Full coverage: Communication

27.07.2007 A special school in central Indian state Madhya Pradesh trains women to become ideal, obedient and submissive wives and daughters-in-law, which has drawn the ire of social activists and women's organisations who feel that men should also be part of the training for a balanced society.

27.07.2007 The Caribbean Internet Radio Portal (CIRP) and UNESCO in association with Youth Vibes Radio has launched its new internet radio station which is being currently tested but is already providing audio to millions of listeners around the world.

27.07.2007 Georgian ensimmäinen yhteisöradio aloitti lähetykset, kun Ninotsmindan kaupungin keskustan kovaäänisistä alkoi kuulumaan paikallisten toimittajien lähetykset. EU:n rahoittaman projektin toimittajat ovat saaneet asiantuntijakoulutuksen ennen lähetysten aloittamista kaupungissa, joka joutuu usein sääolojen vuoksi eristyksiin muusta maailmasta. Yhteisöradioita on hyödynnetty kehitysyhteistyössä menestyksekkäästi jo vuosien ajan.

26.07.2007 Indian Council of Medical Research is organising a 10-week training program on Bioethics at St. John's National Academy of Health Sciences, Bangalore, India from 20 August 2007 - 27 October 2007. The program will include a foundation course in bioethics, elective course in research ethics or clinical ethics, or ethics in social science research related to health.

26.07.2007 SIDAn tutkimuksen mukaan vajaa puolet Saharan eteläpuolisen Afrikan maista kohtaa heikkouksia matkapuhelinverkkojen kattavuudessa. Tilanteen kohtentamiseksi tutkimus ehdottaa muun muassa vapaata pääsyä infrastruktuuriin sekä operaattorin maantieteelliseen sijaintiin liittyvän lainsäädännön kehittämistä.

25.07.2007 The staid rituals of US presidential debates met the hurly-burly of the Internet on Monday night, in an event organised by YouTube and CNN, that saw candidates fielding questions which young Americans had uploaded to the video-sharing website.

20.07.2007 BBC World Service Trust’s new radio station in the Eurasian nation of Georgia broadcasts its programmes through loudspeakers at the city centre. The local ethnic residents are learning how to produce their own programmes and gain computer literacy.

19.07.2007 The Shanghai Information Bureau of China has shut down a literary forum run by poet Lu Yang. Such sites are ‘suspect’ on the grounds that they analyse Chinese society in veiled and ambiguous terms.

18.07.2007 Centre for Civil Society in association with Youth Parliament is organising Jeevika South Asian Livelihood Documentry Film Festival on July 20-23, 2007 in New Delhi.

16.07.2007 Brazilian NGO, Projeto Bagagem aims at improving the livelihoods of low-income Brazilian communities by developing and implementing local development alternatives based on community tourism. The organization has recently launched its website in English.

16.07.2007 New Delhi based organisation Praxis will hold its annual International Workshop at Hyderabad from 11-22 September, 2007. The focus will be on tools of participatory practices in development and update on latest innovations and field work in villages and urban slums. Registrations are open.

13.07.2007 Policy-Makers and the Role of Communication for Development 2005-06 is a follow-up to a study conducted in 1994 for the World Bank. The purpose is to assess changes in the perception of policy- and decision-makers in multi- and bilateral aid agencies, governments, and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and further addresses the changes in human and material resources committed to this sector.

12.07.2007 Sarbuland Khan, the executive coordinator of the Global Alliance for ICT and Development (GAID) in an interview to IPS, states that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) offers the best hope of empowering the poor and involving civil society in the development process. He hits out at governments that do not share information on water, health, food and sanitation.

11.07.2007 NGO Sarvodaya, in solidarity with D.Net, BNNRC and other Bangladesh partners will hold the third GKP South Asia Regional Meeting from July 15-16, 2007, at Bangladesh. The meeting will focus on building up regional drive for GKP3 and formulating next year’s plans.

10.07.2007 More than 2,000 women leaders and many of the world's leading AIDS experts were in Nairobi last week for an international conference to address the unique and devastating impact HIV and AIDS has on the over 17 million women and girls living with the disease.

07.07.2007 Kolme Etelä-Thaimaan yhteisöä on saamassa langattoman telelääketieteen laitteistoja tukemaan tiedonvälitystä. Julkinen-yksityinen kumppanuuden avulla tuotetut palvelut yhdistävät syrjäisiä terveydenhuoltokeskuksia sairaaloiden kanssa, mikä mahdollistaa reaaliaikaisen informaation hyödyntämisen.

06.07.2007 Grantmakers in Film + Electronic Media (GFEM) is an association of grantmakers committed to media arts and public interest media funding, is holding a day-long conference on Sunday, September 16, 2007 in San Francisco. The conference will showcase the ways of how funding organizations and strategic grantmaking can influence the current media.

05.07.2007 Aivovuodosta pyritään eroon lisäämällä opiskelijoiden ja tutkijoiden liikkuvuutta EU:n ja välimeren maiden välillä. Informaatio- ja kommunikaatioteknologiat näyttelevät merkittävää osaa alkavassa yhteistyossä. Suunnitteilla on muun muassa Välimeren alueen monikielisen digitaalisen kirjaston perustaminen.

03.07.2007 An Indian organisation, Centre for Media Studies (CMS), is organizing a symposium on Communication for Social Development in collaboration with SN School of Fine Arts, Performing Arts and Communication on November 1-3, 2007 at the University of Hyderabad, India.