New and Emerging Media: ICTs for MDGs
OneWorld South Asia facilitates knowledge sharing on development issues and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) among civil society bodies and other stakeholders through the appropriation of new media tools. OneWorld South Asia’s online advocacy aims to strengthen grassroots voices and impact pro-poor policies while highlighting various development initiatives of partner NGOs.
The OneWorld South Asia portal is a flagship source of development news, features, views and resources with a strong focus on the MDG themes – poverty and livelihoods, education, health, gender, environment and global partnership. It provides special coverage on people’s initiatives and campaigns for equitable and sustainable development, human rights and climate justice in the realisation of MDGs.
South Asia MDG Watch, our fortnightly newsletter supported by the United Nations Millennium Campaign, informs audiences on the progress of the MDGs in the South Asia region and has a current reach of over 5,000 key recipients in national governments, civil society, media, academics, bi-lateral and multilateral agencies and the private sector.
The Digital Opportunity Channel is a global Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) portal, advocating the mainstreaming of ICTs in development interventions – at both policy and grassroots.
Online Platforms and Adaptation of New Technologies
The recent launch of the South Asian Feminist Portal in partnership with SANGAT aims to bring together campaigns, theory, praxis and debate from the region. Work is also underway on a South Asian Development Knowledge Repository to make possible the acquisition and dissemination of development content through multiple channels.
OneWorld South Asia is dedicated to the formulation of new media solutions including mobile technology for strengthening the campaign for MDGs in South Asia.
