Articles about Bbc
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A GL intern on a mission
03 February 12
For 23-year-old Samkelo Ngwenya from Swaziland, pursuing journalism as a profession could not have been an overnight decision but a passion he developed while doing his primary education. [read more]
Tanzania: Tanzania study shows one in three girls sexually abused
31 August 11
Nearly one third of Tanzanian girls experience sexual violence before they turn 18, a UNICEF survey has found. The figure among boys is 13.4%, says the UN children's agency. The most common form of abuse is sexual touching, followed by attempted intercourse, it says. [read more]
Welcome to Issue 19 of the Diversity Exchange!
05 August 11
By Saeanna Chingamuka
In our newsletter last month, we highlighted the phone-hacking scandal that witnessed the closure of the News of the World, newspaper. The closure of the 168 year old newspaper is an opportunity for citizens to question the issue of rights and responsibilities. The scandal is far from... [read more]
In our newsletter last month, we highlighted the phone-hacking scandal that witnessed the closure of the News of the World, newspaper. The closure of the 168 year old newspaper is an opportunity for citizens to question the issue of rights and responsibilities. The scandal is far from... [read more]
Zimbabwean wins Caine Prize
05 August 11
Zimbabwean author NoViolet Bulawayo won a major African literary award the Caine Prize for her short story about a starving gang of children from a shanty town who steal guavas from an upmarket suburb. The story titled Hitting Budapest is about six children including one who is pregnant with her grandfather's baby. [read more]
Youth Month
17 June 11
The International Day of the African Child has been celebrated on 16 June every year since 1991, when it was first initiated by the Organization of African Unity. It honours those who participated in the Soweto Uprising in 1976 on that day in South Africa where thousands of black school children took to the streets... [read more]
Réduire la voix des femmes au silence sur une question qui les concerne
22 March 11
Regional relevance: Mauritius
Trois hommes pour discuter de l’Islam et des femmes.
Waow! Ceci est vraiment incroyable, en particulier dans un pays où la Constitution et la législation contre la discrimination sexuelle énoncent clairement qu’on ne peut discriminer sur la base du sexe. Dans ce cas précis, la discrimination est donc à son... [read more]
Middle East women must seize the moment
11 March 11
Regional relevance: International
All my previous experience of gender and media monitoring, the statistics which show women’s voices are not being used in the media and my knowledge that we still have a long way to go in gender-sensitising our media, has been turned upside down by these incredible women. Suddenly everything seems possible again. [read more]
International Women's Day: My battery-powered legacy
07 March 11
Regional relevance: Zimbabwe
In a speech at the recent Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), UN Women’s Executive Director, Michelle Bachelet, noted that even within the UN system itself, gender parity is still an unreached ideal. At policy formulation level, women only constitute 28% of the UN system’s workforce. [read more]
Nation Tops Region on Press Freedom
08 November 10
Windhoek - Namibia holds the top press freedom position for an African country in the latest Reporters Without Borders 2010 World Press Freedom Index rankings.
RSF (Reporters Sans Frontiers) has moved Namibia 14 places up from 35rd to 21st in its press index recently released, stating that the country has... [read more]
The rise of citizen journalism
14 October 10
Regional relevance: Southern Africa (SADC)
Gone are the days when reporting news was the preserve of an elite circle of journalists: they have been replaced by a new animal, the citizen journalist. [read more]
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