AFRO-NETS> Workshop for Women Journalists Reporting on HIV/AIDS (2)

[Dieter Neuvians MD <neuvians@mweb.co.za>]

Workshop for Women Journalists Reporting on HIV/AIDS (2)
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The use of ICTs in reporting on the science of HIV/AIDS: A workshop 
for women communicators

April 2003, Uganda

SciDev.Net and UNESCO are pleased to announce a five-day training 
workshop on the use of information and communications technologies - 
in particular the Internet - to improve reporting on HIV/AIDS, which 
will take place in Uganda in April 2003. 

The workshop is aimed at those who are (or would like to be) profes-
sionally engaged in communicating HIV/AIDS information to the public 
- through print, radio or electronic means. 

The workshop will have 15 places, and is restricted to women partici-
pants. The workshop will focus on learning to source and report on 
latest scientific developments. It will include practical tuition in 
both basic and advanced Internet skills - including searching for 
relevant and reliable information and resources, and networking with 
special interest groups - as well as training in basic journalism 
skills. 

The workshop will also involve discussions and seminars on the chal-
lenges of reporting about HIV/AIDS in Africa, and the role of African 
people in the research and development of new vaccines and drugs. 

All travel and accommodation expenses will be covered for partici-
pants; applications are invited from individuals working in Africa 
with a good knowledge of written and spoken English. A more detailed 
programme for the workshop will appear on this web site shortly:
http://www.scidev.net/hivworkshop/advance.html 

We are now open for applications.

Applications should arrive no later than 31 December 2002.

To fill in your online application form, please go to:
http://www.scidev.net/hivworkshop/app.html

To download a WORD version of the application form, which can be sub-
mitted as an e-mail attachment or fax, go to:
http://www.scidev.net/hivworkshop/appword.doc

To receive any further information about this workshop, please con-
tact
Barbara Keating
mailto:barbara.keating@scidev.net

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