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Perth charity PKAVS launches £10k appeal for new art studio Sign up for our daily newsletter of the top stories in Courier country Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A Perth charity has launched an ambitious fundraising drive for a new art studio. The PKAVS Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub, which uses creative arts to support people with a wide range of mental health, stress and anxiety issues, wants to install ...

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Mark Zuckerberg F8 2018 Keynote (Photo: Wikimedia) Human rights activists launched a campaign this week to stop social media giant Facebook from adjusting its hate speech policy to classify the word ‘Zionist’ as a protected category, a move that would make any criticism of Zionism a violation of Facebook’s Community Standards and hate speech policy. The campaign, entitled “Facebook, we need to talk,” was launched in response to efforts from Zionist organizations, backed by the ...

“I would have killed her anyway”. Kloop’s investigation of femicide in Kyrgyzstan Content warning: This article contains graphic descriptions of violence against women. In early 2020, several shocking cases of domestic violence in Kyrgyzstan came to light, including some that resulted in the women’s deaths. One such tragic case occurred in the Kochkor district of the Naryn Region, where 36-year-old Ayday died after a beating ( editor’s note: the names of all subjects in...

Sixty-nine. That’s the number of recommendations put forward by retired Judge Kathy Satchwell’s panel on Media Ethics and Credibility. Some of these recommendations are broad and mushy, suggesting the South African National Editors’ Forum (Sanef), which commissioned the report from the independent three-person panel, do things like collaborate, publicise, encourage, enter into discussions and participate in or foster debates, and organise more training – things Sanef or others do or can...

| January 26, 2021 WAN-IFRA announces a new DKK 6.5M ($1M) partnership with the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs to support media freedom in nine countries across Sub-Saharan Africa. WAN-IFRA will work with print and digital media organisations in Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe to improve the safety of journalists and the security of newsrooms, increase media-led advocacy around press freedom and gender-related issues, provide high-level b...

Jackson Mthembu’s Official Category 1 funeral to take place on Sunday A memorial service will also be held at the GCIS Auditorium in Hatfield, in Tshwane, on Saturday. FILE: Jackson Mthembu. Picture: @ANCParliament/Twitter. 61 days ago JOHANNESBURG - The Presidency has announced the late Minister Jackson Mthembu will be honoured with an Official Funeral Category 1 at his home in Emalahleni on Sunday. A mem...

University of Tampa Announces Master’s Degree in Social and Emerging Media The University of Tampa announced this week that it will begin offering a master’s degree in social and emerging media, starting Fall 2021. The program blends technology and creativity as it prepares students to develop compelling media projects, build sophisticated social media strategies and engage effectively with audiences. The curriculum will cover digital storytelling, visual design, audio-video production, eme...

Winhealth Pharma and TWiB Enter into Strategic Licensing Partnership on AC-203 SHANGHAI and TAIPEI, Jan. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Hongkong Winhealth Pharma Group (Winhealth Pharma) and Taiwan TWi Biotechnology, Inc. (TWiB) announced strategic partnership granting Winhealth Pharma exclusive right to develop and commercialize rare disease asset AC-203 in mainland China, Hong Kong and Macao for indications including hereditary epidermolysis bullosa (EB), bullous pemphigoid and other skin diseas...