Central council member Rakesh Prasad Chaudhari

 FNJ MAHOTTARI CHAIR

Bardibas, March 13: Journalist Ishwori Poudel has been elected the chair of the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ), Mahottari district chapter today.  The 9^th district convention of FNJ Mahottari chapter elected a new working committee for the next term.      The newly elected in the committee are Dhirendra Ray (vice chairman),  Bikram Rauniyar (secretary),  Dipika Sah (joint secretary) and  Menaka Kumari Singh (treasurer), among others. Among the elected central council members are Gopal Prasad Baral, Hari Prasad Mandal, Ishwori Kafle and Rakesh Prasad Chaudhari.

Rakesh Prasad Chaudhary, a radio and television journalist

In Nepal, a collaboration between UNICEF and the Nepal Press Institute draws attention to the lives of women and children

© UNICEF Nepal/2012/Basnet

Nilipha Subba, one of the top award winners, is presented with a laptop for producing consistently high-quality stories on children and women's issues.

By John Brittain and Ashma Shrestha Basnet

KATHMANDU, Nepal, 11 May 2012 – Fifty journalists in Nepal have been awarded for highlighting the harsh realities facing the country's children and women.

The journalists, from 30 of Nepal's 75 districts, have collectively published over 400 stories in various national and local media over the last two years. The writers, over half of whom are women, have all been engaged in a two-year long collaboration between UNICEF and the Nepal Press Institute (NPI), which has provided ongoing training and support to the participants.

The programme was intended to encourage the journalists to report not only on topics that the mainstream Nepali media concentrates on – mainly politics – but also on the many issues which affect the lives of children and women. The stories have generated a major response, creating a demand among the media for more such features.

"A public space and expectation has been created for them and by them," said Hanaa Singer, UNICEF Representative in Nepal, "and the fascinating voice of women talking about women's issues is being heard."

Dedicated coverage of children's and women's issues

The award ceremony was also a chance for many of the journalists to share some of their own stories.

"I did an investigative story on citizenship and how women and children are suffering in the absence of it," said Chadani Hamal, a correspondent of the Nagarik national daily newspaper. "My story led to a visit by Constituent Assembly members and the stateless women were heard by the CA members. This is the first time they have been taken seriously in this way."

Nilipha Subba, a Dharan-based journalist, was one of the top award winners. She received a laptop for the consistently high quality of her work. "When I started my career, everyone told me that I would get nowhere writing stories on children and women," she said. "Now this award is my answer to those people, and I am sure this laptop will help me to continue writing such stories."

© UNICEF Nepal/2012/Basnet

A participant receives a camera for producing high-quality stories on children and women's issues.

One of the male participants, Rakesh Prasad Chaudhary, a radio and television journalist from Mahottari, also spoke up. "Before the training, I seldom wrote about children and women," he said. "Now after writing a whole series of stories on these issues, I have realized that we can make a career by covering these issues as well."

Mala Karn from Saptari, in eastern Nepal, also won a laptop. She said that the training had helped boost her confidence, and after the training, she negotiated with her newspaper editor to dedicate a page to children's and women's issues. She now coordinates that page.

Ensuring children and women are heard

UNICEF had partnered with Nepal Press Institute (NPI) to roll out the initiative at three focal points across the country.

NPI and its affiliate, the Regional Media Resource Centre, helped the journalists by advising them on content and editing their stories, while also helping ensure that their work was published in the local and national media.

As an incentive, cameras were presented to all the journalists who published consistently, and three laptops were presented to the best performing journalists.

"The direct support of UNICEF in the project has now ended, but the space created by the journalists has remained open," said Ms. Singer, "and the women and children of Nepal have found a larger forum in which to speak and be heard."

Updated: 11 May 2012

 

 

Warm clothes distributed in Mushar tole

Warm clothes distributed in Mushar tole

Jaleshwar, January 6 : Human Rights Network Third Alliance has distributed warm clothes in Mushar tole. In the warm clothes program journalist Nagendrakumar Karna, Rakesh Chaudhary, Ranjan Bhandari  and social leaders Akabar Ansari, Sayendrakumar Yadav, Shyam Chaudhary like persons were present

Happy Chhat Festival

Happy Chhat Festival

Winner 2068 Photo Journalist Club

Happy Chhat Festival

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I am indebted to Mr. Rakesh Chaudhary, for his help during data collection, Miss Anu Singh, for her kind support in coding, tabulating etc. I am equally indebted to Mr. Sunil Karn who helped me from proposal writing up to completion of thesis.

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INSEC’s Financial Support to Madhes Agitation Victim Journalist

INSEC’s Financial Support to Madhes Agitation Victim Journalist

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Mahottari/ October 5

INSEC has provided a financial support of Rs 10,000 to journalist Bikdram Rauniyar on October 5.

Rauniyar was beaten up and his newly bought camera was smashed by the police while covering a demonstration on September 7.

The support was handed over to Rauniyar amidst a program organized INSEC Mahottari to discuss on the situation of human rights defenders in the district.

Rauniyar is reporter for Saurya daily and Mountain TV and FNJ Mahottari secretary.

He had bruises all over the body when beaten up by the police at Ram Chok Janakpur.

Speaking at the program Rauniyar said that the INSEC support made him feel like getting social justice. The meeting also formed a 15-member Human Rights Defenders Network with INSEC district representative Ajay Kumar Sah.

The other members of the Network incude Rakesh Chaudhary, Ranjan Bhandari, Rajkaran Mahato, Dipika Sah, Madan Kumar Jha, Tulasi Raman Kafle, Bikaru Yadav, Rekha Jha, Geeta Chimoriya, Ghanshyam Bhagat, Nagendra Kumar Karn, Ram Narayan Mahato and Sanjit Kumar Mandal.

During the meeting, the district human rights defenders said that they had to resort to self-censorship and that they were targeted both by the police and the demonstrators. 

Ajay Kumar Sah

http://www.inseconline.org/index.php?type=news&lang=en&id=16909

Rakesh Chaudhary (rep 31/05/2013)

Muslim women seek their rights, 

Radio network formed in Mahottary

Radio network formed in Mahottary

Jaleshwar, October 16 : Ghansyam Bhagat of Appan Mithila has been selected coordinator of newly formed FM radio network Mahottary. In the network Sunita Mahato of Radio Gaushala secretary and Kishore Kumar Thakur Treasurer were selected. Likewise member of the network Ajay Sah of Radio Gaushala, Bishnukumar Yadav of Raido Sonamai, Gopal Jha of Radio Jaleshwarnath, Dipika Kumari Sah of Radio Rudraksha and Nargish Bhagat of Radio Mirchi have been selected. Advisors are Nagendrakumar Karna, Rakeshprasad Chaudhary and Dashrath Bhandari. 

Image By Rakesh Prasad Chaudhary

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Only one mahalinga in world that is Jaleshwar

Only one mahalinga in world  that is Jaleshwar

High risk of dual pandemics: HIV infection and violence against women within one household

High risk of dual pandemics: HIV infection and violence against women within one household

Rakesh Chaudhari, Nepal FM, Mahottari District, Fellowship Grantee

The number of workers that go abroad is growing, especially from the Terai dictricts such as Dhanusha, Mahottari and Sarlahi. No sooner does the visa arrive than the husband hurries abroad, leaving his newly-married wife at home. It is sometimes found that when a husband is absent, a wife is physically and mentally abused by her family-in-law, but few such events are disclosed publicly. Men who work in India or other countries are infected by HIV through unsafe sex. This is how women become HIV positive even when staying inside their own houses. Women without husbands are subject to violence by their own relatives and family members. This kind of violence against women is not apparent beyond the permineter of home in order to avoid social discrimination. Some women say that it is self-defense to keep their HIV infection a secret. Babita (pseudonym), thirty-four, is one such woman. She explains, “I am a widow. If they know that I am HIV positive, they will isolate me from the village. I am already tormented by my own relatives.” Most cases remain undisclosed During long absences from their husbands, women are subjected to violence inside their own houses and are sometimes forced to have sex with the fathers- or brothers-in-law or husband’s friends. According to victims who tolerate sexual violence or unwanted sex, they do not go for HIV testing. People from the Districts of Mahottari, Sarlahi, Dhanusa, and Siraha and those who have returned from India go to the Family Planning Association in Bardibas, in the Central region of Nepal, for free testing. “All kinds of information is kept secret”, Programme Director Dhiraj Paudel stated. He added, “If they are infected with HIV, people will hide personal information. Out of 48 HIV positive cases, 20 are women. A few days ago, a sister-in-law and brother-in-law from the same house were found to be HIV positive in Sarlahi.” Poudel added, “They did not disclose their names.” No organisation has data on how many women are forced to have sex with family members or how many, as a result, are infected with HIV, but forced sex is recognizable as a link between violence and HIV. Urmila, the president of Bishwasilo Mahila Samuha, an organisation working in the area of HIV and AIDS, posits that 10% of the women who come in contact with the organisation have been infected through forced sex. Forced sex is just one of the most extreme types of violence that a women can face within the home. This issue is the issue of secrecy. When a woman is sexually within the home, this can 18 Unspoken Voices lead to HIV-infection. And, if a woman is HIV-positive, she often experiences violence. That these issues are often kept within the home is not in itself the issue, however. While HIV positive women can be at risk of violence if their HIV is kept a secret, there is often resistance by the women themselves to disclose their HIV status publicly. Beginning of secret gatherings People living with HIV have established the group Mahottari Plus in Mahottari District. Out of nineteen board members, eight are women, five of whom have lost their husbands to HIV. While establishing the organisation, it was difficult to include women as members because their families and communities were not aware of their HIV status. This is changing. HIV infected women in Dhanusha District, have started raising their voices for women’s rights through Bishwasilo Mahila Samuha. Rekha Jha, the president of the Women’s Awareness Group, said that in many instances, HIV positive women were subjected to violence, including physical violence, isolation, polygamy, and divorce. The cases of women who are infected with HIV due to forced sex with non-husband family members are neither reported nor publicly expressed.
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Citizen Awareness for the Use of Right to Information

We are pleased with the reaction that this program has generated in these two districts. We learnt that it is not possible to achieve an integrated development by holding piecemeal programs. However, if steps are undertaken with clear objectives, it will ultimately help in the attainment of the goal. We were able to get this encouragement during the course of our program. We are grateful to our participants who not only received information about RTI but proactively exercised it as well. Many of them have now become campaigners for RTI. We would also like to thank all VDCs and municipalities and participating media persons for their support. We are grateful to Chief District Officer of Kailali, Bed Prakash Lekhak and Chief District Officer of Mahottari, Ram Prasad Thapaliya, the Local Development Officers, Information Officer of Kailali DDC Yogendra Ojha, Assistant CDO Udaya Bahadur Singh, VDC secretaries and other government officials. We are also thankful to actor Rajesh Hamal for his willingness to be a part of our television promo. Likewise, Chief of Kailali branch of Federation of Nepalese Journalists (FNJ) Bharat Shah and chief of its Mahottari branch, Hari Mandal, local coordinators Bhuwan Joshi (Kailali) and Rakesh Chaudhary (Mahottari) also deserve our thanks. We would like to sincerely thank Center for International Studies and Cooperation (CECI) and World Bank’s initiative Programme for Accountability in Nepal (PRAN) for supporting this entire program.
 http://mag.org.np/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Booklet-on-Citizen-Awareness-English.pdf

burden-of-proof Nepal

Burden Of Proof

• Rakesh Chaudhary
• Thursday, September 18, 2014
• Comment

Sexual violence against women has reached epidemic levels in the Tarai. According to Nepal Police records, the number of rape cases reported at police stations has increased in the last three years from 481 in 2011 to 677 in 2013. Higher awareness among women has helped in bringing more cases to light. But as Chandra Kumari Byanjankar of the Mahottari Women and Children’s Office says, “The number of rape victims is increasing but getting justice and compensation is very difficult.”

Few perpetrators are actually booked for their crimes. Madan Kumar Jha, President of the Human Rights Protection Centre in Mahottari, says, “According to a recent study, only 20% of women who have been raped file a case with the police. The rest of the cases are settled through monetary deals brokered by local community leaders.” Even if women report rape, there are often no witnesses, and society responds by blaming the victims. The few cases that reach the police are not investigated seriously and in the absence of strong evidence, government lawyers don’t always register rape cases.

According to a survey carried out by Kripa in 2013, 81.1% of female respondents and 94.7% of male respondents agreed that officials from the police and local administration could be influenced by bribes. Many cases never reach the police or the courts because people from the community are fine with the use of political pressure and money to help perpetrators go free.

Bijay Thakur, President of the Nepal Bar Association (NBA) in Mahottari says: “There are some cases that reach the courts but there many others that are settled through the village ‘panchayat’. This trend will only encourage the perpetrators.” Marital rape and sexual violence by family members is punishable by law, but these cases are rarely brought to light, adds Ram Shankar Shah, former President of NBA Mahottari.

Uphill battle

Four years ago, a woman was gang-raped by a truck driver and his friends in Mahottari. She had been travelling to visit relatives and the truck driver had agreed to drop her.

On 4 September, 2012, Mahottari District Court sentenced the perpetrators Homlal Shrestha, Raj Kumar Lama and Ajay Lama to five years in prison and ordered them to pay Rs 25,000 each in compensation. The victim filed an application at the same court in April 2013 stating that the compensation had not been paid. Following this, the victim herself was assigned the task of looking into the assets of the rapists and told to present the findings in court. Meanwhile, the perpetrators were released on bail of Rs 5,000 and have been missing ever since. “I have been going to the court regularly, but there is no justice,” she says in despair.

Documentation Officer Lekhnath Bhattarai of Mahottari District Court says that the court wrote to the land revenue office in Makwanpur to urgently follow up on the perpetrators’ property details, to no avail. “After two years, we wrote to Makwanpur District Office to look into this case,” says Bijay Thakur of the NBA. According to Mahottari police, they requested the concerned authorities in other districts to search for the absconding criminals.

“I somehow managed to travel to Jaleshwor for the court hearings, but now it is more troublesome going to Hetauda,” says the victim. She sought help from the Women and Children’s Office in Mahottari, but was told by Byanjankar that there were no programmes available to lend her any support.

Burden of proof

Even if a case goes to court, it is often difficult to establish that the rape took place. If the accused deny the allegations, witnesses often do not present themselves in court, and if there isn’t enough evidence, the rape victim cannot prove that she was raped. Dr Dwarika Prasad Shah of Jaleshwor Hospital says, “If the victim is medically examined within 24 hours of rape it is possible to confirm the incident. But most of the time, victims don’t get checked for weeks, so how can the evidence be gathered?” The Office of the Attorney General has prepared a standardised format for medical reports in rape cases, but it hasn’t been adopted universally. The format of medical reports varies from one hospital to another, adding to the confusion.

Legal provisions

In the 12th amendment (2007) to Nepal’s legal framework, the Muluki Ain, there are provisions to sentence rapists for 5 to 15 years in prison, depending on the victim’s age. It also provides for an additional five years of imprisonment if the victim is gang-raped, pregnant or disabled. If the woman kills the rapist in self-defence then she will not be charged with murder. “But it is difficult to find cases where the woman killed the rapist to protect herself. Simply having laws isn’t enough,” says Sapna Sharma, a rights activist from Bardiya.

What about compensation? 

According to a study carried out done by the National Women’s Commission and the International Commission of Jurists in 2013, only 35% of perpetrators in 205 rape cases had to pay compensation as part of their sentence.

The study covered rape cases in the districts of Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur, Bardiya, Dhading, Mahottari and Siraha. It found that even in similar cases, compensation wasn’t always a part of the sentence.

The study found that the Kathmandu District Court had ordered compensation as low as Rs. 500 while the highest compensation amount stood at Rs. 310,000, ordered by the Lalitpur District Court. The laws related to rape give judges the right to decide on compensation depending on the severity of the case.

“Most of the victims aren’t even aware of the court’s decision regarding compensation. They don’t go to claim it because of all the hassle,” says advocate Samedha Shakya. There are rape victims in Siraha, Bardiya, Dhading, Mahottari and Banke who have applied and are waiting for compensation, but it is becoming very difficult, she adds.

In the rape case of a minor recently, Mahottari District Court judge Rishiram Niraula cited a lack of evidence but still sentenced the accused to seven years in prison for attempting rape. The victims’ family filed the case again at the Appellate Court in Dhanusha, which sentenced the accused to 15 years in jail, but didn’t say anything regarding compensation. Shyam Shah, a women’s rights activist, says, “Judges at the Supreme and Appellate Courts need to be very sensitive towards the issue of compensation for rape victims.” Advocate Shakya claims that there is no consistency in decisions regarding compensation for victims. “Even in similar cases, compensation ranges from as little as Rs. 2,000 to Rs. 150,000” she says. “Decisions based solely on medical evidence need to be improved.”

In another case, a thirteen-year-old rape victim from Dhading was supposed to receive Rs. 100,000 in compensation. She received Rs. 90,000 three years after the court’s decision. Another rape victim in Bardiya received Rs. 25,000 a year after the court’s ruling. Often, the responsibility of identifying the perpetrators’ property details falls on the victims if they claim compensation. In most cases, victims do not know their rapists so it is very difficult for them to proceed. Even when the court asks the concerned land revenue office, they are very reluctant to provide the required information. And in certain cases, the perpetrators do not own any property.

NBA Mahottari President Thakur says, “The court should seize the perpetrators’ bail money to provide compensation to victims. This would ease the hassle of obtaining compensation. We need to amend the law to ensure such provisions.”

State’s duty

Radhika Sapkota, a rights activist from Dhading, says that rape victims are discouraged due to the hassles involved in receiving compensation. “Victims have to go through a lengthy and taxing procedure and even then receiving compensation isn’t guaranteed. The court should demand compensation money from perpetrators to hand over to rape victims,” she says.

Advocate Kamal Guragain agrees that it is the state’s job to ensure that rape victims are compensated fairly. “In Mahottari, a rape victim wasn’t compensated because the rapist didn’t have any property,” he notes. “The state should ensure that such situations don’t arise again.”

This article was originally commissioned by the Centre for Investigative Journalism. A Nepali version of ‘Burden of Proof’ was published in Nagarik on 3 August 2014.

http://www.lalitmag.com/2014/09/burden-of-proof/

International Media Ethics Day

Workshop locations and hosts/organizers in 2014:

Abidjan, Ivory Coast organized by Social.ci

Abidjan, Ivory Coast organized by AREI

Abuja, Nigeria organized by Aveseh Asough, CIME Fellow and BBC Media Action

Abuja, Nigeria organized by Peter Kundum, CIME Fellow and Cool/WAZOBIA

Accra, Ghana organized by Ghana Media Advocacy Programme

Amsterdam, The Netherlands organized by ChunriChoupaal

Arusha, Tanzania organized by Mambo Jambo FM

Arusha and Terrat village, Tanzania organized by Steve Martin Saning’o freelance reporter

Bangalore, India organized by St Joseph’s College

Bangalore, India organized by Richard Rego

Bangkok, Thailand organized by the Journalism Program, Thammasat University

Banjul, The Gambia organized by the Biodiversity Action Journalists – Gambia

Beijing, China organized by the Tsinghua University

Bejaia, Algeria organized by Yazid Merar, teacher

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan organized by OSCE Academy in Bishkek

Bogotá, Colombia organized by Oswaldo Gonzalez, journalist

Budapest-Piliscsaba, Hungary organized by Pázmány Péter Catholic  University

Buea, Cameroon organized by Zoe Television and Ada Helen Ngoh, journalist

Cape Town, South Africa organized by Hermann Wassermann, University of Cape Town

Charsadda, Pakistan organized by Kamran khan, journalist

Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe organized by the Chitungwiza Community Development Network

Christchurch, New Zealand organized by Luci Dore, journalist

Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina organized by HyperData Media

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania organized by Business Times Limited

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania organized by Investigative Journalists Union of Tanzania (IJUTA)

Dhaka, Bangladesh organized by the Bangladesh Centre for Media Freedom

Dhaka, Bangladesh organized by Media Watch

Dhaka, Chittagong, Sylhet, Rajshahi, Khulna, Barisal in Bangladesh organized by Dhaka Tribune

Dolphin estate/ Ikoyi/ Lagos, Nigeria organized by Rita Ohai, journalist

Dubai, Dubai organized by Manipal University Dubai Campus

El affroun, Algeria organized by Tamba Wassim, student

Epworth, Harare, Zimbabwe organized by Patsimeredu Edutainment Trust

FATA/Khyber Agency, Pakistan

Florianópolis, Brazil organized by Grupo RBS

Forest Hills, USA organized by The New School University – Media Management Program

Freetown, Sierra Leone organized by Stephen Douglas, Media development consultant

Gaborone, Botswana organized by Nonofo Mankhi, Llecturer, Media Studies, University of Botswana

Georgetown, Guyana organized by the Guyana Press Association

Goma, Eastern DRC organized by Action for Communication for life, ACV

Götenborg, Sweden organized by Aziz Laakira, journalist

Gulmit Gojal, Hunza, Pakistan organized by Didar Ali, blogger, journalist

Gulu, Uganda organized by Destiny Film Academy

Guwahati, India organized by Assam Times

Hyderabad, Pakistan organized by Aakash Santorai, journalist

Hyderabad, Pakistan organized by Daily Sindh globe

Islamabad, Pakistan organized by Puruesh Chaudhary, CIME Ambassador and AGAHI & Mishal Pakistan

Islamabad, Pakistan organized by Beydaar

Islamabad, Pakistan organized by Think Tank Journal Pakistan

Islamabad, Pakistan organized by Kashmir Journalists Forum

Jaipur, India organized by Jasvinder Sehgal, journalist

Jaleshwar, Nepal organized by Rakesh Prasad Chaudhary, journalist

Jamshedpur, India organized by Indian Journalists Welfare Foundation

Jos, Nigeria organized by Journalists Initiative for Youth Empowerment

Jos, Nigeria organized by Prince Dickson, journalist

Kabul, Afghanistan organized by the Afghan Journalists Safety Committee

Kabul, Afghanistan organized by Muhammad Nadeem, Assistant Editor

Kakamega, Kenya organized by Lilian K Mukoche, Radio/TV Producer and presenter

Kampala/Arua, Uganda organized by West Nile Action Network

Kano, Nigeria organized by Umar Jibrilu Gwandu, CIME Fellow

Karachi, Pakistan organized by the Pakistan Women’s Media Council

Karachi, Pakistan organized by Veengas, CIME Fellow and Daiy Ibrat Newspaper

Kathmandu, Nepal organized by Ujjwal Acharya, CIME Ambassador and the Center for Media Research – Nepal

Kathmandu, Nepal organized by International Press Institute (IPI) Nepal Chapter & Freedom Forum Nepal

Kathmandu, Nepal organized by Pragya Lamsal, journalist, blogger

Kericho, Kenya organized by South Rift Times

Khyber Paktunkhawa/ Haripur, Pakistan

Kisii Town, Kenya organized by the Camafric News Agency

Kumasi, Ghana organized by Gyamfi Charles, student

Kumba, Cameroon organized by Maxel Fokwen and The Post

La Paz, Bolivia organized by Fundación UNIR Bolivia

La Paz, Cochabamba, Bolivia organized by Mabel Azcui, journalist

Lahore, Pakistan organized by Aown Ali and the Lahore Press Club

Lahore, Pakistan organized by Asad Kharal, journalist

Lahore / Gujranwala, Pakistan organized by Sania Chuhdary, journalist

Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan organized by Media Matters- Pakistan

Lakeville, United States organized by Kateryna Bolonnikova, translator

LIMBE, Cameroon organized by People Empowering People (PEP) Africa, International

London, UK organized by Mridu Khullar, journalist

London, UK organized by Meruyert, TV producer

Makurdi, Nigeria organized by the Community Outreach Newspaper

Maseru, Lesotho organized by ‘Mathabana Kotelo, freelance writer

Mexico City, Mexico organized by Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City and Programa Prensa y Democracia

Monrovia, Liberia organized by the Press Union of Liberia 

Monrovia, Liberia organized by 3B Promotion Group

Montevideo, Uruguay organized by Montevideo WebTV

Multan, Pakistan organized by Zeeshan Javaid, senior correspondant

Mwanza, Tanzania organized by St Augustine University of Tanzania

Mwanza, Tanzania organized by Media for Development

Nairobi, Kenya organized by Winnie Kamau and Mary Mwendwa, journalists and PAWA 254

Nema Kunku, The Gambia organized by Berlin FC Youth Association

New Delhi, India organized by Project Survival Media

Ngara district, Tanzania organized by Julian Rubavu, journalist

Njombe, Tanzania organized by Simon Mkina, CIME Fellow and the Tanzania Journalists Alliance

North Lakhimpur, Assam, India organized by Sazzad Hussain, journalist/teacher

Nsambya, Kampala, Uganda organized by Joseph Mazige, journalist

Oakville (near Toronto), Canada organized by the Sheridan College

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso organized by EducommunicAfrik

Padova/venise, Italy organized by Africanvoices

Paris, France organized by Ethical Journalism Network

Peshawar, Pakistan organized by V.COMM

Ploiesti, Romania organized by Asociatia Spirala Cunoasterii

Puebla, México organized by Francisco Javier García Malo López, journalist

Quetta Balochistan, Pakistan organized by Jan Muhammad Baloch, journalist

Rabat, Morocco organized by Organization for Feedom of Media and Expression

Santa Marta, Colombia organized by Ruben Dario Martinez, TV producer

Setif, Algeria organized by Yacine BOURRAS, student

SFax, Tunisia organized by WeYouth Tunisia

Sinjawi,Balochistan, Pakistan organized by Niaz Muhammad, journalist

Soroti, Uganda organized by Akiiso Joseph, CIME Fellow

Sunyani, Ghana organized by MICHAEL SARPONG MFUM

Tashkent, Uzbekistan organized by the International Journalism Department of Uzbek State World Languages University

Tbilisi, Georgia organized by the Media Development Foundation & Ilia State University

Tbilisi, Georgia organized by the Tbilisi State University

Thimphu, Bhutan organized by the Bhutan Media Foundation

Tunis, Tunisia organized by Alternative Media

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia organized by Lisa Gardner, media trainer

Villahermosa Tabasco, México organized by CONAPE- TABASCO

Visakhapatnam, India organized by Vikasa Dhatri 

Yaounde, Cameroon organized by The Times 

Yerevan, Armenia organized by Public Journalism Club

Zamboanga City/Basilan, Philippines organized by ZIMNET Online News Media 

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