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Wiki and the Agora: ‘It’s organising, Jim, but not as we know it’

01/11/2006

11 pages long

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This article argues that those keen to characterise and harness the empowering potential of Information and Communications Technology [ICT] for development projects must understand that the very existence of this technology opens up alternative models of co-operation and collaboration. These models themselves necessitate breaking away from ‘traditional’ command-and-control models of management. One alternative is to […]

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Web 2.0: a new chapter in development in practice?

01/11/2006

5 pages long

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This brief paper describes a range of facilities and new developments in Web-based and Internet services. While many of the applications are being used for publishing, dialogue, research, and feedback in development, the question still remains: how profoundly is the development of communications, and in particular the Internet, changing the international development community and the […]

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Evaluation report

Evaluation of Aceh Media Reconstruction Assistance (AMRA) Programme in Indonesia

01/08/2006

2 documents

50 pages long

Languages: English

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In May 2005, the Aceh Media Construction Assistance (AMRA) programme was initiated to support reconstruction and development of media in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam province, Indonesia, destroyed by the tsunami in 2004. The purpose of this mid-term evaluation is to compare partners’ results with programme objectives in the proposal and other preparatory documents. The evaluation also […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Working with the Media on Gender and Education: A guide for training and planning

11/07/2006

2 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English

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This guide has been developed following two ‘Gender, Education and the Media’ workshops which were held in Nairobi, Kenya in December 2005 and in Dhaka, Bangladesh in March 2006. It brings together learning from both workshops in order to help organisations working on gender and education develop and implement media-advocacy strategies for gender equitable education. […]

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This is not a love story: using soap opera to fight HIV in Nicaragua

01/03/2006

10 pages long

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This is not a love story: using soap opera to fight HIV in Nicaragua

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In Nicaragua, HIV has been largely seen as a medical issue. This article makes the case for preventing the potential epidemic from a gender and youth perspective. Puntos de Encuentro is a mass communications NGO, which is working to challenge the stereotypes, stigma and discrimination that make HIV so prevalent in many societies. It does […]

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Research report

Let’s Talk to the Media: Practical guide for refugee community organisations and refugee practitioners on working with the media

01/12/2004

1 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English

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The purpose of this guide is to share the Refugee Media Group’s experiences of working with local and regional media over 4 years encouraging accurate asylum reporting and ensuring the voices of men and women asylum seekers and refugees are heard. It is intended as a guide for refugee community organisations, or any local groups, […]

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Journal article

Using the master’s tools: feminism, media and ending violence against women

01/05/2003

3 pages long

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Using the master’s tools: feminism, media and ending violence against women

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Worldwide, women are harnessing the power of mainstream media to change minds and hearts about women’s human rights. In particular, they are focusing on ending violence against women as depicted in the media. Violence against women is here understood in two ways – not only as violence against women in society, but as violence committed […]

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Research report

Welcome or Over-Reaction?: Refugees and asylum seekers in the Welsh media

14/05/2001

1 documents

61 pages long

Languages: English

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In the 1990s the issue of refugees and asylum seekers has become highly politicised in the UK. Locally, regionally and nationally some politicians have used the issue of refugees claiming asylum in the United Kingdom to gain support for their own political parties. The national media focussed their reporting on the issues in London and […]

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Campaigning: a fashion or the best way to change the global agenda?

01/08/2000

8 pages long

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NGO campaigns have become increasingly high profile in recent years. Three contemporary examples are critically examined (Brent Spar, landmines, and international debt), both in terms of the various ingredients behind their success, and in relation to their real significance and long-term impact. The author looks at the trade-offs, challenges, and opportunities for NGO-sponsored campaigns within […]

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Journal article

Globalisation and gender training for the media: challenges and lessons learned

01/03/2000

6 pages long

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Globalisation and gender training for the media: challenges and lessons learned

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The 1995 Beijing Conference on Women identified the media as one of the critical areas of concern for the advancement of women’s equality and development. In an era of globalisation, its role in the struggle for gender equality is critical. This article discusses the author’s experience of developing gender training for media professionals. This article […]

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