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“Mobile Services that Empower Vulnerable Communities” is the theme of the 5th conference on information and communications technologies for development (ICT4D) organized by Catholic Relief Services. It will be held at Alisa Hotel in Accra, Ghana on March 19-21. The conference offers an opportunity to listen, exchange ideas, test devices and engage with technology providers and practitioners who have used innovative mobile solutions to empower vulnerable communities within Africa, Asia and

Research hackathon on agriculture and nutrition
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Every year institutions, researchers and practitioners generate thousands of datasets, reports and articles about development issues. Yet, much of this knowledge remains underused. Open data online makes it possible to take information on research from various sources and generate ‘mash-ups’ to make it available in different places and on different platforms.  The four-day “hackathon” held from January 22 to 25, 2013 in Nairobi, Kenya, gathered experts on agriculture and nutrition

Call for articles: Philippine Journal of Development Communication
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The Philippine Journal of Development Communication is accepting article contributions for the 2013 issues. Articles should have a high degree of scholarship and results of original work, and must not have been published on other journals nor simultaneously submitted to other publications. Articles must focus on: 1. Research in development communication (including literature synthesis and meta-analyses)2. Reflections on development communication practice (project reports with synthesis of lessons learned and how

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The Social Media Week 2013 is scheduled on February 17-22 in Washington to showcase the use of digital space for development. USAID will host several events during the week to contribute to the conversation and highlight how people rely on technology for a multitude of reasons, including program management and reporting, and general educational purposes for a range of projects, funded by USAID. You can showcase your work using social media for development through

World Radio Day 2013
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Wednesday February 13 is the international World Radio Day 2013 – proclaimed by UNESCO in 2011, it celebrates radio as a medium and promotes access to information and freedom of expression over the airwaves. Radio continues to reach the widest audience worldwide. This multi-purpose and low-cost medium helps people engage in discussions on topics that affect them, report facts and tell stories. It is specifically suited to reach remote communities

PhD scholarship in Media and Communication Studies
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Malmö University is offering a PhD scholarship in Media and Communication Studies for a 4-year collaborative, interdisciplinary project based at Medea.  The successful PhD candidate will join the Living Archives project funded by the Swedish Research Council’s programme “Digitalized Society”. See details of the Living Archives project here. The project involves complementary research strands of Open Data and Performing Memory and focuses on how archives can become a social resource, be integral

WWSF Prize for Rural Women - Call for Nomination
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Since 1994 the Women’s World Summit Foundation Prize ($ 1000 per laureate and $ 3000 for African women’s organisations) honors women and women’s groups around the world exhibiting exceptional creativity, courage and commitment for the improvement of the quality of life in rural communities. Rural women provide examples of sound practice in their communities, but still do not have full access to tools needed for development, such as education, credit,

International conference on climate change and humanity
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Rome, Italy will host the 2nd International Conference on Climate Change and Humanity (ICCCH) on February 24-25, 2013. The conference aims to bring to a common forum innovative academics and industrial experts in the field of Climate Change and Humanity. Its primary goal is to promote research and developmental activities in this sector, and to promote scientific information interchange between researchers, developers, engineers, students and practitioners working in India and

Forests for People Short Film Contest
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200 million people. 193 countries. One amazing portrait of how forests sustain us. Forests for People is a short film contest organized by the UN Forum on Forests Secretariat, together with the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival. Everyone, in every part of the world, is invited to create and share a personal film about their relationship with the forest and how it inspires, shelters, nurtures or makes life possible. Every type

CfCSC Conference on Communication and Social Change
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The Centre for Communication and Social Change (CfCSC) is holding its inaugural boutique conference titled “Beyond the Impasse: Exploring New Thinking in Communication & Social Change”. The conference will be held on January 29-31, 2013 at The University of Queensland, in Brisbane, Australia. In the words of the CCfSC co-director Pradip Thomas: “Over the past decade, innovation in critical communication for social change (CSC) theory has failed to keep pace