[WSIS CS-Plenary] Crisinfo.org - news ENG ESP PT FR [October 10th 2005]

[Myriam Horngren]

NEWSROOM

More rights are wrong for webcasters
James Boyle
September 26 2005
First Published on Financial Times
I teach intellectual property law, a subject that is attracting attention from economists, political scientists and people who simply want to make money. These, after all, are the rules that define the high­technology marketplace. Are we doing a good job of writing those rules? The answer is no. Three tendencies stand out.
http://www.crisinfo.org/index.php/content/view/full/964

Portraying Politics - Watch this space!
Politics is a man's world. At least that's the impression we get from television. The media give less air-time to women than to men in politics, and there are differences in the kinds of coverage that women and men receive. Gender stereotypes are remarkably common in political coverage.
http://www.crisinfo.org/index.php/content/view/full/963

AWID: Women in the media: Monitoring trends and facilitating change
An interview with Anna Turley, Co-ordinator of the Women's Programme at the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC), about their Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP).
http://www.crisinfo.org/index.php/content/view/full/962

ARTICLE 19 STUDY ANALYSES MEDIA AND CONFLICT
In conflict-ridden countries, freedom of expression is commonly assumed to be one of the first casualties as opposing sides seek to control or manipulate information to meet their political goals. But the difficult questions of how the media should balance "national security concerns" with the need to report critically, and how governments should respect international free expression standards while combating terrorism, has not been given much in-depth analysis.
http://www.crisinfo.org/index.php/content/view/full/961 


NEWSROOM/WSIS 

Autoridades locales y Sociedad de la Informacion
La Cumbre Mundial sobre la Sociedad de la Información y el papel de las Autoridades Locales
Bilbao - España
Noviembre 9 - 11, 2005
Promover una Sociedad de la Información para todas las personas es uno de los nuevos y más importantes retos que plantea nuestra sociedad actual.
Las Naciones Unidas, conscientes de la trascendencia de los cambios sociales, económicos y culturales consecuencia de la Sociedad de la Información, ponen en marcha la Cumbre Mundial sobre la Sociedad de la Información (WSIS), organizada en dos fases para debatir esta problemática. La primera fase culminó en la Cumbre de Ginebra en diciembre de 2003. La segunda finalizará con la Cumbre de Túnez que tendrá lugar del 16 al 18 de noviembre de 2005.
http://www.crisinfo.org/index.php/content/view/full/958

Local Authorities and the Information Society
The World Summit on the Information Society and the role of Local Authorities
Bilbao - Spain
November 9 - 11, 2005
To promote an Information Society for all people is one of the newest and most important challenges facing our current society.
The United Nations, being aware of the significance of the social, economic and cultural changes which are taking place as a consequence of the Information Society, set the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in motion, organised in two phases. The first phase culminated with the Geneva Summit in December 2003. The second will end with the Tunis Summit which will take place from the 16th to the 18th of November 2005.
http://www.crisinfo.org/index.php/content/view/full/49


NEWSROOM/WSIS [TUNISIA AND COMMUNICATION RIGHTS]

Disturbing events at the PrepCom
World Summit 2003
September 28th, 2005
On last Friday, the Swiss WSIS NGO coalition Comunica-ch held a private meeting with their colleagues from the independent Tunisian civil society. They used a vacant side room of the Palais des Nations - a normal practice for all activists needing ad-hoc meetings here, as the café is too noisy and without Internet connectivity. A few minutes after the meeting had started, several people close to the Tunisian authorities demanded the right to participate, which they were denied with reference to the private character of the meeting.
http://www.crisinfo.org/index.php/content/view/full/960

Letter to Kofi Annan following WSIS Prepcom 3
This letter was written and then undersigned by many groups in civil society attending Prepcom 3 and concerned about the Human Rights situation in Tunisia. The letters are available in French and Spanish as well as English.
http://www.crisinfo.org/index.php/content/view/full/965

GET INVOLVED/TAKE ACTION

Reach out
Do you have something to say about cultural diversity, access to information, or creating gender equality through information and communications technology (ICT)?
Would you like to reach an international audience? If you think you've got something worth saying, then 'reach out'!
http://www.crisinfo.org/index.php/content/view/full/959 

SIGN UP TO THE CRIS CHARTER/FIRMAR LA CARTA/SIGNER LA CHARTE

CRIS CHARTER
La Carta de CRIS
Nuestra visión de la Sociedad de la Información se fundamenta en el Derecho a Comunicar como un medio de acrecentar los derechos humanos y fortalecer la vida social, económica y cultural de las personas y las comunidades. Para lograrlo, resulta fundamental que las organizaciones de la sociedad civil se unan para cooperar en la construcción de una sociedad de la información basada en principios de transparencia, diversidad, participación, justicia social y económica, e inspiradas por la equidad de género y la perspectivas culturales y regionales.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/97/ 

La Charte de CRIS
Notre vision de la «société de l'information» est basée sur le droit de communiquer qui est considéré comme un moyen pour étendre les droits de l'homme et améliorer la vie sociale, économique et culturelle des personnes et des communautés. Pour cela, il est essentiel que les organisations de la société civile se réunissent afin d'aider à la construction d'une société de l'information basée sur les principes de transparence, de diversité, de participation et de justice économique et sociale et inspirée par une approche équitable du rapport des sexes, de la culture et des aspects régionaux.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/95

The CRIS Charter
Our vision of the 'Information Society' is grounded in the Right to Communicate, as a means to enhance human rights and to strengthen the social, economic and cultural lives of people and communities. Crucial to this is that civil society organisations come together to help build an information society based on principles of transparency, diversity, participation and social and economic justice, and inspired by equitable gender, cultural and regional perspectives.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/98


Myriam Horngren
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