JOINT MESSAGE: Message from Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-General of the United...
Let Journalism Thrive! This is the theme of World Press Freedom Day this year. In 2015, States are accelerating to reach the Millennium Development Goals and shaping a new global sustainable...
View ArticleWomen Make the News: Let the Images of Women Speak!
2015 is an important year for women and their empowerment. In this year, the United Nations, governments, civil society and the international development community assess progress towards gender...
View ArticleLaunch of the study "Inside the News - Challenges and Aspirations of Women...
In many countries across Asia and the Pacific, women have increased their number in the newsrooms. But the media are still very male dominated: on the global scale women make up only 24% of the people...
View ArticleUNESCO Bangkok Strengthens its Support for Free and Independent Media in...
The translation of the MDI framework into Thai comes at a pivotal time in the country, as a constitutional process is underway which will affect wide segments of Thai society, including the media...
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UNESCO invites Freedom of Information advocates to update the plan of action...
In the Mekong region, information held by public bodies is often considered government property rather than a public good. This is reflected in the lack of legal protections for the right to access...
View ArticleTraining on UNESCO’s Media Development Indicators (MDI) in Thailand: Call for...
The training will be conducted in English from 25-27 January 2016 in Bangkok. UNESCO’s MDI embrace five major categories: a) legal and regulatory framework; b) plurality and diversity of media; c)...
View ArticleAn interview with Edgardo Legaspi, SEAPA's Executive Director
Edgardo Legaspi, Executive Director of the Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) and UNESCO’s partner in the Regional Dialogue on Freedom of Information recently held in Bangkok talks about freedom of...
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UNESCO Bangkok Launches New Educational App on Freedom of Expression
Which rights are protected under freedom of expression? What are the conditions to fully enjoy it? What are the roles of governments, journalists and civil society in protecting this freedom? How does...
View ArticleUNESCO champions use of international standards in Thailand’s media reform...
BANGKOK, 18 JANUARY, 2016 – Thailand’s media landscape is one of the most vibrant and diverse in Southeast Asia, but it is also limited by several factors, including restrictive laws, a lack of...
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Media Development Indicators launch comes at critical time of reform,...
Thai media stakeholders, media communications experts and development partners gathered at the Pathumwan Princess Hotel for the launch on 25 January. The MDI are a diagnostic tool that have been used...
View ArticleBangkok workshop to introduce new mindful journalism curriculum for regional...
Within the framework of UNESCO’s International Programme for the Development of Communication, the Communication Arts Faculty of Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok is hosting a ten-day workshop from 4...
View ArticleTrain-the-trainer workshop "Mindful Communication for ASEAN Integration",...
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
View ArticleKick-off Meeting for the Memory of the World Malaysian Funds-in-Trust Project...
The meeting took place on the 20 September in Malaysia, and brought together representatives from the Ministry of Tourism and Culture, the National Archives, the National Library, the Malaysian...
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