Published on Mon, 2011-08-22 07:29
Source: SlateAfrique, IDRC In the 10 years since the digital revolution got under way there have been more than 25 initiatives to fight female genital mutilation (FGM). The international campaign against this cruel practice, which is traditional in many parts of Africa, began 25 years ago but the spread of the new information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the continent has made it possible to raise real awareness about this problem among the general population. According to a study by Environnement et Développement du Tiers Monde (ENDA Tiers-Monde), member of the Senegalese group of Social Watch, this campaign originated among young people, who use these technologies the most. |
Published on Fri, 2011-08-19 07:57
Source: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has launched a guide to show how human rights defenders can defend themselves against aggression from the State, report abuses to international institutions and get funding for their activities. The document also explains to journalists and media how they must cover those issues. |
Published on Thu, 2011-08-18 07:49
Sources: Daily Guide, Business and Financial Times, Ghana Business News, X FM News Center. The Government of Ghana announced that it's studying tariff and non-tariff measures to restrict the importation of poultry products, after local analysts warned that those purchases are harming the national economy. "Imported chicken is being sold at below the cost of local chicken, and farmers in Ghana cannot simply compete, resulting in the collapse of dozens of farms and the loss of hundreds of jobs," said Yaw Graham, expert of the Third World Network-Africa (TWN-A), focal point of Social Watch. |
Published on Wed, 2011-08-17 07:50
Source: Solidarity Center The University of Bahrain dismissed last week for political reasons 19 professors who had had been suspended in April, amongst them Abdullah Alderazi, secretary general of the Bahrain Human Rights Society (BHRS, national focal point of Social Watch). |
Published on Tue, 2011-08-16 09:09
Source: Campaña por la Expresión Ciudadana The telecommunications bill that is currently before the Paraguayan Parliament does not establish media communications as a universal right of all citizens but considers it a product in the market place. According to Rubén Ayala, the coordinator of the Association of Community Radio and Alternative Media (Voces Paraguay), in a statement on the portal of the Campaign for Citizens Expression (Campaña por la Expresión Ciudadana), the focal point of Social Watch in the country, one of the motives behind this restrictive proposed legislation is that it would limit the power of community radio stations and civil society organizations and prevent them from obtaining finance by selling advertising. |
