Millennium Dev't Goals
ASIA: Media, Accidental Environmentalists? |
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By Lynette Lee Corporal BANGKOK, Apr 6 (AMF) - As the first round of climate change talks get under way in Bonn, Germany, Asia’s media are taking stock of how environment issues have taken hold not only of the public, but also on the Fourth Estate itself. |
THAILAND: Women Reel from Unemployment |
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By Lynette Lee Corporal BANGKOK, Mar 6 (Asia Media Forum) - "Please help me find a way to have some money for milk," pleaded Benjawan Marongthong, a mother of two young boys who used to work in a garments factory. Laid off two years ago and unable to find work at a time when the ranks of the unemployed are growing amid the global economic downturn, Benjawan is almost at the end of her rope. |
'Poverty of Purpose' Rampant in the Media |
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Analysis by Milind Kokje* The media seem to have lost their way. They not only have forgotten their social agenda but have also lost their very purpose due to the rampant commercialisation of the media 'business'. With this 'poverty of purpose', how can anyone expect this profession to help in eradicating poverty worldwide? |
MEDIA-ASIA: More Than Just Freedom |
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By Lynette Lee Corporal BANGKOK, May 2 (IPS) - More than gaining the freedom to report on society’s problems Asian media must gauge it’s real contribution to the public‘s needs, especially at a time of increasing commercialisation. |
Media Grappling with MDG Stories |
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By Lynette Lee Corporal BANGKOK, May 2 (AMF) - The good news is that media, whether mainstream or community-based, can be effective tools in helping to make the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) a reality by 2015. The bad news? It's not happening. |
MDGs: 'Have We Reached an Impasse?' — WHO |
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Dr Margaret Chan, World Health Organisation director-general, examines current progress in achieving health-related Millennium Development Goals. In a speech delivered in April this year in Denmark, Chan noted that healthy systems tasked to "make interventions available, accessible and utilised" is in a crisis and urged them to "use the best strategies available" before it is too late. |
UN Chief Says Youth Key to Poverty Fight |
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By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Nov 1 (IPS) - With less than two months before he steps down as secretary-general after a long 10-year tenure, Kofi Annan is disappointed that the international community is lagging behind in its much-touted Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), including a 50 percent reduction in extreme poverty and hunger by 2015. |
Millions of Starving Shame the World, U.N. Says |
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By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Oct 19 (IPS) - Since hunger and famine are still widespread in parts of Africa and Asia, the international community is in violation of the right to food as a basic universal human right, according to a new study released by the United Nations. |
THAILAND: Coping with HIV/AIDS Takes Toll on Elderly |
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By Bhanubet MahareankwanTHAILAND: 'Don't Ignor Seniors' |
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By Bhanubet Mahareankwan CHIANG MAI, Thailand - 'Access for All' was the slogan of the 15th International Conference on HIV/AIDS held in Thailand in July 2004. Among those that made the commitment was the Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who had announced that every person living with HIV/AIDS would soon have equal access to ARV. More than a year later, the promise remains unfulfilled -- if not forgotten. |
Aung Htun (not his real name) is one of the young video journalists featured in the award-winning feature documentary 'Burma VJ (Reporting from a Closed Country)'. 
