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Women's Experiences in Community Media

Women in Action (Isis International, Quezon City), issue 4 (1993), 41 pp.

"In December 1991, upon the initiative of the London-based World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) in collaboration with Isis International in Manila and the International Women's Tribune Centre (IWTC) based in New York, the concept of the Women Empowering Communication global conferenc ... e was crystallized. Now, over two years later, and after several planning meetings and preparatory work, the global conference. Women Empowering Communication in Thailand is a reality. Isis International, in addition to its principal role as a co-organizer, wanted to make a tangible contribution to the conference. Thus we bring to you this issue of Women in Action, a collection of articles on women's experiences in community media from the regions of Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Latin America and the Pacific. The conference participants constitute representatives of women's networks, alternative media, grassroots groups, the academe and other disciplines. It seems only fitting that we share with them how individual women and women's groups have creatively expressed themselves in various media forms in the community setting. In fact, we have featured some of the participating groups in the conference such as Video SEWA, Sistren Theatre Collective, and Cine Mujer. These women have set inspiring examples of how we can utilize varying media expressions not only to attain, self-empowerment but also to improve the portrayal of women in media. They have shown us the similarities in the lives and struggles of women all over the globe, despite cultural and geographical boundaries. What is even more encouraging is that these women's voices come from the community. They have successfully explored in very creative ways the use of low cost media such as song, dance, street theater, drawings, posters, puppetry and flipcharts. There are many other women's groups who have done some very good work in community media such ; as FIRE (Feminist International Radio Endeavour), a feminist radio program in Costa Rica and the East Sepik Documentation Project in the Pacific. We also acknowledge the value of traditional forms of expression such as arpilleras and tapestries, woven stories on cloth by women in Chile, Peru and the Philippines and the khanga, a piece of cloth used as a communication tool by women in Africa.. What we have presented here is but a microviewing of women's experiences in community -media. In bringing this to the Women Empowering Communication conference, we join in the gathering of women i communicators who will enrich us with the breadth and depth of their experiences in media." (Editorial) more

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African Literatures in the Eighties

Dieter Riemenschneider, Frank Schulze-Engler (eds.)

Amsterdam: Rodopi BV (1993), 281 pp.

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Coordination of Information Systems and Services in Namibia: Papers of the Seminar Held in Windhoek 25 February to 5 March 1993

Andree-Jeanne Tötemeyer, Johann Loubser, Alet E. Marais (eds.)

Bonn and Windheok: German Foundation for International Development (DSE);Education, Science and Documentation Centre (ZED);Ministry of Education and Culture Windhoek, Namibia;University of Namibia (1993), 250 pp.

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Glatteis in Afrika: Radio 4 - eine Projektgeschichte

Helmut Bredigkeit

Bonn: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (1993), 35 pp.

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Popular Publishing for Environmental and Health Education: Evaluation of Action Magazine

Terry Russell, Steve Murray

Liverpool: Liverpool University Press (1993), viii, 237 pp.

"Action Magazine is a non-government donor-funded project based in Harare, which produces a magazine for schools targeted at top primary level using a 'popular publishing' format - with comic book elements, fun and games features, cartoons, etc. - to present health and environmental science material ... more

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The Empowerment of Culture: Development Communication and Popular Media

Ad Boeren, Kees Epskamp (eds.)

The Hague: Centre for the Study of Education in Developing Countries (CESO) (1992), 247 pp.

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Slippery Roads in Africa: Radio 4, a Project History

Helmut Bredigkeit

Bonn: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (1992), 35 pp.

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Culture and Development: The Popular Theatre Approach in Africa

Penina Muhando Mlama

Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet (1991), 219 pp.

"Comprehensive study of popular theater forms. Describes experiences of theater workshops in Cameroon and Zimbabwe, as well as development-oriented theater projects in Nicaragua, India Philippines, and Bangladesh. The main section examines four dance-based projects between 1982 and 1986 in which the ... more

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Le développement des médias dans le Tiers-Monde: Exemples tirés de la pratique

Ralf Siepmann

Bonn: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (1991), 39 pp.

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Ralf Siepmann

Fundación Friedrich Ebert (FES) (1991), 40 pp.

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Ralf Siepmann

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The African Book World and Press: A Directory = Répertoire du livre et de la presse en Afrique

Hans M. Zell (ed.)

London: Hans Zell Publishers, 4th ed. (1989), xxi, 306 pp.

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Christian Literature for Africa

Rita Swanepoel, B. J. van der Walt (ed.)

Potchefstroom: Institute for Reformational Studies, Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education (1989), iii, 249 pp.

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