Haiti

Kokorat (Street Children) testify to the youth reporters of Tele Ghetto

August 4, 2011
Tele Ghetto

Thanks to Brandon Jourdan for sending Waves this post.  Brandon has helped to train the Tele Ghetto reporters.

 

 

Uniting in the Face of Unnatural Disasters by Jane Regan

May 14, 2011
The International Association of Community Radios (AMARC) held a special meeting in Haiti on May 9.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, May 9, 2011 (IPS) - "In my opinion, there is no such thing as a natural disaster," says Sylvia Richardson, a volunteer broadcaster, mother of two, assistant librarian, and the new vice president of the North American region of the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC).

"Poor people are forced to live in conditions that make them vulnerable. The real question is, why do we have this idea that poverty is 'natural'?" she asked. 

2010 Women's Rights around the World

January 21, 2011

The Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) is an international, multi-generational, feminist, creative, future-orientated membership organization committed to achieving gender equality, sustainable development and women's human rights.