Resources
Media
We love getting to work with and sharing the work of others in our field. Check out our Media Resources below.
Waging Nonviolence
Waging Nonviolence is an independent, non-profit media platform dedicated to providing original reporting and expert analysis of social movements around the world.
Open Democracy
openDemocracy is a United Kingdom-based political website. Founded in 2001, openDemocracy claims that through reporting and analysis of social and political issues, they seek to “challenge power and encourage democratic debate” across the world. The website has attracted around 8 million hits a year.
INSTITUTE FOR WAR AND PEACE REPORTING
The Institute for War & Peace Reporting (IWPR) is an international NGO network which, through reporting and capacity building, aims at promoting journalism to secure human rights, raise awareness and strengthen civil society.
AFRICAN FEMINISM
African Liberty was founded in 2007 as a project of the Cato Institute and IMANI Africa, thereafter the Atlas Network. It is a platform for advancing the individual freedom, peace, and prosperity in Africa by promoting civil discussion and debate about social, lgal, economic, and world issues affecting Africans.
AFRICAN WOMEN IN MEDIA
African Women in Media (AWiM) aims to contribute to the creation of enabling environments for African women who work in media industries, and to change the way African women are represented in media content. It does this through research, advocacy and partnerships that impact positively the way media functions in relation to African women.
JOURNALISTS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
Journalists for Human Rights (JHR) is Canada’s largest international media development organization based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. By mobilizing the media to spread human rights awareness, JHR informs people about human rights, empowering marginalized communities to stand up, speak out and protect themselves”.
Minds of the Movement
Minds of the Movement is the blog from The International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, an independent, nonprofit educational foundation, founded by Jack DuVall and Peter Ackerman in 2002. The blog is written for those interested in the ideas and experiences of people on the front line of civil resistance, and those who seek to understand the art and science of nonviolent struggle.
FEEDSPOT
Feedspot is a social feed reader compiling news feeds from online sources that user can customize and share with other social network users.
BBC WORLD NEWS
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Headquartered at Broadcasting House in Westminster, London, it is the world’s oldest national broadcaster, and the largest broadcaster in the world by number of employees.
ALJAZEERA
Al Jazeera is an independent news organization funded in part by the Qatari government. Launched in 1996, Al Jazeera Arabic was the first independent news channel in the Arab world dedicated to providing comprehensive news and live debate.
AFRICAN UNION NEWS AND EVENTS
The African Union (AU) is a continental body consisting of the 55 member states that make up the countries of the African Continent. It was officially launched in 2002 as a successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU, 1963-1999).
JOURNAL OF RESISTANCE STUDIES
The Journal of Resistance Studies is an international, interdisciplinary and peer- reviewed scientific journal that explores unarmed resistance. The focus is on critical understandings of resistance strategies, discourses, tactics, effects, causes, contexts and experiences.
UN PEACEKEEPING MEDIA CONTACTS
Peacekeeping by the United Nations is a role held by the Department of Peace Operations as “a unique and dynamic instrument developed by the organization as a way to help countries torn by conflict to create the conditions for lasting peace.
UN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
As the principal United Nations office mandated to promote and protect human rights for all, OHCHR leads global human rights efforts speaks out objectively in the face of human rights violations worldwide. We provide a forum for identifying, highlighting and developing responses to today’s human rights challenges, and act as the principal focal point of human rights research, education, public information, and advocacy activities in the United Nations system.
PEACE JOURNALISM LAB
Peace Journalism Lab is a center of excellence in its field and within the Greek academic community, focusing on interdisciplinary themes such as: International and European Journalism, Peace Journalism, Crisis Management, Hate speech, disinformation, verification and awareness on the fake news, Media and war, Strategic Communications, Media and News Literacy, Diversity and the Media.
