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Reporting Gender Based Violence in Southern Africa
Published: 18 November 2011 Region: Southern Africa Gender Links is running a series of training workshops for the media in …

Responsible Journalism Training Course for Moroccan Radio Journalists
Event date: 17 – 21 December 2011 Country: Morocco The Media Diversity Institute is organising a 5 day production-oriented training …

How Hungary’s Perfect Storm Threatens Media
Published: 18 November 2011 Region: EU The Media Diversity Institute joined an international press freedom mission to Hungary, …

Stereotypes That Bring a Superhero Crashing Down to Earth
Published: 15 November 2011 Region: USA & Worldwide By Fitri Adi Anugrah and Pedja Urosevic “It’s tiresomely obvious, but not …

Ethical Journalism Initiative: National Conference held in Bratislava
Published: 15 November 2011 Region: EU Around 50 participants, including national and regional journalists, representatives of civil society groups and …

Media Diversity Institute seeks Egypt Country Programme Director
The Media Diversity Institute (MDI) is looking for an experienced and professional Country Programme Director to run its Egyptian Programme …

A Bunker Mentality over Racism in Sport
Published: 8 November 2011 Region: Worldwide By Aidan White Everyone knows about racism in sports – on the terraces, in …

Demos: The New Face of Digital Populism
Published: 8 November Region: EU The think-thank Demos has published a study on how populist parties and movements in Europe …

Report on Attack on Egyptian Christians Launched
Published: 4 November 2011 Country: Egypt The Center for Intercultural Dialogue and Translations launched a report analysing video evidence from …

Arab West Report Provides Insight In Arab-West Relationship
Published: 4 November 2011 Region: Middle East & Worldwide Arab West Report (AWR) aims at providing objective and independent documentation, …