New Tactics February On-line Tactical Discussion
Engaging the media in human rights is an on-going challenge and opportunity. The media play a critical role in civil society as carriers of information about how people behave, and consequently, have the ability to influence how people behave. These roles create a unique opportunity for human rights practitioners to communicate with a larger audience than otherwise possible. The challenge is to tap into this resource – and engage the media. You are still able to join our featured resource people for the New Tactics in Human Rights on-line discussion and share your own experiences, insights and questions.
Our featured resource people for the discussion include:
Alan Davis joined the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) in 1994 after training as a journalist and reporting extensively from Indochina and East Asia. He has designed and implemented IWPR programmes in the Balkans, the Caucasus, Central Asia and Afghanistan and leads IWPR's consultancy work. He currently heads up IWPR’s development and programme work in Asia.
Philippe Duhamel, a Canadian, writes the interTactica blog on the New Tactics website. He garnered extensive experience with the media through being a columnist for two years for the French radio network of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Mufuliat Fijabi is a Senior Programme Officer with BAOBAB for Women’s Human Rights in Nigeria. Before she joined BAOBAB in 1999, she was a full time journalist in both print and electronic media organizations.
Davinder Kumar is a journalist from India, now relocated in London, with over 10 years experience working in the field of human rights and one of the first journalists to be awarded the British Chevening Human Rights Scholarship in 2004 to undertake MA in Theory and Practice of Human Rights at the Human Rights Centre, University of Essex.
Sharon Lamwaka is a trained journalist with experience working both nationally and internationally. Her specialty is print media although currently very involved in radio work. She is the Communications and Advocacy Officer at the African Centre for Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture Victims (ACTV) in Uganda.
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