Saturday 21 November 2009

[creative-radio] Radio pirates are shut down by police [UK]

 

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Radio pirates are shut down by police

http://www.newhamrecorder.co.uk/content/newham/recorder/news/story.aspx?brand=RECOnline&category=newsNEWHAM&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsnewham&itemid=WeED23%20Oct%202009%2011%3A58%3A18%3A340

24 October 2009

POLICE officers closed down a pirate radio station operating from Stratford
in a joint operation with OFCOM.

Officers from West Ham and Plaistow North Safer Neighbourhood Team and OFCOM
executed a court warrant at an address in Leywick Street, Stratford, for
offences under the Wireless and Telecommunications Act.

Intelligence from OFCOM found a pirate radio station was broadcasting from
the premises, transmitting via another transmitter located at the top of
Stephens Parade, in Stratford, broadcasting as far as Croydon.

Some of the material broadcast is believed to have been offensive due to the
language being used and interfered with other terrestrial channels.

During the search of the premise, Class B drugs were also discovered. All
equipment relating to broadcasting was seized by OFCOM believed to be worth
Ł45,000.

Two men, aged 16 and 18, were arrested for broadcasting offences under the
Wireless and Telecommunications Act and one female aged 25 was cautioned for
possession of Class B drugs.

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Drugs found as cops raid East End pirate radio station

http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/content/towerhamlets/advertiser/news/story.aspx?brand=ELAOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsela&itemid=WeED22%20Oct%202009%2015%3A12%3A23%3A987

22 October 2009
By Mike Brooke

TWO teenagers have been arrested after cops busted a pirate radio station in
East London where drugs were found.

The youths aged 16 and 18 were collared for illegally broadcasting from
premises at Leywick Street in West Ham.

Officials from Ofcom, the broadcasting regulator, went in with the
neighbourhood police team after detecting broadcasts being relayed through
an illegal transmitter located in Stephens Parade, nearby.

The signal interfered with legal radio stations and could be picked up as
far as Croydon in south London. The equipment worth Ł45,000 was seized by
Ofcom.

The teenagers were held for broadcasting offences under the Wireless &
Telecommunications Act, but later bailed pending further inquiries.

Class B drugs were discovered on the premise during the search carried out
on Monday evening with a court warrant, Scotland Yard confirmed today. A
25-year-old woman was cautioned for possession.

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[creative-radio] Gender-Based Violence Communication

 

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The Drum Beat - Issue 519 - Gender-Based Violence Communication
November 23 2009

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This issue includes:

* PREVENTING GBV in practice.
* How has The CI changed your work? CI STORIES.
* INVOLVING MEN as partners.
* Vote in a POLL on marginalised girls.
* GBV affecting YOUTH.
* See a GBV-related Africa-specific Soul Beat NEWSLETTER.
* GBV GUIDES and TOOLS.
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This issue of The Drum Beat focuses on gender-based violence (GBV) as it
affects women and girls. According to the United Nations Development Fund
for Women (UNIFEM), "Violence against women and girls is a problem of
pandemic proportions... [affecting] at least one out of every three women
around the world..." [For additional statistics and context, visit the
UNIFEM website:
http://www.comminit.com/redirect.cgi?m=5f9fce3651aed5330ad60f532bbe953c].
During this year's 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence campaign,
held annually since 1991 from November 25 to December 10, The Communication
Initiative (CI) has assembled in this issue a selection of summaries, part
of larger pool of knowledge available on the CI sites, addressing: violence
prevention, involving men as partners, GBV affecting youth, and guides and
tools for organisations working to prevent GBV against women.

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PREVENTING GBV IN PRACTICE

1. Sixteen Days of Activism against Gender Violence
In 1991, international participants in the United States (US)-based Center
for Women's Global Leadership (CWGL)'s first annual Women's Global
Leadership Institute conceived of and created an annual international
campaign to communicate this message: violence against women (VAW) violates
human rights. Each year from November 25 to December 10, participants use
the "16 Days of Action against Gender Violence" campaign as an organising
strategy to call for elimination of all forms of VAW (whether in the public
or private sphere).
Contact: cwgl@rci.rutgers.edu
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/118580

2. Say NO - UNiTE to End Violence against Women - Global
This global platform aims to trigger and highlight actions on ending
violence against women. It provides tools to initiate or join advocacy and
awareness raising activities around the world, and counts and communicates
them in real time. As indicated by the campaign: "Help us reach our goal to
count 100,000 actions to end violence against women by March 2010. By
creating a profile on saynotoviolence.org you can let us know about your
actions and inspire others to join you."
Contact: Urjasi Rudra urjasi.rudra@unifem.org
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/305474

3. Solidarity for African Women's Rights (SOAWR) - Africa
Launched in 2005, SOAWR is a coalition of 30 civil society organisations
across Africa working to ensure that the Protocol to the African Union (AU)
Charter on the Rights of Women in Africa remains on the agenda of policy
makers and to urge African leaders to safeguard women's rights through
ratification and implementation of the Protocol. The coalition uses media,
new technologies, and advocacy to achieve universal ratification of the AU
Protocol. To cite only 2 examples: as part of the "colour card campaign",
SOAWR issued coloured cards to member states during African Union summits
(green for countries that had ratified the Protocol; yellow for those that
had signed but not ratified it; and red for those that had not signed it);
and the mobile phone campaign "Text now 4 women's rights" enabled thousands
of African cell phone users to join the campaign and be updated on the
progress of ratification.
Contact: info@soawr.org
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/132120/348

4. Violence against Women in Melanesia and East Timor: Building on
Global and Regional Promising Practices
This study from the Office of Development Effectiveness, AusAID, Australia,
2008, is part of their efforts to assess the effectiveness of current
approaches to addressing violence against women and girls in 5 of
Australia's close partner countries: Fiji, Papua New Guinea (PNG), Solomon
Islands, Vanuatu, and East Timor. Common customary practices and attitudes
that put women at risk of violence in this region include: bride-price
(price paid by husbands for their wives); economic dependence of women on
men; and compensation and reconciliation to maintain peace between groups
and their leaders ("injuries against a woman or girl are dealt with by
compensating the male who had rights to her (father, brother, husband).
Women are unhappy about family members benefiting from their injuries and
feel it undermines their future safety."). The document offers a framework
for action and some promising practices.
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/304345

5. Gender Development Project (GDP) - Indonesia and Kenya
GDP is an effort to address the increased vulnerability of women and girls
to HIV/AIDS through evidence-based approaches. It is an initiative of STOP
AIDS NOW! (SAN!), an independent organisation formed in 2000 by 5 Dutch
donor organisations seeking to work together towards a world without AIDS.
GDP seeks to add value to the HIV/AIDS and gender policies of SAN! partners
by identifying promising local-level strategies and interventions for HIV
prevention that integrate promotion of egalitarian gender-based attitudes,
behaviours, and norms, and women's rights. It is being implemented in Kenya
(throughout all 8 provinces except North Eastern Province) and Indonesia
(Java and Papua).
Contact: Jennifer Bushee jbushee@stopaidsnow.nl
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/299389/347

6. Umoja Uaso Women's Group - Kenya
A sister organisation of the US-based human rights organisation MADRE, the
Umoja Uaso Women's Group is a community of Indigenous Samburu women formed
in 1990 in Kenya by 15 women who were rejected by their husbands and forced
out of their homes after being raped. These women founded Umoja as a safe
community for GBV survivors. Living and working together, the women of Umoja
combat discrimination, poverty, and violence against women, and develop
increasing economic autonomy in an effort to enable them to avoid dependence
on abusive men.
Contact: madre@madre.org
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/304613

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INVOLVING MEN

7. Promoting Gender Equality to Prevent Violence Against Women
This briefing document focuses on violence against women by intimate
partners. It examines the relationship of gender inequalities to
gender-based violence and finds evidence that school, community, and media
interventions can promote gender equality and prevent violence against women
by challenging stereotypes that give men power over women. It then describes
some of the promising methods of promoting gender equality and their
effectiveness.
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/304282

8. One Man Can Campaign - South Africa
One Man Can is a campaign, initiated by Sonke Gender Justice, is designed to
support men and boys to end domestic and sexual violence, to promote
healthy, equitable relationship between genders, and to reduce the spread
and impact of HIV/AIDS. The campaign encourages men to work together with
other men and with women for gender rights and justice using materials
provided in the organisation's campaign action kit, its workshop manual,
street theatre designed to stimulate spontaneous discussion and debate, and
the campaign website, intended for sports coaches, fathers, interfaith
leaders, teachers, and youth.
Contact: Bafana Khumalo bafana@genderjustice.org.za OR Dean Peacock
dean@genderjustice.org.za
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/134235/347

9. The 2010 Soccer World Cup: Opportunities to Engage Men and Boys in
Advancing Gender Equality
This report documents the main themes and discussions that emerged from a
2-day conference held by Sonke Gender Justice Network, Grassroot Soccer, and
the Family Violence Prevention Fund in 2008. The objectives of the
conference, held in advance of the 2010 Soccer World Cup (scheduled to take
place in South Africa), were to: identify and showcase best practices
related to sport and social change; identify existing opportunities to
engage with the 2010 World Cup to promote gender equality; build
relationships between organisations; identify shared strategies for making
use of 2010 to engage men in gender equality; find strategies that link
gender equality work for 2010 with the 2014 World Cup in Brazil; and discuss
strategies to promote child protection around 2010 and beyond. The report
points out that there are many opportunities for the global event to help
support gender equality campaigns.
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/289588

See also:

* A Guide for Conducting Research on the Formulation of Sexual and
Health-Related Behaviour among Young Men
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/189262

* Questioning Gender Norms with Men to Improve Health Outcomes: Evidence of
Impact
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/301064

* Case-study: Guy to Guy Project
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/209614

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GBV AFFECTING YOUTH

10. Ethical Issues in Using Participatory Video in Addressing Gender
Violence in and Around Schools: The Challenges of Representation
by Relebohile Moletsane, Claudia Mitchell, Jean Stuart, Shannon Walsh, and
Myra Taylor
This paper, presented in March 2008, discusses ethical and theoretical
issues of conducting participatory research with young people. The report
reflects the authors' work with boys and girls in rural schools in
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, using participatory methodologies, particularly
visual (photo-voice and video-documentaries), to examine the nature and
impact of GBV on the lives of young people, and explore possible strategies
for intervention. According to the report, while a number of scholars and
organisations identify a set of basic principles that should be observed in
doing research or working with children through participatory methodologies,
there is a relative absence of a sustained focus on ethical considerations
and the potential harm that "well-intentioned" researchers might cause in
the name of "least harm".
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/303620/307

11. Empower Children and Communities against Abuse (ECCA) - Uganda
ECCA is a non-profit organisation that works to empower in- and
out-of-school children and communities to work together against all forms of
GBV in Uganda. The organisation works through support programmes, lobbying
and advocacy, and capacity building. In addition, ECCA promotes the
proactive participation of men in the design and implementation of GBV
prevention projects. ECCA works to facilitate the gendered
institutionalisation of sustainable community empowerment, psychosocial
support, and policy advocacy structures that focus on the prevention of
gender-based violence.
Contact: ecca@eccauganda.com
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/129945/303

12. YouthEngage - Global
Launched in 2009 by Women's World Summit Foundation (WWSF), YouthEngage is
an annual programme for action for young people around the world who pledge
to prevent abuse and violence against children and adolescents. It aims to
involve young people in making a commitment never to commit, condone, or
remain silent about abuse and violence against children and to learn about
the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which is commemorating its
20th anniversary in 2009. The ultimate goal is to build, strengthen, and
expand a growing international network of youth activists.
Contact: Laure Maitrejean wdpca@wwsf.ch
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/303382

See also:

* Early Sexual Debut, Sexual Violence, and Sexual Risk-Taking among Pregnant
Adolescents and Their Peers in Jamaica and Uganda
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/303264

===

On October 28 2009, our sister site, Soul Beat Africa, published:
The Soul Beat 140 - Communication and Gender-based Violence

http://www.comminit.com/en/africa/soul-beat-140.html

Please see this issue for African perspectives on the 16 Days Campaign and
other GBV initiatives, approaches, and resources.

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GUIDES AND TOOLS

13. The Reproductive Rights of Adolescents: A Tool for Health and
Empowerment
This 2008 publication outlines the general framework of adolescents'
reproductive and sexual rights. It focuses on sexuality education, access to
confidential health care, child marriage and lack of educational
opportunity, sexual violence, and female genital mutilation. The document
presents the role of advocacy and lists the human rights standards that
apply to adolescent reproductive rights, followed by a more detailed
discussion of core issues and approaches that can help ensure that
adolescents have the ability to make and act on informed reproductive
decisions.
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/295051

14. Changing the River's Flow Series - A Multi-Purpose Package
The Southern Africa HIV and AIDS Information Dissemination Service
(SAfAIDS), in partnership with the Seke rural community, implemented a 2009
pilot project in Zimbabwe in which community dialogues were used to address
what were identified as harmful cultural practices. From this project,
SAfAIDS developed a series of training materials and tools to support
programmers which are interested in advancing their work with communities on
addressing gender and culture. These materials have been packaged under the
theme: Changing the River's Flow.
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/291724/347

15. Monitoring and Evaluation of Gender-Based Violence: Methodologies
and Field Implications
by Charlotte Watts, Shelah Bloom, Margaret Greene, and Sunita Kishor
This document is a Rapporteur's text on presentations from the Gender-Based
Violence Task Force of the Interagency Gender Working Group (IGWG) seminar
of November 25 2008, on monitoring and evaluation methodology to improve
research and influence policy on gender-based violence. These included
MEASURE Evaluation's "Compendium of Monitoring and Evaluation Indicators",
The Men and Gender Equality Policy Project of the ICRW/Promundo, and
insights from the IMAGE and SASA studies.
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/304331

16. Addressing Gender-Based Violence Through USAID's Health Programs: A
Guide for Health Sector Program Officers (Second Edition)
From the preface of this guide written by the IGWG: "The present guide
[updating the July 2006 version] is intended to help USAID [United States
Agency for International Development] program officers integrate
gender-based violence (GBV) activities into their health sector portfolio
during project design, implementation, and evaluation. The guide focuses on
what the health sector can do, keeping in mind that preventing and
responding to gender-based violence requires a multisectoral approach. For
each type of health program - from community mobilisation to health policy -
the guide explores reasons why these programs should address gender-based
violence and how to support GBV activities based on what is known about
promising approaches from literature reviews, ...the opinions of leading
experts, and feedback from USAID and cooperating agency staff."
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/299306 /347

17. Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Legal Aid: A Participatory Toolkit
This toolkit, published in 2005, from the American Refugee Committee (ARC)
provides 3 tools and a step-by-step process to help field staff design GBV
services that will incorporate "adequate, appropriate, and comprehensive
prevention and response strategies" with a multi-sectoral approach. One
underlying principle of this toolkit is that GBV services and GBV legal aid
need to be implemented in a gradual and culturally appropriate manner to
maximise effectiveness and to prevent harmful consequences and backlash to
the survivors from the community. A second underlying principle is that
people in the community are the most knowledgeable of the unique
characteristics of their environment and how to best address them.
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/186654/348

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[creative-radio] FIJI: Regime denies revoking broadcast licences

 



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Subject: [Pacific_media_watch] 6550 FIJI: Regime denies revoking broadcast
licences
From: "Pacific Media Watch nius" <pacific_media_watch@lists.apc.org.au>
Date: Sat, November 21, 2009 14:31
To: "Pacific Media Watch" <pacific_media_watch@lists.apc.org.au>
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Title – 6550 FIJI: Regime denies revoking broadcast licences
Date – 22 November 2009
Byline – None
Origin – Pacific Media Watch
Source – Radio New Zealand 22/10/09
Copyright – RNZ
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FIJI DENIES FURTHER CLAMPDOWN ON MEDIA
www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2009/11/22/1245d43197c8

SUVA (Radio New Zealand/Pacific Media Watch): The military-led regime
in Fiji is rejecting claims it has revoked broadcasting licences to
clamp down further on the media.

Australia's Foreign Minister Stephen Smith says the authorities in Suva
have made changes to broadcasting arrangements, effectively seizing all
licences.

Smith says the action has been carried out by decree, which no court or
other agency can overturn and the move is an escalation of the regime's
efforts to impose itself on its critics.

Fiji broadcasters say they are having to justify their continued use of
radio and television frequencies.

Australian media reported television and radio stations were
broadcasting this weekend on a temporary basis while awaiting a
directive from Fiji's Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum.

Sayed-Khaiyum, also Communications Minister, is regarded as the
government's second most powerful figure after military commander Prime
Minister Frank Bainimarama.

Sayed-Khaiyum says he has acted to help prepare the country for the
digital broadcasting age and believes the decree will assist the people
of Fiji.

"The government of Fiji has put in place a decree to deal with spectrum
planning which will then allow Fiji to position itself very well for
the digital age. It's to plan our future better in the broadcast area,"
he says.

But the Media Freedom Committee in New Zealand, which represents
journalists, editors and publishers, describes what has happened as
more of the same by a very repressive regime.

Committee secretary Tim Pankhurst told Radio New Zealand he is saddened
by the action.

"I'm afraid this is more of the same from a very repressive regime. Our
journalism colleagues in Fiji operate under extremely difficult
circumstances with censors in their newsroom. It's another drop in the
bucket."

Pankhurst believes pressure should be put on the interim regime.

Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith says he will raise the issues
surrounding Fiji's military regime with his counterparts at the
Commonwealth Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Trinidad and Tobago,
beginning on Tuesday.

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[creative-radio] MENA UNESCO Guidelines for broadcasting regulation

 

These Guidelines seek to set out the main principles that underlie the
regulation of broadcasting and the aspects of broadcasting that can be
regulated. The book is aimed at governments and regulators and sets out
'best practice' as informed by an international analysis of what currently
is done.

(Source:UNESCO,2009)

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[creative-radio] APFEJ announces appointment of new chair and team for next 3 years

 

Dear APFEJ supporters and friends,

Greetings to you from the APFEJ secretariat on Colombo- Sri Lanka.

Svetlana Dylevskaya, an experienced Central Asian senior environment journalist and
Network Editor of the Green Women Environmental Media Agency, Kazakhstan and
Central Asian Network for Ecological Journalists(CANEJ) has taken up the role of
chair of the Asia Pacific forum of Environmental Journalists(APFEJ).She is also the first women
president of APFEJ as well as the first person to become APFEJ president from Central Asia.
The APFEJ new secretariat based in Colombo- Sri Lanka will be open on November 19, 2009.

Following on from its 18th APFEJ World Congress of Environmental Journalists- Colombo- Sri Lanka,
October 19- 22, 2009, APFEJ, announced the newly elected 19-member Administrative Council
who will serve for the term 3 year term APFEJ can be rightly proud of the
active participation of the attendees, more than 103 Environmental Journalists,opinion makers from
34 countries.A new APFEJ administrative Council is in place and ready to forward the APFEJ 's directives.
At the meeting, a new structure for APFEJ was proposed this includes appointing 45 country coordinators
from Asia Pacific countries.As per the constitution of APFEJ, the administrative Council is
elected through its full,associate and individual membership categories.
Of the 19 APFEJ administrative Council members there are 8 women representatives.

The Asia-Pacific Forum of Environmental Journalists(APFEJ) is a network and regional association
founded in 1988,dedicated to promoting education understanding and awareness of the
environment through the honest and accurate reporting of local,regional and international
environmental and development issues.It acted as the head of national environmental journalist
forums or media organizations of 42 countries in the Asia-Pacific region.The APFEJ
ad hoc committee was formed in 1985 at a regional conference on media and environment in Delhi
organized by UN-ESCAP in collaboration with the UNEP.Today, APFEJ,is the oldest and
largest organization of professional environmental journalists, contacts over 12,000 members
around the world. The mission of APFEJ to build into a strong,independent and committed
to promote excellence in environmental journalism worldwide by supporting environmental journalists
specially Asia pacific through Professionalism, Freedom of expression, Social responsibility,
environmental justice, Networking and training.

The roles of APFEJ administrative Council members has been streamlined and the
administrative Council itself consists only of an administrative body, which co-opts or appoints
other members as needed.This is quite a different formation of the APFEJ administrative Council
and means that members can feel free to come aboard the Council for short project specific periods.
The General assembly approved some amendments in the APFEJ constitution.

Members of the APFEJ administrative Council are follows;
01).President - Ms.Svetlana Dylevskaya, Kazakhstan
(Network Editor of the Green Women Environmental Media Agency*
and Central Asian Network for Ecological Journalists - CANEJ)

02).Deputy President - Mr.Tika Ram Rai, Nepal
(Convener of the Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists -NEFEJ)*

Regional Directors(5)
03).Central Asia Director- Ms.Jamila Sujud, Tajikistan
(Coordinator of the Central Asian Journalistic Network on Environment and Health)**

04).North East Asia Director - Mr.Yasuyoshi Tanaka, Japan
(President of the Japanese Forum of Environmental Journalists -JFEJ)*

05).South Asian Director - Mr.Aftab Zahoor, Pakistan
(Head of the Pakistan Forum for Environmental Journalists -PFEJ)*

06).South East Asia Director: Mr.Quoc Dzung, Vietnam
(Executive Vice President of the Vietnam Forum of Environmental Journalists- VFEJ)*

07).South Pacific Director - Ms.Nina Ratulele, Fiji
(News correspondent of the Islands Business Magazine and Media consultant) ***

08).Secretary /Chief Executive - Mr.Dharman Wickremaratne, Sri Lanka
(Editor of the Sri Lanka Environmental Journalists Forum-SLEJF) *

09).Deputy secretary General - Mr. Yang Ming-sen, China
(Secretary General of the China Forum of Environmental Journalists -CFEJ) *

Executive Members (8)

10).Ms.Souparno Banerjee, India
(Coordinator of the Media Resource Centre, - Centre for Science and Environment -CSE, Mumbai - India)*

11).Mr.Matai Akauola, Fiji
(Manager & Training Coordinator of the Pacific Island News Association -PINA)*

12).Mr.Owais Aslam Ali, Pakistan
(Secretary General of the Pakistan Press Foundation -PPF)*

13).Ms.Elizabeth Roxas, Philippines
(Executive Director of the Environmental Broadcast Circle, EBC)*

14).Mr. lya Gridneff, Australia***
(Papua New Guinea Correspondent of Australian Associated Press- APP)

15).Mr.Joseph Joh, South Korea***
(Managing Editor - The Seoul Times, South Korea)

16).Mr.Eurico Pereira, East Timor ***
(Senior producer of Radio Rakambia- East Timor)

17).Ms.Ellaha Sadat, Afghanistan**
(Media Monitor/ Environmental Analyst of IFES/ ASA)

Auditors (2)
18).Mr.EK Visarakhun, Cambodia
(President of the Cambodia Media Forum on Environment, (CMFE)*

19).Ms.Silafaga Lalua, Tuvalu
(Publication Coordinator of the Tuvalu Media Department)**

* Full Member organisation Representatives - 12 (Minimum 10)
** Associate member organisation Representatives -03 (Maximum 05)
*** Individual member Representatives - 04 (Maximum 04)

****APFEJ Past President's - Year 1985 to 2009
01).Forum of Environmental Journalists of India - FEJI
(February 1985 to January 1988)
Representative: Chanchal Sakar, India - South Asia
Chairman of the Ad-hoc Committee

02). Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists -NEFEJ
(January 1988 to October 1990)
Representative: Aditya Man Shrestha, Nepal - South Asia

03).Philippines Environmental Journalists Inc - PEJI
(October 1990 to August 08, 1991)
Representative: Adlai J Amor, Philippines - South East Asia

04) Malaysian forum of Environmental Journalists(MFEJ)- South East Asia
Chairman of the Steering Group
Representative: Philip Mathews, Malaysia
(August 09, 1991 to April, 1992)

05).Malaysian forum of Environmental Journalists - MFEJ
(April 1992 to November 1993)
Representative: Philip Mathews, Malaysia - South East Asia

06).Philippines Environmental Journalists Inc - PEJI
(November 1993 to November 1995)
Representative: Manuel Satorre Jr, Philippines - South East Asia

07).Singapore forum of Environmental Journalists - ECO
Representative: Ivan Lim Sin Chin, Singapore - South East Asia
(November 1995 to February 1998)

08)China Forum of Environmental Journalists -CFEJ, North East Asia
Chairman of the Steering Group
Representative: Yang Mao, China
(February 06, 1998 to October 17, 1998)

09).Sri Lanka Environmental Journalists Forum - SLEJF
(October 18, 1998 to October 26, 2002)
Representative: Dharman Wickremaratne, Sri Lanka - South Asia

10).Bangladesh Forum of Environmental Journalists (FEJB)
(October 27, 2002 to May 05, 2009)
Representative: Quamrul Islam Chowdhury, Bangladesh - South Asia

11)Sri Lanka Environmental Journalists Forum(SLEJF) - South Asia
Chairman of the Steering Group
Representative: Dharman Wickremaratne, Sri Lanka.
(May 06, 2009 to October 18, 2009)

12).Green Women Environmental Media Agency, Kazakhstan
Representative: Svetlana Dylevskaya, Kazakhstan - Central Asia
(October 19, 2009 to present)

For further information please visit:
http://www.environmentaljournalists.org
or contact,
Dharman Wickremaratne
Secretary /Chief Executive
Asia Pacific forum of Environmental Journalists(APFEJ) Secretariat
PO Box 26
434/3 Sri Jayawardenapura
Sri Lanka.
Skype: ejournalists
E-mail: <ejournalists@sltnet.lk>,<ejournalists@gmail.com>
http://www.environmentaljournalists.org
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[creative-radio] Fiji: Suitcase Radio 89.2FM Reaches Vanua Levu!

 

Stop Press: Suitcase Radio 89.2FM Reaches Vanua Levu!

History was made when femLINKpacific's Northern rural correspondent, Adi
Vasu Chute and Generation Next Project Team Leader, Eta Rabuatoka joined
women and young women including Labasa's sole female town councillor,
Paulini cutting the blue ribbon "peace cutting" to commemorate the first
"suitcase radio" broadcast in the Northern Division.

The community broadcast brought to Labasa listeners within a 10 kilometre
radius from Wailevu to Bulileka and surrounding areas, women's stories
produced by femLINKpacific's correspondents and field staff in Vatukoula,
Ba, Nadi and Nausori as well as special features from the North including
an interview with Commissioner Northern explaining development priorities
for the Northern Division, including the "Look North Policy" and a health
feature with Sister Selina Waqa of the Ministry of Health. The broadcast
wrapped up with a lively yet emotional song performed by a number of
market vendors from the foothills of the Three Sisters mountain range.

http://www.femlinkpacific.org.fj/index.cfm?si=main.resources&cmd=forumview&uid=news&cid=16&CFID=3300&CFTOKEN=64563600

Via

http://www.femlinkpacific.org.fj/

Mission Statement

We are a Fiji based women's non profit community media organisation.
*
We exist to empower women and communities by giving them a voice to
fully participate in decision making for equality, development and
peace.
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We do this by developing, producing and distributing appropriate
media and communication materials.
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We serve all women in Fiji, with particular emphasis on young women,
women with disabilities and women who are under-served.
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We also work in collaboration with civil society organisations, the
mainstream media and with relevant government agencies to influence
gender policy and planning.

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[creative-radio] Community radio stations in Chiang Mai are being closely monitored and could face closure

 

Community radio stations in Chiang Mai are being closely monitored and
could face closure http://bit.ly/5gj4fC

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