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=Latest News from the Women’s International Network=
Haiti: AMARC calls on community broadcasters to rally in support
AMARC, the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters, calls on community radio broadcasters worldwide to rally in support of the people of Haiti, following the massive earthquake that has killed thousands of people and destroyed essential infrastructure.
African Networks share knowledge to increase community radio social impact in Africa
Accra, Ghana, December 18, 2009. AMARC Africa Board and network and coommunity radio representatives from eleven countries of Western Eastern and Southern Africa met in Accra, Ghana, to improve knowledge sharing on best practices in order to develop integrated sustainability models for Country Community Radio Networks and to increase the social impact of community radio in alleviating poverty and promoting democracy and achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
AMARC at the COP15: Citizen Empowerment against Climate Change
Montreal, December 19, 2009. A delegation of 12 community radio journalists of the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters, (AMARC) from Africa, Asia Pacific, North America and Europe and Latin America & the Caribbean (Pulsar news Agency) participated in civil society debates, highlighted through the Internet the voices of local communities, followed the debates and negotiation sessions among government representatives and the activities of the 15th United Nations International Conference on Climate Change(COP15) held in Copenhagen, Denmark from December 7 to December 18. For the AMARC Declaration to COP15 and to listen to the coverage go to: http://www.amarc.org/index.php?p=AMARC_cop15_2009&l=EN&nosafe=0
Coverage of the COP-15 Conference by AMARC
A delegation of community radio journalists of the radios members of the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters, (AMARC) covers the United Nations International Conference on Climate Change (COP-15), in Copenhagen, December 7-18. Broadcast live: Spanish from 17h00 to 17h30 (GMT) English from 18h00 to 19h00 (GMT) French from 19h00 to 20h00 (GMT)
Statement to COP15 by the World Asscociation of Community Radio Broadcaster, AMARC
We, as community broadcasters, are acutely aware that dominant patterns of production and consumption are causing environmental devastation, resource depletion and extinction of species. The benefits of development are not shared equitably and the gap between rich and poor is widening. Injustice, poverty, ignorance and violence are to be found everywhere, and cause great suffering to people and to the natural environment. In treating information as a commodity and not as a right of peoples, the mainstream media pay more attention to short term gain and the interests of the powerful. Thus, the environmental agenda has been reduced to the fatalities and catastrophes when in reality the environmental crisis is also the moral crisis of an economic system and of our political and social institutions. |
~ ~===The 1325 Broadcast Marathon=== Victims no more! The 1325 Broadcast Marathon - an eight-hour broadcast and webcast marathon on October 26, 2006 over Radio FIRE with a link at http://www.iwtc.org Brought to you by Radio FIRE and the International Women’s Tribune Centre, the 1325 Broadcast Marathon features discussions and interviews on the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security. This will be participated in by women peacebuilders from Burundi, Costa Rica, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, USA and many other countries. Victims no more! Yes, women bear the negative impact of armed conflict. But we’re not merely passive victims! Now, we are taking the reigns of our own destinies and actively participating in resolving conflicts, in building peace, in rebuilding our countries and communities! Listen to our voices as we tell our stories of survival, of building peace and of rebuilding our communities” For additional information, please contact: Katerina Anfossi, FIRE kata@radiofeminista.net Mavic Cabrera Balleza, IWTC |
