Culture

31.03.2006 On March 28, the very first doctor in India was sentenced to two years in prison for violating the Preconception and Prenatal Diagnostic Techniques Act. In the 11 years since the Act was enacted, why have lawbreakers got away?

31.03.2006
Papaya Music es un consorcio de músicos, productores e investigadores que pretende rescatar del olvido a compositores populares, alentar a los jóvenes a retomar sus raíces, formular nuevas propuestas musicales y garantizar a los artistas ganancias más justas por su trabajo.

29.03.2006 Some 250,000 people tried to register for adult education classes in a single day following an episode of a Mexican television soap opera in which an older man broke down in tears when he could finally read his granddaughter's letters. TV and radio dramas not only get key messages across, but they're doing it cheaply and effectively.

29.03.2006 CINERGIA es un fondo de estímulo al audiovisual de Centroamérica y Cuba, por lo que sólo se considerarán proyectos que sean mayoritariamente centroamericanos y/o cubanos y, en especial, aquellos que contemplen la coproducción entre dos o más países de dicha región.

28.03.2006 23-year-old American peace activist Rachel Corrie was crushed by an Israeli bulldozer aiming for a Palestinian home on March 16, 2003. Her powerful emails and journal entries have been transformed into a one-woman play, but political pressure might keep it from ever reaching a U.S. stage.

27.03.2006 Kulturpunkt Portal raporton që Fondacioni Kulturor Europian,
HIVOS dhe Instituti i Hapur i Shoqërisë Civile krijuan një fond për financimin e aktiviteteve të OJF-ve në sektorin e kulturës për vendet e Ballkanit Perëndimor.

27.03.2006 The Kulturpunkt Portal reports that the European Cultural Foundation, HIVOS and the Open Society Institute established a new fund for financing of NGOs active in the cultural sector in the Western Balkans countries.

24.03.2006 European Cultural Foundation, Hivos i Open Society Institute su pokrenuli novi fond za financiranje NGO-a u kulturnom sektoru iz zemalja zapadnog Balkana. Ovim fondom se nastoji pružiti nove mogućnosti za financiranje umjetničkih i kulturnih organizacija iz Albanije, BiH, Hrvatske, Makedonije, Srbije i Crne Gore i Kosova.

23.03.2006 A visitor to one war memorial sits thinking about another--a current--war. Attorney, political scientist, and poet David Krieger transports us there.

23.03.2006 La UCA le invita a disfrutar de los eventos programados para el Festival Verdad 2006. Habrá un ciclo de cine-foros donde se presentarán una serie de documentales, feria de Derechos Humanos y conciertos.

22.03.2006 Vuoden Pakolaisnainen vuonna 2006 on afganistanilainen Zarmina Razai, 24. Razai otti vastaan Suomen Pakolaisavun kannustuspalkinnon 21.3, YK:n rasismin vastaisena päivänä. Pakolaisavun hallituksen mielestä Zarmina on todellinen selviytyjä, joka persoonansa ja tahdonvoimansa ansiosta on löytänyt paikkansa suomalaisessa yhteiskunnassa.

22.03.2006 Tonći Kožul, kolumnist portala Kulturpunkt razmatra proturječje koje nam otkriva na prvi pogled bezazleno spominjanje seksizma i političke korektnosti u glazbenoj kritici dnevnika Jutanji list.

21.03.2006 Drejtorët e bibliotekave kombëtare dhe universitare nga Bosnja e Hercegovina, Serbia, Sllovenia, Mali i Zi dhe Maqedonia, nënshkruan Strategjinë e Përbashkët për Qasje më të Shpejtë në Bibliotekën e Re Evropiane, digjitalizim të përshpejtuar të teksteve të vlefshme dhe këmbim të shtuar të përvojave dhe informacioneve nën KOBIS - Rrjeti Elektronik për të Dhëna Bibliotekash.

21.03.2006 Six years after it was written, only 11 of 46 countries have ratified the Council of Europe's Protocol outlawing discrimination of all kinds by all public authorities.

21.03.2006 The Directors of national and university libraries from B&H, Serbia, Slovenia, Montenegro and Macedonia, signed the joint Strategy for Quicker Access to New European Library, accelerated digitalization of valuable texts and increased exchange of experience and information under the auspices of the KOBIS Electronic Network for Library Data.

20.03.2006 The world will be watching from this week as the United Nation's human rights body evaluates Nepal's unelected palace government but many of this nation's indigenous people will have one eye focused on a separate meeting.

18.03.2006 Visit and participate the events of the second night of the “African Nights” festival, an event organized by Societa Dante Alighieri - Sarajevo in partnership with Comune di Russi (Ravenna), Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt in Sarajevo and South Eastern Europe Youth Network.

17.03.2006 Young academics, researchers and policymakers (aged 35 or under) are eligible for the 10,000 Euro award. Applications should be submitted between 15 November 2005 and 1 April 2006 through the online application form on the CPR Award website. Before applying, candidates are strongly advised to consult the website for advice on how to prepare their applications.

17.03.2006 Since 2004, the ZeLIG school for documentary, Bolzano, has organized ESoDoc, a qualified professional training course on the making of social documentaries. The course is designed for audiovisual professionals attuned to social themes, as well as NGO and NPO communications specialists who wish to competently follow the production phases of multimedia content within the scope of their organizations – even if their intent is not to become actual filmmakers.

16.03.2006 Perspectives de l’Amérique latine? Plusieurs passés, Plusieurs futurs......autant de lieux de rencontre au présent!
À l'UQAM Du 20 au 23 mars 2006
Expositions, conférences, panels, débats, consultez l'horaire pour plus d'information !