[video] New Covid cases+deaths ↑ globally, hospitalisation+death significantly low in vaccinated

[video] Module-4: Asia Pacific Regional Training on Gender Equality and Human Rights

Role of media as one of the key cogs-in-the-wheels for development justice and democracy

[video] Module-3: Asia Pacific Regional Training on Gender Equality and Human Rights

[video] Module-2 and 5: Asia Pacific Regional Training on Gender Equality and Human Rights

[video] Module-1: Asia Pacific Regional Training on Gender Equality and Human Rights

[video] Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action + Generation Equality Forum

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Media training manual on gender equality for the Asia Pacific region

#BeTheChange: Why 'think' gender?

Reporting or writing responsibly: #1stDoNoHarm!

[video] Role of media as one of key cogs-in-the-wheels for development justice and democracy: Kalpana Acharya

[video] Spread awareness, stop resistance: World Antimicrobial Awareness Week | Global Media Forum 2021

Call to register: Global Media Forum in lead up to World Antimicrobial Awareness Week


Media representatives are welcome to attend the Global Media Forum in lead up to World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW) and have a direct interface with senior experts from World Health Organization (WHO) as well as Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
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Call to register: Asia Pacific Regional Training on Gender Equality and Human Rights

The Asia Pacific Regional Training on Gender Equality and Human Rights will be held during 22nd to 24th November 2021 (virtually). This regional training is being co-hosted by ARROW (Asian Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women) and CNS in lead up to this year's 16 days campaign against sexual and other forms of gender-based violence, World AIDS Day, International Day of Persons with Disabilities, and Human Rights Day.
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[video] Infectious Disease expert Dr Ishwar Gilada's message before World Antimicrobial Awareness Week

Will India's 1 billion vaccination-dose-milestone be catalytic for vaccinating all?

[हिंदी] On 21 October 2021, India crossed its milestone of administering over 1 billion (100 crores) doses within 278 days since it began the vaccination rollout (on 16th January 2021). The World Health Organization (WHO) calls upon all countries to ensure that at least 70% of their population must be fully vaccinated by June 2022. India aims to cross 70% goalpost by end of this year - which is indeed a welcome commitment. Currently, over 30% of India's population is fully vaccinated. As vaccination began in January 2021, it is really a compelling public health priority for India to fully vaccinate over 70% of population at the earliest, before protection may begin to decline for some of those who got the jab first.

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[video] Myanmar adopts plain packaging for tobacco products

Science must guide India, UK: Stoking vaccine nationalism will fail us all

One of the seven sins we should not commit as warned by Mahatma Gandhi, is "science without humanity". But are we conscious enough to ensure that the global fight against Covid is mindful of Gandhi ji’s message? 
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Interview with trade union and socialist leader Thampan Thomas, former MP and HMS President

UK's decision to consider vaccinated Indians as 'unvaccinated' stinks of apartheid, lacks scientific merit

Recent decision of the United Kingdom (UK) to consider fully vaccinated Indians along with some other nationalities as 'unvaccinated' lacks scientific merit and instead stinks of white supremacy and apartheid era. It is important to mention that 90% of the vaccines rolled out in India are Covishield. Covishield vaccine, is Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine, whose research was done by UK based agencies but this vaccine under the name of 'Covishield' is being made in India and exported globally by Serum Institute of India. Serum Institute of India is also the world's largest vaccine manufacturer. Will UK also consider those vaccinated with Oxford AstraZeneca in its own nation as 'unvaccinated'?
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Step up the pace globally if universal vaccination could lead us out of the pandemic

[हिंदी] The Covid pandemic has hard drilled the lesson why health and social security of each one of us is inter-dependent on health and social security of one another. But do we see more equity (or inequity) in the Covid response, such as the rollout of the vaccination worldwide? Inequitable distribution of vaccine, diagnostics, oxygen, personnel protective equipment, and other necessary essential tools have been plaguing the Covid response due to which we are unable to fully break the chain of infection transmission by prevention measures, and reduce severity of the disease for those who get infected.
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Will inclusion and accountability take centrestage at the Generation Equality Forum?

Undoubtedly, the Generation Equality Forum which took place earlier this year, was a milestone to galvanize US$ 40 billion financial commitments for gender equality and human rights worldwide. This is the largest amount of investment to advance gender equality and women’s rights ever. It also launched a 5-year action journey (till 2026) "to achieve irreversible progress towards gender equality, founded on a series of concrete, ambitious and transformative actions, as well as ambitious policy and programme commitments from governments, philanthropy, civil society, youth organizations and the private sector."

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[video] Failing on the basics: Are we able to #BreakTheChain of infection transmission?

[video] Why so less people have received their 2nd dose of Covid vaccine?

[video] Omicron is less severe than delta but NOT mild, it is also hospitalising and killing people: WHO

[video] Omicron is less severe but must not be called 'mild': It is hospitalizing & killing people too: WHO

[video] Clamping night curfew has no scientific rationale for Covid control, says WHO expert

[video] #SouthKorea did commendable COVID control, very high vaccination, yet it sees an alarming Wave rise

[video] Preventing disease and strengthening health system are key while we open up economies

[video] Indian media under the gender lens | speaker: Maitri Porecha, noted journalist | #GenderMatters

[video] Media is a key cog-in-the-wheel for development justice and democracy | Speaker: Kalpana Acharya

[video] Why media should think gender? | Speaker: Rita Widiadana

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