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Chewing on the burqa ban
Published: 11 April 2011 Region: France & Worldwide Gary Herman for Media Diversity Institute On April 11, 2011, the French …

UJOSS representative met with South Sudan Minister of Information
Published: 7 April 2011 Country: South Sudan On April 6 2011, members of the Executive of the Union of Journalists …

Production Focus – My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding
Published: 7 April 2011 Country: UK “You should be ashamed of yourself”, a man screamed from the audience at Jes …

Five UJOSS journalists to be trained in Japan
Published: 8 April 2011 The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has confirmed that during May 2011 five journalists from the …

Diversity fellowship for journalists in USA
Deadline: 31 April 2011 Country: USA U.S.A. journalists of Black & minority ethnic origin who produce arts and features content for …

Women of the Egyptian Revolution
Published: 5 April 2011 Region: Egypt & Worldwide Egypt is not particularly unusual in being a deeply patriarchal society, but …

South Sudan starts talking, thanks to Radio Miraya
Published: 6 April 2011 “Many of our journalists are former child soldiers and even those who managed to avoid such …

We are not a militia, say Southern Sudan’s ‘Arrow Boys’
By Phillip Mbugo William They are youthful and daring. Villagers who have borne the brunt of the attacks of the …

Yei ‘boda boda taxi’ riders call for help
By Agele Benson Amos Alarmed by the high number of accidents, motor cycle and bicycle taxi operators in Yei River …

South Sudan’s veteran female journalist passes on
By Paul Jimbo It was on Friday 18th March 2011 when the ugly and greedy face of death snatched the …