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BLOGWATCH: Gender violence in West Africa
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Ann Jones, a writer, photographer and long-time womens advocate, has teamed up with the International Rescue Committee for an innovative project aimed at giving voice to West African women who have survived conflict, displacement, discrimination and sexual violence. Readers can sign up to receive 16 email blogs from Jones over 16 days. Each email will include one womans photo, her story and a chance for readers to add their own voices. ... Full article
By AlertNet
Ann Jones, a writer, photographer and long-time womens advocate, has teamed up with the International Rescue Committee for an innovative project aimed at giving voice to West African women who have survived conflict, displacement, discrimination and sexual violence. Readers can sign up to receive 16 email blogs from Jones over 16 days. Each email will include one womans photo, her story and a chance for readers to add their own voices. ... Full article
VIDEO: Somali children share their hopes and fears
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In September 2007, U.N. aid workers gave video cameras to 30 Somali children who had been uprooted by fighting in Mogadishu and asked them to capture their daily life in settlements for displaced people. The children talked of food and shelters, of clothes and education. They dreamed of being doctors, teachers and pilots. They spoke of their desire for peace. ... Full article
By AlertNet
In September 2007, U.N. aid workers gave video cameras to 30 Somali children who had been uprooted by fighting in Mogadishu and asked them to capture their daily life in settlements for displaced people. The children talked of food and shelters, of clothes and education. They dreamed of being doctors, teachers and pilots. They spoke of their desire for peace. ... Full article
Are journalists too soft on aid agencies?
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By Ruth Gidley
When journalists want to know who's survived an earthquake in the Kashmir mountains, interview refugees on the run from an Afghan war zone or hitch a plane ride to Congo's eastern jungle, it's usually aid workers who help them out.
But when aid organisations cover journalists' travel costs and help with logistics - assistance that suits editors at a time of dwindling foreign news budgets - it makes it hard for reporters to remain unbiased about the agencies.
... Full article
By AlertNet
By Ruth Gidley
When journalists want to know who's survived an earthquake in the Kashmir mountains, interview refugees on the run from an Afghan war zone or hitch a plane ride to Congo's eastern jungle, it's usually aid workers who help them out.
But when aid organisations cover journalists' travel costs and help with logistics - assistance that suits editors at a time of dwindling foreign news budgets - it makes it hard for reporters to remain unbiased about the agencies.
... Full article
AlertNet VoxBlog: Somalia's burning - does anyone care?
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Somalia's capital is experiencing its worst violence for 16 years. And yet, says Abdirahman Ali, a 29-year-old father-of-two who works as a security guard in Mogadishu: "Nobody cares about Somalia, even if we die in our millions."
Is that true?
... Full article
By AlertNet
Somalia's capital is experiencing its worst violence for 16 years. And yet, says Abdirahman Ali, a 29-year-old father-of-two who works as a security guard in Mogadishu: "Nobody cares about Somalia, even if we die in our millions."
Is that true?
... Full article
AlertNet VoxBlog: Death by numbers
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Reading your morning paper, two articles catch your eye. One is about a new study that finds almost 4 million people have died in war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo. The other tells the story of "little Mary", a 12-year-old Ugandan girl whose lips were cut off by rebel fighters.
Which story makes you react?
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Next entries
By AlertNet
Reading your morning paper, two articles catch your eye. One is about a new study that finds almost 4 million people have died in war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo. The other tells the story of "little Mary", a 12-year-old Ugandan girl whose lips were cut off by rebel fighters.
Which story makes you react?
... Full article
