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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,

AMARC celebrates its 30th anniversary
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The World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) celebrates its 30th Anniversary this 2013. AMARC brings together a network of more than 4,000 community radios, federations and community media stakeholders in more than 130 countries. It was in August 1983 that a group of community radio fans met spontaneously in Montreal for the first World Conference of community radio broadcasters, only to realise at the meeting that there was already an embryonic world movement which brought

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

Chapman Conference on Communicating Climate Science
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Communicating Climate Science: A Historic Look to the Future The goal of this Chapman Conference is to bring together scholars, social scientists, and journalists to discuss both the history and recent advances in the understanding of climate science and how to communicate that science to policymakers, the media, and society. A research agenda of the conference will focus on the efficacy of scientific communication, with ideas on improved practices arising