[WestNileNet] Memory Lane 2012: IWPR Womens Rights Program...
(Picture: IWPR Consultant Hussein Amin, right, conducts a video presentation during the special training workshop for CRN journalists. The Institute for War Peace Reporting, based in The Hague, is focused primarily on Transitional Justice.) A training and mentoring course for broadcast journalists has paved the way for IWPR’s new programmes covering women’s rights. The weekly programmes are produced in partnership with the Catholic Radio Network (CRN). The content is gathered and recorded by IWPR and CRN’s team of journalists. The goal of the project is to provide women with a platform to access independent news about the rule of law and women’s rights, and to stimulate debate through local media. The training programme was held at the Association for Media Development. The programme is a 15-minute weekly radio magazine featuring news, interviews and analysis, with an emphasis on women’s rights and will air on CRN stations. The new project, IWPR’s first, has been welcomed by station managers at IWPR’s local partner, CRN. “We are looking forward to producing programmes that will contribute to improving the condition of women, particularly by making themselves and the general public more aware of women's rights,” Sister Elena Balatti, director of CRN Radio said. A second phase of the training programme will be held in the coming weeks. The training workshop has taught reporters the basic skills of broadcasting, investigative journalism, including research, interviewing and production techniques. The course also covered a variety of presentation formats, so that participants will be able to reach out to their audiences and interact with them on complex issues via news bulletins, special reports, radio documentaries, public debates and phone-in talk shows. The journalists trained by IWPR welcomed the chance to acquire new skills. “The best item in the training was learning a method to plan the radio programmes, especially who to interview,” said James Pakwan, a senior editor who will work alongside the reporters as they produce the programmes. The intensive training schedule also included specialist tuition on human rights issues, with a particular focus on the role of the media in reporting rights and justice issues in the region. Reporters learned how to research and provide in-depth coverage on issues such as sexual violence, local judicial mechanisms and women empowerment. The programmes provide an opportunity for listeners to become better informed about crucial issues and contribute their own views on them as well. The Christian Radio Network of stations will broadcast the programme in local languages. Topics to be explored in upcoming episodes include widows’ rights, early marriage and the value of girl education. The discussions during training also focused on the legal complications arising from the different interpretations between customary law and common law systems, and their effects on women’s rights in the region. “Our training helped to build a picture of the situation facing women, especially to focus on areas where their rights are not yet fully recognised,” Jina Awin, a reporter said. Other participants were enthusiastic about the objectives of the programmes that will be aired through CRN’s network. “To be aware that a problem [concerning women’s rights] is there is not the end of the task,” Pakwan said. “The radio programme should give clues as to who can address [women’s rights issues] or possibly how to solve them.” Story by Simon Jennings - IWPR Africa Editor. (Editors Note: This project is funded by the European Union.) Tweet Widget www.iwpr.net https://iwpr.net/global-voices/iwpr-launch-radio-programme ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
[WestNileNet] Amin's Economic Record.
Amin's Economic Record. Picture: Another T-Shirt sample I received today. Amin being carried by British residents. Guys! Can you name one State company, government parastatal, cooperative union, bank, hospital, road, market or school that collapsed during the Amin days? ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
[WestNileNet] Check This!!!
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[WestNileNet] ISRAEL'S NEW ABSURDITY!
I follow the Middle East Peace issue quite regularly and yesterday Benyamin Netanyahu reached another level of absurd. Ever since he became Prime Minister, he says he wants to see peace talks move forward with the two-state solution. But at the same time his actions have been to undermine the very talks he claims to support: He builds extra illegal settlements on Palestinian land every year. He wages war on the occupied territories thereby killing any chances of peace when he destroys everything he possibly can. Sincerely, could you come to talks with a person who is still destroying your house, or will you prefer that he first stop if he is serious about peace? Netanyahu's long tested strategy to suffocate the talks? Build illegal settlements by force on Palestinian land. They then get frustrated and refuse peace talks themselves. But World opinion now has proof that it is Benyamin who has been delaying to settle the peace. Yesterday he finally declared openly that if voted (elections are today), he will block creation of a Palestinian State. Basically he will stop peace. In my opinion, Benjamín Netanyahu is the most malicious leader the world has had to deal with on the Israeli/Palestinian issue. He has now proved it himself that he has been a peace liar for the last two decades. He clearly doesn't ever want peace in the Middle East. As Israel votes today, won't the outcome show if the Israelí people also want peace or continued conflict? ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
[WestNileNet] Forex Rates: A Comparison.
Todays Foreign Exchange rate says 1USD=3045 Uganda Shillings. Incredibly, for the entire 8 years during Amins days in Uganda, One US Dollar was only Seven Uganda Shillings (yes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Shillings). That's how strong Uganda's currency was. When they say nasty things about Uganda's economy in the 70's, they are creepy liars. For those who weren't there, it is simply impossible to have an exchange rate that strong if there is a weak economy. These numbers alone show that the illiterate Amin did far better in national macro-economics than todays PHD holders. ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
[WestNileNet] Uganda First Or Last?
Uganda First Or Last? They've said it time and time again: Unity is strength. We put aside the issues that separate us, then we unite to achieve a bigger common goal. Everyone takes a specific responsibility or task that they focus on and are accountable for. But when we partake in personal opportunism, we invite the same plague that has always delayed or destroyed progress whenever it was presented at our doors. For some, it is all about their own ambitions to get somewhere up there. Please step aside because you are blocking the way for a whole society, a whole country. Most don't have specific solutions to table before the people. Many more focus solely on themselves anyway. Yet the country is a patient in an emergency room. It needs to be attended to by devoted specialists. The countries endemic problems have seen poverty stagnating on us and other serious infections emerging within society: Corruption, immorality, early pregnancies, serious crime, loss of trust, selfishness, greed, unemployment, disease and ignorance. And all this has a cost to personal and national resources, our economic development. How many people get to leadership before we realize that they haven't a single mission for our communities or our nation? Why can't we then let those who have good tidings for the country lead us. Why don't we have real patriots come and implement the progress we all want. For that to happen, we first have to abandon the polarized politics. Because our deep divisions within the current politics are destroying us. We need unity for our country, it's vast wealth, it's children and it's future generations. All our leaders, regardless of political affiliations, should actually be united behind the motto: Uganda First. ___ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ___
