Full coverage: Comunicación

29.05.2008 Since January this year bird flu in Bangladesh has taken epidemic proportions affecting 47 of its 64 districts. To spread awareness on the disease and encourage safe practices among poultry handlers, UNICEF is working with local folk theatre groups. So far it has organised more than five hundred performances.

28.05.2008 Cell phone help lines launched in response to the recent spree of anti-foreigner mob attacks are enabling South Africans to express their opposition to xenophobia, report incidents, and donate to emergency response units.
From: Cell-Life

28.05.2008 India’s government owned telecom major has announced that soon the country’s rural areas will be connected with wireless communication linkages. Broadband facility will be first made available in thousands of prime locations and then in villages across the country.

27.05.2008 OneWorld South Asia has signed a MoU with Government of Rajasthan in western India to set up its LifeLines Education Services – a phone based information service for rural teachers in the state. The project, jointly monitored by Rajasthan Education Initiative and UNICEF, will provide support to teaching and learning exercises in villages.

27.05.2008 Many among the first-night audience for "The Age of Stupid" left the theater in tears -- and moved to action.

26.05.2008 The Journal of Community Informatics calls for submissions for its forthcoming special edition on Gender and Community Informatics. The issue will focus on the interplay between gender and information society by examining new technologies, issues of identity, social hierarchies, citizenship and politics of knowledge.

26.05.2008 The Journal of Community Informatics calls for submissions for its forthcoming special edition on Gender and Community Informatics. The issue will focus on the interplay between gender and information society by examining new technologies, issues of identity, social hierarchies, citizenship and politics of knowledge.

23.05.2008 After fifteen years of struggle to bring marginalised voices into the mainstream, Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication has finally made the government agree on issuing community radio licenses. Sceptics, however, feel that lack of clear funding guidelines may lead to NGOs dominating the sector.

21.05.2008 International Permanent Secretariat for Human Rights and Local Governments is organising the 3rd World Forum on Human Rights from June 30 to July 3, 2008 at Nantes, France. The Forum will provide a thought-provoking venue for discussions and promotion of good practices on human rights.

19.05.2008 OneWorld South Asia as part of its Ek Duniya Web Services initiative is organising a training programme on Local Language Web Hosting and Communication from June 23-26, 2008 in New Delhi. The aim is to empower grassroots level organisations to build their own websites and generate effective content on development issues.

16.05.2008 Solar power and biofuels could be used to power base stations in developing countries, says the mobile industry trade body, GSM Association. The rising price of diesel and remote locations are making people look at alternative ways to reduce energy and make base stations more self-sustaining.

15.05.2008 Walter Fust, former Director-General of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) envisions a knowledge safety net where human values go beyond the statistics of the Gross National Product (GNP). He acknowledges telecentre.org’s work in enabling people to benefit from the transformative power of technology.

15.05.2008 Indian Committee of Youth Organisations will be holding a national convention in partnership with UNICEF from May 28-30, 2008 in Bangalore, India. The event will provide a platform for various youth groups and networks across the country to take up issues concerning the fight against AIDS.

15.05.2008 Figures supplied by UK's telecom regulator revealed that digital divide in the country has widened despite the government's promise of achieving Internet access for all. Income, ethnicity, region, and the presence of children in households appear determining factors for web accessibility.

13.05.2008 Indian zoos will soon be globally connected thanks to an agreement with the US-based International Species Information System. The world's largest online database on zoo animals has historic data for several thousands of species, enables better collection and sharing of information and makes animal exchange easier.

13.05.2008 Indian zoos will soon be globally connected thanks to an agreement with the US-based International Species Information System. The world's largest online database on zoo animals has historic data for several thousands of species, enables better collection and sharing of information and makes animal exchange easier.

09.05.2008 World Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences is organising an International Conference on Communications and Information Technologies from August 13-15, 2008 in Vienna, Austria. The event is a premier forum for researchers, scientists, engineers, and scholars to present technological advances and research results in the fields of ICT.

08.05.2008 Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation is conducting a three-day conference on e-governance in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The event will aim at harnessing ICTs for more efficient, inclusive and transparent governance in the Asia-Pacific region.

07.05.2008 NEW YORK, May 6 (OneWorld) - Women's rights advocates in the United States have launched a novel global initiative aiming to help millions of women across the world who face violence at the hands of men.

02.05.2008 ASSOCHAM, India’s apex industry body is organising a global telecom summit on May 23-24, 2008 in New Delhi, India. The event will provide a platform for experts to discuss challenges confronting the Indian telecom industry and develop possible solutions.