SLIDE 8 Examples of Events Examples of Events
Baghdad Tunis
"21st Century Media for building democracy“
WPFD Conference at the Oil Cultural Center Introduction: Iraqi Bloggers Union Roundtable 1: New Media ▫ How to promote internet and social networks as a platform for democratic disc ssion and
21st Century Media for building democracy Centre Culturel El Menzah
▫ A day-long conference was held on May 3, 2011 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.at the Cultural Center El Menzah in Tunis with 3
as a platform for democratic discussion and civic participation ▫ How to empower bloggers and individual users in content production and meaningful participation to enrich citizen’s access to information and exchange of ideas
round table discussions ▫ New Media, new Forms of Expression, Journalism, and Participation; ▫ A Legal and Regulatory Perspective ;
g Roundtable 2: Media Law and Freedom of Expression ▫ What are the legal and human rights implications on freedom of expression that the new media presents – what do we want to see
g g y p ; ▫ New Barriers: Online Blocking, Censorship, Surveillance, Safety of Journalists and Bloggers
p happen in Iraq? ▫ A historical overview of Freedom of Expression in Iraq Additional Activities:
Islamabad
Online Journalism and Gender Program on WPFD 2011
- On this occasion UNESCO Islamabad
l h d it “O li J li P ” t
- Blogger Hub: Wireless forum open to the
- public. Iraq’s most well-known bloggers will go live
to the region and the world; they will train guests on the professional use of new media tools
- Photojournalism and Editorial Cartoon exhibition
Fil S i “M C t ” P d d b Al
launched its “Online Journalism Program” at Fatimah Jinnah Women's University - the only woman’s university in the country - on 3rd May
- 2011. This course will be taught to the
journalism students as a means of enhancing
- Film Screening, “My Country” : Produced by Al
Mada Cultural Institution
journalism students as a means of enhancing their voice and opinion through active- participation journalistic scenarios.
