Angola
Botswana
Mozambique
Namibia
South Africa
Zimbabwe
Cote D'Ivoire
Ghana
Nigeria
Kenya
Uganda
Tanzania
Mauritius
Seychelles
Algeria
Egypt
Morocco
ZambiaSubscribefree to biz newsletters |
 |
| HIV/AIDS news | Press offices |
Industries
| Journalists meet to integrate gender and population into climate issuesMalawi's Journalists Association Against AIDS (JournAIDS) with support from Population Action International (PAI) is implementing a climate change advocacy project in Malawi with an aim of integrating gender and population into climate issues in the country.
As part of the project, JournAIDS is holding a symposium focusing on how this integration can be achieved which is also aligned to the 2006 National Adaptation Plan of Action (NAPA) developed by the government of Malawi with support from Global Environmental Facility (GEF) and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Impressive credentials The symposium, which has drawn together participants from the media, civil society and government line ministries, will be attended by a top climate change expert, Roger Mark De Souza who is vice president of Research and director of the Climate Program at Population Action International. Mithi said the media and the country in general is set to benefit from De Souza's experience of 20 years in progressive research, field operations, policy advocacy, communications and fundraising. Previously, De Souza worked at the Sierra Club, the largest and oldest environment grassroots non-profit organisation in the USA, as the director of Foundation and Corporate Relations for the Club's Climate Recovery Partnership. The aims Mithi said prior to working at the Sierra Club, De Souza served for 10 years as technical director for population, health and environment at the Population Reference Bureau, where he provided strategic planning, technical oversight and outreach for programs in Africa, Southeast Asia, Latin America, Caribbean and the United States. "The project aims at strengthening engagement of the government, media and civil society organisations in the integration of gender, population and climate change," he said. Mithi said the project also aims at lobbying government through the Ministry of natural resources and environment and the environmental affairs department to revise the 2006 NAPA. VITUS-GREGORY GONDWE 0999575017 0995955803 0888368159
About Gregory GondweGregory Gondwe is a Malawian journalist who started writing in 1993. He is also a media consultant assisting several international journalists pursuing assignments in Malawi. He holds a Diploma and an Intermediate Certificate in Journalism among other media-related certificates. He can be contacted on .View profile and articles... LEGAL DISCLAIMER: This Message Board accepts no liability of legal consequences that arise from the Message Boards (e.g. libel, slander, or other such crimes). All posted messages are the sole property of their respective authors. The maintainer does retain the right to remove any message posts for whatever reasons. People that post messages to this forum are not to libel/slander nor in any other way depict a company, entity, individual(s), or service in a false light; should they do so, the legal consequences are theirs alone. Bizcommunity.com will disclose authors' IP addresses to authorities if compelled to do so by a court of law. | Related news
Industry news
Follow us:
|
CONTACT US | ABOUT US | SEND US NEWS | ADVERTISING RATES | | +27 (0)21 680 3500 | +27 (0)11 612 3003
ADSL & Web hosting proudly provided by Afrihost. All rights reserved. © 2012. Bizcommunity.com, its sponsors, contributors and advertisers disclaim all liability for any loss, damage, injury or expense that might arise from the use of, or reliance upon, the services contained herein. Privacy policy, Terms of Use, PAIA.