Communication & Info. (Videos)

Since the mid 80's governments, international organizations and non-governmental organizations have joined efforts in the fight against AIDS. However, it became evident that despite massive action to inform the public about the risks, behavioural changes were not occurring as expected.

This DVD, produced whithin the joint UNESCO/UNAIDS project, "A Cultural Approach to HIV and AIDS Prevention and Care", is composed of the following two parts:

- Courtship and Marriage in the Pulaar Tradition

It tells the story of Souleymane, a young and peaceful Pulaar goat herder whose parents tell him that the time has come for him to have a wife. He is very happy and shows no resistance. His aunt Kadja is chosen to go ask for the hand of her cousin who is still a child. The parents of the future bride accept the proposal and the preparation of the marriage begins.

- Oral History by Pulaar Elders (shown above):

In Fouta, marriage is a sacred event. The woman has a very important place in their society. Both men and women are responsible for being faithful in their relationships and preserving their heritage. Yet as times change, this tradition is seriously challenged...

Since the mid 80's governments, international organizations and non-governmental organizations have joined efforts in the fight against AIDS. However,...

The famous digital divide is getting wider. A two-part documentary, The Codebreakers, aired on BBC World starting 10 May 2006, examines whether free/o...

Science and media project was launched in 2006 in the Caribbean with the production of three short 10-minute films and seven one-minute spots on HIV/AIDS through a partnership between the University of the West Indies (UWI) and UNESCO.

Aimed at youth, the general public and Caribbean audience, the films feature science related issues such as human physiology and behavior, environmental preservation and HIV/AIDS from a pedagogical viewpoint.

The three main productions are:

- Seeing Red: The Science of Violence

- Danger Zone : The Threat of Illegal Sand mining and Improper

- Solid Waste Management

- Sick to Death: The Science of HIV/AIDS

This video is part of a VCD produced within the framework of the Science and media project www.unesco.org/archives/multimedia/resource/subject/34/Scie...

Tibetan health-care traditions and their links to landscape and culture are central to the medicinal plants conservation programme supported in Shey Phoksundo National Park in the alpine meadows of the Eastern Himalaya, Nepal. With the cultural perception that the people's health is linked to that of the environment, medicinal plant conservation and health care are closely inter-related in the Dolpo region. In addition, local traditional healers, or amchis, are not only responsible for provision of health care, but also for environmental management, such as the regulation of grazing in alpine pastures.

The new challenge being faced is a large-scale commercial trade of medicinal plants from this area of Nepal to India and elsewhere, with at least 40 tonnes of medicinal plants exported from the Shey Phoksundo National Park area in 1996/97.

An example given in this video is the reduction of local self-sufficiency in popular and effective herbal medicines such as Nardostachys grandiflora and Picrorhiza scrophulariifolia. The video shows the work of People and Plants, which since 1997 has been studying systems of management used for medicinal plants by local amchis and investigating how they can be strengthened.

Tibetan health-care traditions and their links to landscape and culture are central to the medicinal plants conservation programme supported in Shey Phoksundo National Park in the alpine meadows of the Eastern Himalaya, Nepal. With the cultural perception that the people's health is linked to that of the environment, medicinal plant conservation and health care are closely inter-related in the Dolpo region. In addition, local traditional healers, or amchis, are not only responsible for provision of health care, but also for environmental management, such as the regulation of grazing in alpine pastures.

The new challenge being faced is a large-scale commercial trade of medicinal plants from this area of Nepal to India and elsewhere, with at least 40 tonnes of medicinal plants exported from the Shey Phoksundo National Park area in 1996/97.

An example given in this video is the reduction of local self-sufficiency in popular and effective herbal medicines such as Nardostachys grandiflora and Picrorhiza scrophulariifolia. The video shows the work of People and Plants, which since 1997 has been studying systems of management used for medicinal plants by local amchis and investigating how they can be strengthened.

Tibetan health-care traditions and their links to landscape and culture are central to the medicinal plants conservation programme supported in Shey P...

UNESCO believes that it is important to critically examine the ways in which the poor can benefit from the new information and communication technologies (ICTs).

UNESCO's International Initiative for Community Multimedia Centres (CMCs) promotes community empowerment and addresses the digital divide by combining community broadcasting with the Internet and related technologies.

The CMC programme offers a global strategy for addressing the digital divide in the poorest communities of the developing world and also among countries in transition. The CMC opens a gateway to active membership of the global knowledge society by making information and communication the basic tools of the poor in improving their own lives.