Information & media

31.07.2007 New Delhi based organisation Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), announces a five-day refresher workshop on how to use the environment to eradicate poverty in rural India, from 19-23 November, 2007 at the Anil Agarwal Green College New Delhi 110062, India.

31.07.2007 The tribals of Ranchi, the capital of the east Indian state of Jharkhand are bringing out handwritten newspapers to highlight the problems faced by them and raise issues that are overlooked by major newspapers. Through newspapers they also try to create awareness among people about government welfare programmes.

30.07.2007 Former Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam encourages the media to encompass a classical model of mass media and national development.

30.07.2007 CMS, a Delhi based research and advocacy organisation is coordinating a film festival on environment and wildlife documentaries – 4th CMS VATAVARAN- Environment and Wildlife Film Festival to promote space for environment issues in the public media. The festival is slated for from 12 to 16 September 2007 at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.

26.07.2007 Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP) has launched the Global
Young Social Entrepreneurs' Competition in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Global Competition will select 100 winners who will attend the upcoming Young Social Entrepreneurs Forum. The winners will be announced on 1 October 2007, after a review by an independent jury.

24.07.2007 Access to the Red Mosque in Pakistan was denied to US news channel CNN and its journalists were not invited for a press conference addressed by the Pakistani Prime Minister. The decision was taken by the government in aftermath of the battle in the Mosque.

17.07.2007 In many countries, discrimination against girls begins at birth, or even before they are born. Plan's recent report - 'Because I am a Girl: The State of the World's Girls 2007' - reveals huge global complacency about the rights of girls. Join Plan's campaign to break this cycle of inequity and maltreatment.

13.07.2007 UN special adviser Ibrahim Gambari met with Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon in New Delhi, India to discuss the steps made by India’s neighbour Myanmar to encourage it to make further progress towards democratization and human rights.