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Journalists win fellowships to report on key climate change conference
 The Climate Change Media Partnership (CCMP) has awarded 18 journalists from 14 countries with fellowships to attend crucial UN talks in Durban that could spell the demise or rebirth of the Kyoto Protocol. The journalists will spend two weeks at the COP17 conference of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change to report on the intergovernmental negotiations and receive training, editorial support, and special briefings. More
TV Program "Khukuk" Inspires Tajik Women to Stand Up for Their Rights
 The legal vulnerability of women is a major area of concern in Tajikistan, where many women do not know what their rights are, much less how to defend them. When employees in the local registry bureau tried to force 20-year-old Safargul Karimova to sign divorce papers issued by her husband, she refused to do so—she had learned from the Internews-supported TV program, "Khukuk" (in Tajik, "The Law") that other options were available to her. More
A Young Afghan Woman Explores Her World through Photography
 Twenty-year-old Malalai Abdali, a resident of Kandahar, was yearning to tell stories and explore life through photography, but due to cultural expectations and volatile security, there was no outlet for her creativity. Then Malalai had the opportunity to take a three day media and photography workshop conducted by Internews' Afghan Media Development and Empowerment Project (AMDEP) as part of the Afghan Youth Festival program.More
Report: Serious Communication Gaps at Camps for Somali Refugees are Putting Lives at Risk
 Serious communication gaps between the humanitarian sector and refugees in Dadaab, Kenya, are increasing refugee suffering and putting lives at risk, a new joint assessment report led by Internews released today concludes. Dadaab, the largest refugee camp complex in the world, is home to hundreds of thousands fleeing the drought in Somalia – people who are being put further at risk because of information gaps that are hampering the aid response. More
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