CR Advocates Resolve to Rekindle ‘The Spirit of Pastapur’
Community radio practitioners and advocates met at University of Hyderabad on October 16,...
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Gram Vaani adopts a new avatar
Gram Vaani has entered into a strategic partnership with the Life Impacting Services business spinoff from OnMobile Global Ltd, to form OnionDev. Why this curious name? We feel this metaphor accurately captures what we have...
Read MoreUNESCO Chair conducts community media workshop for Asia-Pacific participants
The UNESCO Chair on Community Media, in collaboration with the National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRD&PR) and the Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP),...
Read MoreUNESCO Chair at UOH gets 2nd term
The UNESCO Chair on Community Media at University of Hyderabad (UoH), the only one of its kind in the world, has been granted a second term, until 2019, by UNESCO Headquarters (Paris). The Chair is based in the Department of...
Read MoreWomen in CR: Lessons from Mozambique
Palmira Velasco is a journalist and Director, Association of Women in Media (Associacao da Mulher na Comunicação Social – AMCS), Mozambique. Former editor of Demos, Palmira was the first Mozambican woman editor. At present, she...
Read MoreBhutan holds its first CR capacity building workshop
As Bhutan takes its first steps towards introducing community broadcasting in the country, the first ever ‘Capacity Building Workshop on Community Radio’ was held in Phuentsholing between November 17-26, 2015. Conducted by the...
Read MoreCR toolkit adapted for use in five East African countries
The UNESCO Chair on Community Media team conducted a three-day workshop in Arusha, Tanzania with grassroots CR practitioners to adapt and validate the Community Radio Continuous Improvement Toolkit (CR-CIT), developed by the...
Read MoreCR for and by the Maasai in Tanzania
A firsthand account of the Orkonerei Community Radio Station by Vinod Pavarala A dusty and bumpy drive from Arusha, Tanzania took us to Terrat village, about 80 km away, in the Simanjiro district of the Manyara region. It had...
Read MoreUNESCO Chair at UOH gets 2nd term as its work on community media goes global
PRESS RELEASE UNESCO CHAIR AT UOH GETS 2nd TERM as its work on community media goes global Hyderabad, December 11, 2015 The UNESCO Chair on Community Media at University of Hyderabad (UoH), the only one of its kind in the world,...
Read MoreThe poor and marginalized find themselves without a voice in that monolithic public sphere
Interview of Prof. Vinod Pavarala by Alexander Vojvoda, Civil Peace Service (CPS) peace worker in Buea, Cameroon. Click here to view the document. …
Read MoreCR-CIT – Bangladesh edition (Bengali Version) released
We are pleased to announce the publication of the Bangladesh edition (Bengali) of the Community Radio Continuous Improvement Toolkit (CRCIT) developed by the UNESCO Chair on Community Media with the support of Commonwealth...
Read MoreOpening Remarks, Conference on Community Media Sustainability, September 2015
OPENING REMARKS Conference on Community Media Sustainability: Strengthening Policies and Funding 14-15 September, UNESCO Paris Guy Berger, Director, Division of Freedom of Expression and Media Development, Communication and...
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