Humanity. Neutrality. Impartiality. Independence. These are the major humanitarian principles defined by United Nations. On the occasion of World Humanitarian Day, celebrated annually on 19 August, we expand the list asking what innovation and technology can bring into the aid sector.
“If we don’t look at data, we underestimate the tremendous change,” once said infographics guru, Swedish Professor Hans Rosling.The first-ever World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) initiated by UN aims at gathering people from all walks of life who look at data and transform it into visuals. Bring statistics to life with digital tools and get a chance to present it at the Global Consultation in Geneva, Switzerland in October 2015.
For the last 25 years The World Breastfeeding Week has been celebrated during the first week of August to raise awareness about benefits of breastfeeding. A global target set by the World Health Assembly is to increase exclusive breastfeeding rates for newborns to at least 50% by 2025. How can C4D contribute to the target?
The Embassy of Denmark, Indonesia, Ørecomm and Roskilde University invite you to a seminar on Social Media, Power and Democracy at Roskilde University 14 September 2015. The seminar will cover the overall theme by a discussion of the report “Building democracy with 140 characters: a case of Indonesia”, edited by Lukas Luwarso and published by The Embassy of Denmark, Indonesia.
In the frame of discussion on post-2015 and Sustainable Development Goals, the topic of water stays critical. The 25th World Water Week taking place in a month in Stockholm will cover issues of water management, sanitation, climate change and more.
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Call for Abstracts: New Directions in Media, Communication and Sociology (NDiMS) Conference
Ørecomm Team to Gather at the University of Coimbra
“Communication and Social Change – A Citizen Perspective” Published
C4D Network to Sum Up Global Communication for Development Practice
Entering Media and Communication into Development Conferences?
IAMCR Conference 2016: Communication for Development Highlights
Glocal Classroom Revisited – Storytelling & Social Change Leicester-Malmö
I EvalComDev International Conference: Call for Papers
Looking for Media and Communication in Development Conferences: Devres 2016