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New Report by CIMA -- U.S. Universities and Media Development

[Source: Center for International Media Assistance, by Anne Nelson, August 26, 2010]
CIMA, the Center for International Media Assistance, is pleased to release a new report, U.S. Universities and Media Development. The report is written by Anne Nelson, a veteran journalist and ...

OSI Presents "Rights Not Rescue" - A Report and Animated Film

[Source: Open Society Institute, August 2, 2010]
Sex workers are subjected to widespread human rights abuses, including police violence and unequal access to health care, in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa. Despite enormous challenges, sex ...

On Landmark Law's 20th Anniversary, House Passes Bill to Make Internet More Accessible for Disabled

[Source: Washington Post, by Cecilia Kang, July 26, 2010]
The House late Monday passed a bill that aimed at making the Internet and mobile phones more accessible to the disabled through video captions for the hearing impaired and better descriptions of ...

MTV Rated Excellent, CBS Fails in GLAAD's Fourth Annual Network Responsibility Index

[Source: GLADD.org, July 22, 2010]
The CW Leads Broadcast Networks for First Time; CBS Once Again Receives a “Failing” Rating for Lack of Inclusion of the LGBT Community

The GFEM Media Database | Spotlight on POVERTY

If your foundation engages in grantmaking related to poverty issues, you won’t want to miss these and other projects in the GFEM Media Database at http://media.gfem.org/.

Changing the World through Gaming – ICED as a Case Study

[Source: by Mallika Dutt, President & CEO, Breakthrough, July 15, 2010]
Video games will change the world.

Highlights from 2010 Media Grantmaking — The State and Future of the Field

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The 2010 Funder Conversation: Media Grantmaking — The State (and Future) of the FieldPresented by: Grantmakers in Film + Electronic Media and the Media Democracy FundHosted by: The Open Society ...

The GFEM Media Database | Spotlight on LGBTQ COMMUNITIES

If your foundation supports LGBTQ issues, you won’t want to miss these and other projects in the GFEM Media Database at media.gfem.org.Breaking Free

New Rockefeller Foundation and Global Business Network Report: “Scenarios for the Future of Technology and International Development"

[Source: The Rockefeller Foundation and Global Business Network, May 27, 2010]
a new report, features four very different—yet very plausible—visions of how technology could profoundly alter how we address some of the most pressing challenges in the developing world.

The GFEM Media Database | Spotlight on PEACE AND SECURITY

A sampling of media projects related to Peace and Security from the GFEM Media Database can be found below.  Explore many more by typing your keywords into the search box at the top left at ...