novinarke: Program 'Analiticko izvjestavanje - Pravda i sigurnost u BiH'. Rok za prijave je 20. juni 2007.

25.05.2007 A group of about 400 women’s organizations in India has called for noteworthy changes in the draft bill against sexual harassment at the workplace. They have suggested that the bill should be gender-neutral and want to expand the definition of sexual harassment

23.05.2007 The Ombudsperson for Gender Equality and Government Committee for monitoring and evaluation of implementation of gender equality policies reacted to the beer commercial of “Zagrebacka pivovara” brewery, that goes with the slogan “Zuja’s Law No.11: Men notice only the important stuff”. The said commercial depicts a woman coming home with bags filled with groceries – after she went to hairdresser to get done for her man – but he totally ignores her showing interest only for beer bottles.

18.05.2007 E-Choupal is a unique internet service that has been made available at the doorstep of farmers in India. Introduced by the retail sector, e-Choupal provides farmers with agricultural information through ICTs. Through the e-Choupal initiative, ITC has increased its competitiveness and empowered farmers through access to technology and the Internet.

18.05.2007 On the occasion of May 17, the International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO), The Macedonian Association for Free Sexual Orientation (MASSO), organized several activities.

16.05.2007 A group of Macedonian non-governmental organizations give their full support and solidarity to Iso Rusi, journalist and president of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Macedonia, related to the attacks and threats that the Democratic Party of Albanians (DPA) sent to his address provoked by his recent op-ed, titled “Gospodin Gospodin Thaqi” (Gospodin Gospodin is the official title of the archbishop of the Macedonian Orthodox Church), published in “Koha” daily newspaper.

10.05.2007 Panos South Asia (PSA) is organising a 5-day South Asian regional 'Online Radio Broadcasting Training Workshop' for media and other communication practitioners, from 19-23 June 2007 at its Media Centre in Kathmandu, Nepal. The workshop aims to leverage the benefits that internet offers to radio and the ways of incorporating it into existing media strategies.

10.05.2007 Teachers from the National Institute for Disabled (NID), Khaling and Drukgyel Higher Secondary School have tied up with Media LT, an NGO spearheading ICT access for the visually impaired in Bhutan. The purpose of the training is to enhance their quality of work through Internet access and computer applications.

09.05.2007

09.05.2007 WASHINGTON, May 9 (IPS) - In the run-up to the March 2003 invasion of Iraq, the Pentagon planned to create a 'Rapid Reaction Media Team' (RRMT) designed to ensure control over major Iraqi media while providing an Iraqi 'face' for its efforts, according to a 'White Paper' obtained by the independent National Security Archive (NSA) which released it Tuesday.

09.05.2007 On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina emphasized the importance of the protection of freedom of expression in a democratic society and reiterated its concerns over moves to limit this freedom, particularly in the public broadcasting services of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

09.05.2007 May 17 marks the inception of Information and Telecommunication Union (ITU), the UN agency that works to develop telecommunications networks and services to bridge the digital divide. Following the World Summit on the Information Society, the UN has now declared the same date as World Information Society Day.

09.05.2007 Bharti Tele-Ventures, India’s leading telecom company, is planning to widen its coverage in the southern state of Karnataka, India. Airtel will reach 20,000 towns and villages in 2007-08, Bharti says.

07.05.2007 YK:n Informaatiokomitean (Committee on Information) kokouksessa puollettiin monipuolisen median käyttöönottoa. Sekä perinteisten että uusien medioiden avulla tulisi YK:n mukaan pyrkiä tehokkaammin levittämään rauhan, kehityksen ja oikeuksien sanomaa. Intian suurlähettiläs Ajai Malhotra sisällytti hyödynnettäviin informaatioteknologioihin niin lehdistön, radion kuin myös uudet webcast- ja podcast-teknologiat.

07.05.2007 Ranjith Thankappan, Lecturer at Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, India, cites cases such as those of Jessica Lal to problematise the socially responsible face of the media, and to expose media/judicial activisms with respect to 'upper' caste/class India and the lack of it with respect to Dalit/Subaltern India.

07.05.2007 Branislav Grkovic, participant in NetNovinar’s Investigative Journalism and Organized Crime training programme, won the award of the Serbian Association of Independent Journalists (NUNS) for investigative story.

02.05.2007 MOSCOW, May 2 (IPS) - A posthumous award will be presented on Press Freedom Day Thursday in honour of Anna Politkovskaya, the investigative reporter who exposed human rights abuses including rape, abductions, and killings in the breakaway republic Chechnya.

02.05.2007 New Delhi based Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative has criticised anti-terrorism legislation for restricting the scope of media on World Press Freedom Day. By suppressing the right to expression, the new laws serve political interests in the ‘war on terror’ instead of fighting terrorism, CHRI claims.