268, May 2006
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In this issue: WACC Photographic Competition 2006 results announced. This year's competition was held on Flickr for the first time and saw more than 600 entries from nearly 400 photographers from across the world. The winning photographs are all interpretations of the theme Media and People, and illustrate a variety of vital communication issues including advertising, disability and media, media in rural areas, memorials, women and media, indigenous culture and media and human rights. Also, from Malawi, a critical view of the ABC communication strategy against HIV/Aids. And other news from El Salvador, Africa and Nepal.
La WACC se complace en anunciar que la recién concluida edición de su Concurso Fotográfico ha transcurrido satisfactoriamente. Más de 600 imágenes provenientes de cási 400 fotógrafos de todo el mundo fueron valoradas en esta ocasión por el panel de jueces destinado a tal efecto.
Joke van Kampen, in Blantyre Malawi, writes critically about the ABC communication strategy in Africa. She argues that the ABC approach is judgmental, out-of-touch and laughable. But it is supported by big money and has nearly coca-cola like coverage of the continent.
Tendai Chikuku
The World Association For Christian Communication - Africa Region in collaboration with the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon (PCC) held a two day seminar from the 24th to 25th of April in Limbe. Various participants from within Cameroon and other delegates from the WACC-AR Executive Committee attended the seminar, which was under the theme "HIV and AIDS in AFRICA Communication for Behavioral Change".
Sokari Ekine writes a round up of African Blogs. First Published by Pambazuka.
On 11 April 2006, Thai newspapers (both Thai and English-language) published a Joint Editorial in order to speak out against media harassment and violence in Thailand. The editorial follows:
Anju Chhetri
"To find solutions to these problems, the king has to hand over all state power to political parties that represent the Nepali people, the political parties have to be more democratic, and the Maoists have to lay down their weapons."
El Salvador has been governed by the Nationalist Republic Alliance (ARENA) for 16 years, a mandate unequalled in all of Latin America. A key element favouring the ARENA dynasty has been a mass media supportive of the right-wing party, largely through the shared interests of the business sector, media moguls and the government. The media companies with the biggest circulation in El Salvador are owned by businessmen whose capital comes from other economic activities which influence the media's content and coverage.
Rosa Miriam Elizalde
El nuevo escenario de la ofensiva "contra el terror" ya está fría y cuidadosamente delineado en la estrategia de los halcones norteamericanos
Sally Burch, ALAI
El IV Foro Ministerial Unión Europea - América Latina y el Caribe sobre la Sociedad de la Información se clausuró el 29 de abril en Lisboa, con una declaración que señala la voluntad mutua de dar continuación a la cooperación en curso entre los dos continentes en materia de tecnologías de la información y la comunicación (TIC), pero evita comprometer nuevos recursos.