PD News: Nigeria: One Campaign Launches Initiative to Get 130 Million Girls Back to School

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March 07, 2017 Russian, German Top Diplomats to Discuss Situation in Ukraine, Syrian Crisis TASS "Cultural cooperation, youth exchanges and interaction between public organizations play an important role in bilateral cooperation," the ministry added. "The Russian-German Year of Youth Exchanges is worth mentioning, its closing ceremony due to be held in Berlin on July 13-16. New possibilities for bilateral years are under consideration." Read More... Strategies Underlying Iranian Soft Power AEI Another area in which Iranian soft power is uncontested is in the construction of museums to promote its world view. In the aftermath of the Iran hostage crisis, Iranian authorities transformed the former US embassy into a museum to illustrate both supposed Iranian victories over America as well as grievances against the United States. Read More... Africa's Newest Satellite Network Starts Broadcasting BIZTECH AFRICA The Kwesé Network’s Pay-TV satellite service started broadcasting yesterday, beaming Kwesé’s full suite of entertainment and sports programming to households in Ghana, Rwanda and Zambia, which make up the initial phase of the Kwesé TV rollout across Africa, other countries will be announced in due course. Viewers in these countries can now access Kwesé TV via Kwesé’s own satellite and set-top-box (decoder) available at leading retailers. Read More... One Campaign Launches Initiative to Get 130 Million Girls Back to School ALLAFRICA Ahead of the International Women's Day on March 8th, ONE Campaign said it had launched its #GirlsCount campaign, an initiative that has rallied citizens and leaders from around the world and in Nigeria to bring a spotlight on this crisis and demand action from global leaders to end this crisis. Read More... Global Experts to Address Public Diplomacy Forum in Dubai KHALEEJ TIMES The Dubai Government Media Office on Monday announced the agenda for the Public Diplomacy and Government Communication Forum (PDGCF) that will be held next Sunday in Dubai. [...] Aims to support government organisations in optimising their communication strategies through a discussion of global best practices and success stories from around the world. Read More... Diplomacy: Let Us Focus, Facilitate & Flourish Together, Today, Everyday SRI LANKA GUARDIAN The threads that connect India and Sri Lanka are many. From mythology to history to civilizational, cultural, commercial and people-to-people ties, there are layers and layers of what we mean for each other. We have the profound advantage of not having to look hard for similarities and bonds. The question is how to encash these advantages and maximise our mutual benefit? Read More... CPD Website | Contact | Unsubscribe