By Teresia Mutuku, Communications Officer and Web Manager - WACC, based on a report compiled by Sarah Macharia
Nairobi, Kenya - Over 35 gender and media experts from 13 countries in English-speaking sub-Saharan Africa are meeting in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, 3-5 December, to address stereotyped presentations of women in the media.
The experts attending a Gender and Media Advocacy workshop organised by the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC), a communications rights organisation based in Toronto, Canada, heard that in most African countries there has been an increase in the number of women reporters and journalists. Despite this increase, media content has hardly changed.
Moundou, Chad - As the deadly HIV and AIDS pandemic continues to rampage Africa and the world at large, activists in Chad, one of Africa's war-torn countries, recently held awareness rallies in the streets of Moundou. Clad in T-shirts emblazoned with the message : “Protégeons-nous, protégeons les autres contre le SIDA” (Let us protect ourselves by protecting others against AIDS), the activists conducted open sessions where Chadians across the city freely discussed the scourge with doctors, social workers and other experts.
Moundou, Chad - As the deadly HIV and AIDS pandemic continues to rampage Africa and the world at large, activists in Chad, one of Africa's war-torn countries, recently held awareness rallies in the streets of Moundou. Clad in T-shirts emblazoned with the message : “Protégeons-nous, protégeons les autres contre le SIDA” (Let us protect ourselves by protecting others against AIDS), the activists conducted open sessions where Chadians across the city freely discussed the scourge with doctors, social workers and other experts.
By Rebecca Lalhmangaihzuali, Study Secretary, Women’s Desk, SCMI
Bangalore, India -The Student Christian Movement of India (SCMI) organized, a national workshop on “Gender and Media Justice” 19- 21 October at the SCMI Programme Centre in Bangalore.
The objective of the workshop was to impart media education to the students and to enable them to critically watch over media, from a gender perspective, including newspapers, journals, electronic media and movies.
By Philip Lee, Deputy Director of programmes-WACC, based on a report by Kamal Raj Sigdel
Kathmandu, Nepal - For the past year Subaltern Forum, an organization of journalists based in Kathmandu, Nepal, has been producing and broadcasting fortnightly radio programmes on non-violent conflict resolution. Originally planned by the Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ), Subaltern took over when political difficulties intervened. WACC supported the initiative under its small projects programme.
By Dr. J.B. Anand, Chairperson, WACC- Asia Region‘
You always have the poor with you’ (Mathew 26: 11).
What a prophetic statement Jesus made some two thousand years ago! Countries like India have the richest people in the world, but in some parts of India, the poorest of the poor people live, deprived of basic living facilities. Some people in parts of ‘Shining India’ are dying of hunger and committing suicide because they are too poor to stay alive. No doubt, this is Incredible India.