EDITORIAL

Women and Good Governance through Community Radio

Community Radio Global Evaluation findings and perspectives.
Many experiences have documented how raising the awareness of women on political processes creates possibilities for their greater involvement in democracy building which, in turn, can lead to both the empowerment of women and poverty reduction. But women – who suffer more from poverty than men – are systematically discriminated by institutions . . .

AMARC Women International Network Perspectives

AMARC 16 Days Campaign against Gender Violence
The AMARC WIN16 day’s campaign against gender violence is active from November 25th to December 10th inclusively. In this second year global campaign edition, the theme is: “Demanding Implementation, Challenging . . .

Women and Connectivity in Latin America and the Caribbean
From July 4-7 women from radio and those working with new ICTs, met in Managua, Nicaragua. The meeting contributed to knowledge exchange and experiences exchange; discuss propositions and strategies that would allow advancing in the use and the ownership by women of new technologies . . .

Portraits of Community Radio practitioners
The group of Women of Matagalpa: An organization of decided women.
By Julia Velasco Parisaca, radio producer and journalist. She is Coordinator of Eco Jóvenes Bolivia

They are 34 women that contribute to the cultural transformation in the northern region of Nicaragua, where inequity has the face of women. Their proposal is to promote, educate and communicate from the perspective of women living in poverty . . .

News from the World Social Forum
On the 9th World Conference of Community Radio Broadcasters, in Amman, Jordan, in November 2006, the members of AMARC defined as a priority the World Social forum and the social movements’ activities in terms of building alliances and on developing the Civil Society Agenda for a better world.

AMARC Covered the United States Social Forum in Atlanta
Community Radio members of AMARC including the information agency, Pulsar from AMARC LAC, covered the alternatives raised during the United States Social Forum, in Atlanta, June 27th - July 1st. Under the motto Another World is possible, Another US is Necessary, the USSF provided space to build . . .

AMARC Covered the Quebec Social Forum and the Montebello Summit
Community Radios from Quebec (Canada) covered and participated in the Quebec Social Forum that was held in Montreal, August 23-26, 2007. They also covered the heads of government summit of United Staes, Mexico and Canada . . .

AMARC will actively participate in the Global Day of Action
AMARC and many other civil society organizations signed the call for a global day of action on January 26, 2008. Instead of the centralized events of past editions, WSF 2008 will have thousands of activities organized by social movements, unions, groups, networks and other organisations . . .

The 2009 WSF will be held in Belem, in Brazil
It has been decided in May, during the International Council in Berlin that the WSF would be back to Brazil in January 2009, but this time in the North part of the country

Social campaigns and Community Radio network Development

Africa-MENA Conference, Sharing Experiences for Development and Democracy Building from the Grassroots.
More than 140 participants were gathered in Rabat, Morocco, from October 22-24 in Rabat, Morocco, for the First AMARC AFRICA-MENA Conference: Sharing Experiences for development and democracy building . . .

Civil Society Meeting in Latin America
At the Ibero-American Summit held 11-12 November in Santiago, Chile, civil society organizations demanded the governments of Latin America, Spain and Portugal to recognize communications as a human right and requested to be respected as such. It was following the III Civil Society meeting . . .

AMARC at the Global Knowledge Conference GK3
Themed "Emerging People, Emerging Markets, Emerging Technologies," the Third Global Knowledge Conference, GK3, will explore concrete solutions and possibilities within the inter-play, interface and interweaving of issues related to the Knowledge for Development (K4D) and Information and Communication Technologies . . .

Radio 1812/2007 invites you to Tune in on International Migrants Day !
It is estimated that some 200 million people live outside of their home countries. And this is not a new phenomenon: Europe, America, and Australia were all built on the influx of millions of people in search of a better life. Since 2000, the international community . . .

The Struggle for the Recognition of Community Radio
In the AMARC 9 World Conference, lack of legal recognition for Community Radio was considered the single most important barrier to the development of Community Radio as the third Tier of Communication.

Launching of AMARC-Japan Working Group
The AMARC Japan group was launched in Kyoto, Japan on 23 June 2007. The group's main objective is to lobby and advocate for the development of CR in Japan. It has identified the lack of CR legislation as the major impediment for the attainment of its goal and therefore has strategized to lobby the government. . .

Uruguay: Senate approves Community Broadcasting Bill
In a groundbreaking move for freedom of expression in Latin America, on 14 November 2007 the Uruguayan Senate approved a Community Broadcasting Bill that formally acknowledges the existence of and regulates community radio . . .

IFEX Conference in Montevideo, Uruguay
More than 120 free expression advocates from around the world gathered from 7-12 October in Montevideo, Uruguay, at the International Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX) General Meeting. As a priority, 20 participants set up a Burma Action Group to support protesters. . .

ITU World Radio communication Conference concludes after four weeks. International treaty sets future course for wireless
Geneva,16 November 2007

The World Radio communication Conference 2007 (WRC-07) concluded its deliberations with the adoption of an international treaty to meet the global demand. . .

Internet Governance Forum in Rio - November 2007
The world's second Internet Governance Forum, took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Nov. 12-15, 2007. The Rio IGF was the second of five annual global events that attract stakeholders from all walks of life who come together to discuss issues tied to the future of information and communications. . .

IV Conference of Community Media in Spain
From November 23-25, Spanish Community Media practitioners gathered in the IV Conference of Community Media in the “Albergue Municipal de Bilbao”. The organisation Tas Tas Irrati Librea was the host of the event. More than 150 representatives from more than a 100 Media of the third tier of communication. . .

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