IWTC Women's GlobalNet #308
Activities and Initiatives of Women Worldwide
October
16, 2006
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LOCAL LANGUAGE RADIO PROGRAMMES WEBCAST
AND BROADCAST MARATHON GIVE GLOBAL DIMENSION TO UN SCR 1325 CELEBRATION |
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The International Women’s Tribune Centre (IWTC) will take the
commemoration of the 6th anniversary of UN Security Council
Resolution 1325 to the airwaves, the Internet and to various other media
venues in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Sudan, the Philippines and New York. This
collection of international media events will unfold in partnership with a
number of organizations, including Isis-International, Radio FIRE (Feminist
International Radio Endeavor), the Uganda Media’s Women’s Association,
Liberia Women Action Media Committee, the African Women and Children’s
Feature Service, Association of Media Women in Kenya, the Tanzania Media
Women’s Association, and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, and will
include TV, radio, newspaper and magazine interviews with women peacebuilders in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Sudan. 1325 Broadcast Campaign IWTC, the Uganda Media Women’s Network, the Liberian Women Media
Action Committee, a number of African community radio stations, and Isis
International – Manila, will broadcast Women Talk Peace, a local language
radio programme series focusing on the use of SCR
1325 in addressing the conflict in Northern Uganda, the role of women in
reconstruction in Liberia, and women’s participation in peace processes in
Mindanao, Philippines, on community radio stations in the Philippines,
Uganda, Liberia, and other parts of Africa.
The programmes will be aired in English, Bassa, Kpelle, Swahili,
Luganda, Liberian English, and Filipino. Dates: October 23-31, 2006 1325 BROADCAST MARATHON IWTC and Radio FIRE will host an eight-hour broadcast and webcast marathon featuring interviews with and messages
from women in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Rwanda,
Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, and many other countries will be held on Thursday,
October 26, 2006. Tune in: Link through our website: www.iwtc.org If you want to participate in the marathon, write to: sylvia@iwtc.org On the Ground, On the Air! Women
Claiming 1325 Local language radio productions on UNSCR 1325 in Bassa, Kpelle, Luganda,
Swahili, Filipino, French and English, produced by the IWTC in partnership
with various organizations, will be launched in celebration of the
resolution’s 6th anniversary. This event will be held in
partnership with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Date: October 27, 2006 Time: 3.00 p.m. to 4.00 p.m. Venue: IWTC Office - 3rd Floor UN Church Centre, 777 UN Plaza,
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