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Discussion
forum
— tell us what you think about issues relating to
media, women in media and journalism |
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- Indian
media coverage of the Sri Lankan ethnic conflict.
Dilrukshi, a Sri lankan
journalist, spoke about the Indian media’s
coverage of the Sri lankan conflict and the
invisibility of women in Sri Lankan politics
and the media.
- Study
examines media and press freedom in Sri Lanka.
A study of media in Sri Lanka (April 2005) examines
the challenges facing media in the context of
the ongoing conflict between separatist Tamil
rebels and the government. As a follow-up to
volume
one, which focused on media in Northern
and Eastern Sri Lanka, this volume covers Western
and Southern Sri Lanka.
- Up-scaling
pro-poor ICT policies and practices. A review
of experience with emphasis on low income countries
in Asia and Africa, by Richard Gerster and Sonja
Zimmermann.
- Migration
of tribal women. Lured by the prospect of
livelihood, thousands of tribal girls land up
in Delhi, just to be exploited by the unscrupulous
touts and mushrooming placement agencies.
- Study
on the coverage of elections 2004.
The
2004 General elections began with the NDA government
releasing ads with the slogans `India Shining'
and speaking of the `feel good factor
'. It asked the public for a renewed mandate
on its positive economic / development record.
It also fought this election on a personality
plank: Prime Minister, A.B. Vajpayee against
Mrs. Sonia Gandhi, Congress president. These
became the focus of the 2004 election campaign
for both the Government and the main Opposition
parties.
- Women
and media at the UN. The
world's media, hungry for news from the beleaguered
Security Council on the proposed war on Iraq,
paid little attention to the fact that a document
meant to provide a boost to the participation
and access of women to the media, as well as
information and communications technologies
(ICTs), was being discussed elsewhere in the
building during that period.
- The
role of men and boys in achieving gender equality,
The United Nations Division for the Advancement
of Women (DAW) organised, in cooperation with
the International Labour Organization (ILO)
and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
(UNAIDS), an Expert Group Meeting on "the
role of men and boys in achieving gender equality"
which took place in Brasilia, Brazil from 21
to 24 October 2003.
- The
role of women journalists in strengthening democratic
processes,
by Payal Kumar
- A
feminist analysis of media conglomeration,
by Carolyn
M. Byerly, presented at the NWMI second national
meet at Bandra, Mumbai.
- More
women are entering the global labour force,
but job equality, poverty reduction remain elusive,
ILO News
- Women,
peace and security: report of expert group meeting
(part one), IWTC
Women's GlobalNet
- New
Report from the Association for Women's Rights
in Development (AWID)
- Failing
women, sustaining poverty: Gender in Poverty
Reduction Strategy Papers —
paper by Ann Whitehead, UK
Gender and Development Network
- Vienna
+10: Speak Out — Help Shape the Future
of Women's Human Rights
- Status
of Women in Media in Nepal
by Bandana Rana
- Global
population policy update
- The
Division for the Advancement of Women presents
"The role of men and boys in achieving
gender equality"
— an Online discussion
- Screening
Gender
- Women
and the media at the United Nations
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