set out‚ through an investigation into the Zimbabwean experience‚ to examine the role local Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) can play to uphold human rights in a repressive environment‚ in response to state-induced internal displacement situations. The debate about NGOs and their role in the triadic development process (state‚ markets and NGOs) is explored. While NGOs have been projected as the development ombudsman‚ questions about their effectiveness‚ transparency accountability‚ and being
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ROLE OF COMMUNITY RADIO IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT By Saad Ullah Khan Research Scholar‚ Department of Mass Communication Aligarh Muslim University‚ Aligarh 202002‚U.P.‚ India Email: saadgeneration84@yahoo.co.in ABSTRACT: India became independent on 15 August 1947.Though‚ after Independence we achieved tremendous success in many fields but still much is needed to be done in order to become a developed nation. Statistics betrays that after Independence our growth rate has increased from 3% to 9 %
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Youth homelessness in the UK A decade of progress? Deborah Quilgars‚ Sarah Johnsen and Nicholas Pleace An evaluation of the progress being made to address youth homelessness in the UK. There have been significant policy developments across the UK to address youth homelessness in recent years‚ most particularly the extension of priority need groups and a new emphasis on the prevention of homelessness. This study‚ the first UK-wide review of youth homelessness for a decade‚ explores whether
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Marita Marshall 1/24/02 YOUTH VIOLENCE Violence in America’s society is a major problem. This problem can be traced back as far as fetal development. Is not rocket science to realize that most angry violent acts are due to a disturbed child or individual that lacked attention‚ love or care. Violence is not a new problem and scientists are just finding out new facts about how it starts and how it can be prevented. Violence is a social problem that increases over the years
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Introduction Rural Development Academy‚ Bogra is a national level Training and Research Institute of Rural Development established in 1974 under the Ministry of Local Government‚ Rural Development and Co-operatives. The major objectives of the Academy are to (i) offer training to the personnel of different nation building departments and agencies involve in rural development works; (ii) conduct research and action research or pilot experiments in different aspects of rural development; and (iii) offer
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communication. The development of mass media in Nigeria dates back to 1970 with the print media being the first having a coverage of about 45% with more penetration in the urban areas. The radio soon followed having a more widely reached audience though the availability of the radio at earlier stages was low and in 1990 then came the emergence of the television having a captivating attention with accessibility to only the elites. The traditional mass media in the 1990’s did play roles more in politics
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Raising children in today’s society is not for the faint of heart. Raising children has never been easy‚ but it is especially difficult in youth sports today. Coaches and parents are putting a lot of pressure on our young sons and daughters. The pressure to succeed in sports at such a young age is taking the fun out of the sport by making it all about winning. A Personal Perspective My own interaction in youth sports has been many: As a parent‚ participant
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How do both nature and nurture interact in the promotion of language development in young children? The debate between many researchers is the argument of whether nature or nurture play a more important role in development. In this essay I will be looking into both aspects of nature and nurture focusing specifically on their influence towards language development in children. A main controversial question I will be looking into is the question of whether are we born already equipped with mechanisms
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Youth in today’s society feel a need to be rebellious because of individualism and peer pressure from role models. Youth in the 90’s want to be like their favorite actor or actress‚ they want to be well liked and popular with others‚ and they want to be an individual doing their own thing; but what are the factors that contribute to youth’s rebelliousness? One of the big contributors to youth’s rebelliousness starts with individualism. Young people feel as if they do
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Youth gangs in North American society are nothing new. When we turn on the news we often hear stories of misguided youth contributing to yet another gang related crime. Even though it is known that youth crimes are overrepresented in the media today‚ the subject of youth gang activity is quite a predicament to our society. Over the last few years‚ there has been a moral panic created by constant exposure to the media which portrays a great amount of youth crimes and violence. In Canada there
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