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AIDS uncovered
Around 5 million out of 45 million South Africans are infected with HIV, and the number is increasing. Yet the issue is slipping from local headlines, according to a report by Media Tenor, a Pretoria-based institute. During 2004 the coverage across all forms of media has decreased to 1.2 per cent – 0.6 per cent on television news, 1.3 per cent in daily newspapers and 1.3 per cent in weeklies. ‘Society’ and ‘sport’ scoop 32.1 per cent between them. According to UNAIDS in South Africa, the media have a crucial role to play in educating the population, reducing stigmatization and stimulating government action. With South Africa running out of burial space for its AIDS dead, lives depend on editors and journalists ensuring that AIDS is not old news.
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Voices from the margins:
Multimedia: video, podcasts, and more.
- Poetry Slam in Zimbabwe
- The House of Hunger poetry slam held in Zimbabwe in 2006, and organised by the Pamberi Trust, showcased young artists performing inspirational work on issues from corporate power to child soldiers. The video features four of the poets.
Published by Pambazuka News.
- Iranian women speak out
- 3 March 2007, London. Women's rights activists marched through the English capital last week to celebrate International Women's Day with a protest against the misogyny of the Islamic regime in Iran and the threat of invasion by the US. Hear the voices of Iranian feminists Azar and Leila Parnian and the sounds of the demonstration as it passed through the heart of the city. Click here to learn more about the campaign.
Produced by Heidi Bachram.
- Raised Voices audio:
- Benny from West Papua on Corporate Power
- Vinayan from India on agriculture
