New Delhi: The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs)
are indispensable, advocates and stakeholders across nations are continuing their sustained efforts to rework the communication strategies to accelerate the pace of achieving these global goals. Sneh Gupta (Senior Research Fellow) and Dr. Kulveen Trehan (Assistant Professor), University School of Mass Communication, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University have been named as winners of the UNICEF- International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) Communication for Development Research Fund(C4D) Research Fund for 2021. The selection committee of seven, was drawn from IAMCR, UNICEF and the Global Alliance for Social and Behaviour Change.
(CARICOM), Press Release
April 20th, 2021 Several agencies, as well as regional and international organisations operating in the Caribbean are collaborating to host events to observe Girls in ICT Day this year. The Day will be observed primarily virtually this year under the international theme ‘Connected Girls, Creating Brighter Futures’.
The CARICOM Girls in ICT partnership Steering Committee is hosting the virtual events via
Zoom (Meeting ID: 924 4826 3625; PASSCODE: 406634) and Facebook Live on the CARICOM page will be held around an adapted theme, ‘Connecting CARICOM Girls; Creating Brighter Futures”.
A panel of speakers on the day itself,
Thursday, 22 April 2021, comprises girls and women who are influencers and practitioners in the information and communication technology field. Discussants during the virtual event from 10 am to 2pm will be:
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WAKEFIELD â Seeing an opportunity to expand its philanthropic efforts beyond Washington County, the Rotary Club of Wakefield recently made a large donation of food products to assist hungry families in Providence. The group sponsored the purchase of nutritious food supplements from Edesia, a North Kingstown-based nonprofit organization that seeks to combat malnutrition.
When the COVID-19 pandemic emerged, the club decided to assist in fighting hunger as its main annual charitable project, donating funds and materials locally to the Jonnycake Center food pantry, the Domestic Violence Resource Center and Westerlyâs Rhode Island Center Assisting Those in Need.
âBut this is Rhode Island, and everyone seems connected, somehow,â said Nancy Kleniewski, a rotary club member. âThrough a friend of a friend of a friend, the club received a special request that opened the door to a new relationship.â
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