The website is part of a major global media and communication project of IPS running through 2009 - 2011 called “Communicating for Change: Getting Voice, Visibility and Impact for Gender Equality“.

The project is financed by the Dutch MDG3 Fund set up by the Dutch Minister for Development Cooperation, Bert Koenders, to finance activities that advance Millennium Development Goal 3: Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. Read more »

IPS Editor in Chief Miren Gutierrez travelled to the second annual International Street Paper Awards that took place recently in Bergen, Norway. IPS has a valuable partnership with the International Network of Street Newspapers (INSP) contributing IPS stories in multiple languages to their Street News Service.

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The IPS UN Bureau celebrated its 30th anniversary May 12 with a reception hosted by Director-General Mario Lubetkin at the UN Correspondents’ Association (UNCA) club in the Secretariat.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, despite a tight schedule that evening, made a personal appearance to congratulate the DG and convey his best wishes for the future.

The reception, labeled a wine-and-cheese party, was attended by more than 75 to 100 guests– mostly journalists, diplomats and UN staffers. Read more »

Adhemar Gabriel Bahadian, Brazilian
Ambassador in Italy, representing his country, and Mario Lubetkin, IPS Director General, signed an agreement on Tuesday 10 March in Rome.

Brazil has signed a new agreement to support IPS activities, especially to strengthen information flows among countries in the South recognising the changing global geography of power. There is a special focus on communication from and between three major democracies in the South: India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA).

The South American country has been a member of the IPS Core Group of donors since 2005. It is the main country of the South in this group, Read more »

BANGKOK - How have economic integration and openness shaped the media environment in the Mekong region? What do audiences expect in the age of more openness? What changes in press laws and access to information have taken place in the last 15 years?

What is the role of the market in today’s media in the Mekong region? Are all state media for propaganda? What are the differences in policy toward media, say, between countries like China and Vietnam? What hurdles do local photojournalists face in reaching regional and international audiences? What ‘inside’ stories can local journalists provide that visiting journalists cannot have as good access to? How are women and gender issues portrayed in the region’s media? What voices and places do women journalists have in their newsrooms? Read more »