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Meat and potatoes video from Amnesty International, but no less powerful for it. This timely video comes in the week the UN panel investigating allegations of human rights abuses and war crimes in the last days of the Sri Lankan civil war published its report. However, it has yet to be made public. Whether it [...]
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It is rare to come across any detailed analysis of the use of images in social activism, let alone an organisation publishing its own internal research. So, this report by UNICEF – ‘Images of girls and girls’ education: Reviewing and Rethinking‘ makes interesting reading. Published in March 2009, it presents research conducted over six months [...]
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The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is running two competitions to raise awareness of the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). The competitions, both photographic and video, are themed around ‘Changing Lives’. For contest rules click here. Submission deadline for both comps is 31 October 2009.
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The UN has been present in Nepal for many years, with the recent addition of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in 2005. There are a total of 22 UN agencies present in or doing some work on Nepal. There are several pieces of work that are worth a [...]
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To mark the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child UNICEF has organised a video contest. Click here for more details. Deadline is 30 August.
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‘Plastic Sheeting in the Wind’ is a fictional TV drama about the work of UNHCR in Japan. Broadcast by NHK (Japan’s public broadcasting service) it has aired over the last five weeks, spanning World Refugee Day on 20 June, reaching an estimated audience of millions. Using a fictional plot, including romance between protection officers, it [...]
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Between 20-24 June a UNHCR organized and Photo.Circle curated exhibition will take place at Bhrikuti Exhibition Hall in Kathmandu, Nepal. Entry is FREE. Opening times are 10am – 7pm. Works on show are by Ashok R. Shakya, Kari Collins, Kashish Das Shrestha, NayanTara Gurung Kakshapati, Edwin Koo, Zalmai, Christian Als, Saiful Huq Omi, John Lehmann, [...]
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