Information & media

31.12.2007 GPRS mobiles will soon deliver e-governance services to villagers in Faizabad in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The project will connect rural areas with the district headquarter, while also monitoring various programmes and government functionaries at work.

27.12.2007 The United Nations Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking invites UN agencies, international organisations and other stakeholders to create an active online community to exchange and share knowledge on ways to combat this global crime. UN.GIFT encourages participants to engage in e-discussions, showcase positive projects, practices, and stories of courage, and draw on its various resources.

27.12.2007 A new book, Communicating Disasters: An Asia Pacific Resource Book released during Third Global Knowledge Conference held in Kuala Lumpur in mid December takes a critical look at the communication lessons of the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, and explores the role of good communications before, during and after disasters.

20.12.2007 The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in South Asia has teamed up with Indian film producers to sensitize movie-goers to the crime of human trafficking. A two-minute spot ‘One Life, No Price’ will be shown ahead of ‘Welcome’, a comedy expected to hit the theatres on December 21.

20.12.2007 An animated green parrot with a riddle is the latest campaign on HIV/AIDS launched by BBC World Service Trust in India. Targeting men in the southern states, where rates of infection are among the highest, the advert encourages people to talk about sex while trying to solve the clues.

20.12.2007 Kuluneena vuonna työtehtäviään suorittavia toimittajia murhattiin maailmalla suurin määrä yli vuosikymmeneen. Erityisen vaarallista toimittajan työ on väkivallan kierteeseen vajonneessa Irakissa.

17.12.2007 Sepanjang 2007, ditemukan 5 penderita HIV/AIDS di Karanganyar, Jawa Tengah. Dua di antaranya meninggal dunia. Jika ditotal sejak tahun 2000, tercatat 19 orang yang dinyatakan positif HIV, dan 6 di antaranya meninggal dunia.

13.12.2007 Media massa tidak bisa menyajikan keseluruhan kebenaran atas sebuah peristiwa yang terjadi di dalam masyarakat. Sebab, industri pers tidak bebas nilai karena pilihan ideologi, kepentingan pasar, serta kebijakan keredaksionalan lainnya.

05.12.2007 In occasione del decimo anniversario di pubblicazioni, l'agenzia del mondo missionario Misna ha presentato ieri in Campidoglio il nuovo servizio in lingua araba del suo notiziario. "Il notiziario in arabo - che va affiancarsi quelli in italiano, francese, inglese e spagnolo - intende costituire un ulteriore strumento per rafforzare la volontà di dialogo interculturale e interreligioso e per favorire quell'alleanza di civiltà di cui il Mediterraneo è stato spesso impareggiabile crogiuolo" - ha spiegato il direttore della Misna, Pietro Mariano Benni. Curata da redattori e traduttori di lingua araba e con significative esperienze di lavoro giornalistico in paesi arabi, la pagina intende essere utile anche ai tanti immigrati originari del mondo arabo presenti nel nord del mondo.

01.12.2007 A landmark Nepali radio show on sexual health is messaging AIDS awareness to young people living in rural areas and helping them speak out their fears. The show, developed by UNICEF and produced by local NGO Equal Access Nepal, is broadcast on national radio and 30 local FM stations.