Human Rights in a Globalized World – Challenges for the Media
20 – 22 June 2011 in Bonn, Germany
It’s a globalized world. Businesses, financial markets, the media and fashion are already active and present in every corner of the globe. The global players are operating in nearly every single country and exerting their influence – creating risks and opportunities at the same time.
However, there are now several national and international organizations that are dedicated to creating a form of globalization that puts the focus on people, their needs, self-worth and rights.
In 2004, the ILO’s “World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization” stated: “The social dimension of globalization is about jobs, health and education – but it goes far beyond these. It is the dimension of globalization which people experience in their daily life and work: the totality of their aspirations for democratic participation and material prosperity. A better globalization is the key to a better and secure life for people everywhere in the 21st century.”
This type of globalization can have many different facets, but still has one underlying effect: The worldwide establishment of human rights that was mapped out by the UN in 1948. The media has a major role to play when it comes to the communication of results, the perspectives and the barriers associated with the human-oriented model of globalization. The goal of the 2011 Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum will be to discuss and formulate the media’s responsibility, tasks and possibilities in the future
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"Two-thirds of people still live in countries with limited freedom of expression and freedom of the press, as well as less access to information. The media can be instrumental in the realization of human rights.
Deutsche Welle sees itself as a “multimedia voice for human rights” and is committed to increasing human rights in more countries throughout the world."
Erik Bettermann, Director General of Deutsche Welle
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Father Marco Arana: Winner of the Aachen Peace Prize to attend Global Media Forum in Bonn
· Environmental activist and presidential candidate from Peru to attend the Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum from June 21-23
Father Marco Arana, priest and environmental activist who recently received the Aachen Peace Prize, will be attending this year’s Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum from June 21-23 in Bonn. He will be taking part in a workshop on the first day of the conference dealing with the destruction of rain forests and its repercussion on climate change, as well as the consequences for indigenous people in Peru.
Arana is co-founder of the environmental organization “Grufides” and initiator of the political party “Tierra y Libertad” (land and freedom). He is running for the upcoming presidential elections in Peru and is currently suspended from his priesthood due to his political activities. The association for the Aachen Peace Prize honored Arana as a “tough advocate for human rights and the environment” and a man who fights for the “farmer in Cajamarca who are threatened by reckless gold mining”.
More than 50 individual events
In 2010, the Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum once again offers more than 50 events including podium discussions and workshops, interactive presentations and exhibitions, networking and interesting side events. It takes place at the World Conference Center Bonn, close to Deutsche Welle’s headquarters.
Deutsche Welle is cooperating with many different organizations for this interdisciplinary conference, including the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the International Human Dimensions Program on Global Environmental Change (UN IHDP/ESSP), EU Commission and the World Bank, the Wuppertal Institute, World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF), NABU and the Climate Alliance, the Institute for World Business Kiel, German Development Institute (DIE), the Center for Development Research (ZEF) and many others.
Co-host of the Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum is the Foundation for International Dialogue of the Sparkasse in Bonn. The convention is also supported by Germany’s Federal Foreign Office, the Family, Women and Integration Ministry of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, European Funds for Regional Development, the city of Bonn, DHL, the KSB Group and Faber-Castell.
May 10, 2010
www.dw-gmf.de
Press releases and material: www.dw-world.de/press
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