Full coverage: South Asia

28.04.2004 They choose not to keep quiet despite humiliation, but perform street plays to bring social good. They are 90 young women hailing from the Indian state of Haryana have already performed over 400 plays and are still going strong.

28.04.2004 Locally produced film capturing the horrors of war in Sri Lanka will now be shown worldwide through public exhibitions. This will not only provide a learning platform for other filmmakers but also help promote peace.

28.04.2004 Women and girls in Seelampur, a community in Delhi rejoice as the first anniversary of their community ICT center has drawn in the Indian capital. The project aims to integrate ICT tools for improving livelihood opportunities of the local community.

26.04.2004 Young and better educated male farmers have benefited the most from ICT initiatives in the agriculture sector in three Indian states, a study has revealed. These projects, aimed at improving rural and agricultural information services, were initiated in Andhra Pradesh, Mandya Pradesh and Maharshtra.

26.04.2004 India's telecom regulatory body, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has invited comments on its consultation paper on possible reforms in the existing FM broadcasting license policy and related issues. The consultation paper looks at issues such as provisions for rural radio and creating a fund for it. May 7 is the last date for submitting the comments.

23.04.2004 As much as 70 per cent of the population in Afghanistan is within listening range of the state broadcaster, Radio Kabul, a survey by Internews, an international media organisation, has shown.

23.04.2004 Civil society is protesting the Bangladesh government's bid to amend telecom laws, thereby monitoring personal telephone calls and emails, ostensibly to fight rising crime in the country.

22.04.2004 Films produced by young students from Burkina Faso, India, Israel, Mexico and Romania to promote peace will now be exhibited internationally and online.The perceptions of young minds on global issues like conflict and violence are reflected through these films.

22.04.2004 Women journalists were recognized for their competence and excellence in coverage of gender related issues at a ceremony for the 2000 Gender in Journalism Awards. Ten women journliasts were given the awards instituted by the Pakistan Press Foundation with support from UNESCO.

22.04.2004 Civil society is protesting the Bangladesh government's bid to amend telecom laws, thereby monitoring personal telephone calls and emails, ostensibly to fight rising crime in the country.

20.04.2004 The Energy and Resources Institute plans to launch a print avatar of its fortnightly environment e-magazine TerraGreen.

20.04.2004 Madhya Pradesh's much-hyped Gyandoot e-governance initiative seems to be working only on paper. Improper implementation and poor infrastructure has meant that it has made little difference to the lives of the villagers, according to a leading Indian media house.

20.04.2004 Development of e-commerce can be lower than expected in India for certain provisions in Information Technology Act 2000, argue researchers. They point out how the bottlenecks could be removed to unearth the full potential of e-commerce in India and other developing countries.

19.04.2004 About thirty participants from across the globe will deliberate on the emerging scenarios in public participation in broadcasting at a regional workshop on Promoting Citizens’ Participation in Broadcasting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 18 April. UNESCO is one of the organisers of the event.

16.04.2004 Central Indian state Madhya Pradesh's much-hyped Gyandoot e-governance initiative seems to be suffering due to improper implementation and poor infrastructure.

15.04.2004 A Toyota Qualis stops in a VIP parking lot in Delhi, India. 'Butterflies Broadcasting Children' (BBC), declares a yellow banner. About ten children and an adult step out and begin to set up a public address system with a studied, though amateur, efficiency. And the public address system begins to blare...

15.04.2004 Even though e-commerce can enhance relationships between existing trading partners it is doing little to forge new commercial linkages, research in Bangladesh, Kenya and South Africa shows.

12.04.2004 The Simputer, the low-cost handheld Linux-based computer designed especially for the masses, will be launched in the Indian market, three years after it was developed.

05.04.2004 The use of ICT in non-formal education programmes to foster participation of disadvantaged people in literacy, basic education and continuing education activities is at the centre of projects in Indonesia, Lao PDR, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Uzbekistan that UNESCO's Asia-Pacific Programme of Education for All has launched with funds from Japan.