Links to South African and international media and gender NGO's and Policy Makers' Websites.

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South African Links

Policy Makers and Statutory Bodies

• The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) - On 1 July 2000, The Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) and the South African Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (SATRA) merged to form The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA).
• The Department of Communications - ministry in charge of communications policy and regulation.
• The Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) - meeting the Government's communication needs and the public's information needs.
• South African Government On-line - for government reports, speeches and policy documents.
• The Commission on Gender Equality - the aim of the Commission, as set out in section 187 of the Constitution is to promote gender equality and to advise and make recommendations to Parliament or any other legislature with regard to any laws or proposed legislation which affects gender equality and the status of women.
• State Information Technology Agency - provides information Technology (IT), information systems and related services to, or on behalf of, participating government departments and in regard to these services, acts as an agent of the South African Government.

• The Women'sNet Radio Exchange - a central aim of the project is to increase gender content on community radio stations and to develop capacity amongst gender organisations to enable them to generate content for news and programming on community radio.
• The Rhodes Department of Journalism and Media Studies - for specific information detailing curriculum, courses offered, and contact details for staff in the department as well as work and research produced by staff and students.
• The Media Review Network - the aspiration of the Media Review Network is to dispel the myths and stereotypes about Islam and Muslims and to foster bridges of understanding.
• The National Electronic Media Institute of South Africa (NEMISA) - established by the Department of Communications with the support of the broadcasting sector as a skills development initiative, with an aim to develop creative and multi-skilled people who can become key players in the broadcasting industry and contribute to its growth and development.
• The Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI) - the Institute's work involves monitoring (watchdog) and research functions, litigation, educational activities and campaigns to ensure democratic values and freedom of speech and expression.
• The National Community Radio Forum (NCRF) - The National Community Radio Forum, launched in 1993, in Orlando, Soweto, aims to lobby for the diversification of the airwaves and effecting a dynamic broadcasting environment in South Africa. This will be achieved through the establishment of community radio stations throughout South Africa.
• The Media Monitoring Project (MMP) - monitors the South African media in the interests of a free, independent and critical media culture.
• Bridges.Southern Africa - Bridges' mission is to empower people in developing and emerging countries to use technology for themselves.

• The Media Institute of Southern Africa - a non-governmental organisation with members in 11 of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) countries. MISA focuses primarily on the need to promote free, independent and pluralistic media, as envisaged in the 1991 Windhoek Declaration.
• Zimbabwe Democracy Trust News Portal - the world's leading website on Zimbabwe, launched in order to assist its efforts in restoring democracy and the rule of law to the country.
• Committee to Protect Journalists - is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization founded in 1981 to monitor abuses against the press and promote press freedom around the world.
• Centre for Media and Public Affairs - an American nonpartisan research and educational organization which conducts scientific studies of the news and entertainment media.
• International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) - strengthening the role of women in the news media worldwide, based on the belief that no press is truly free unless women share an equal voice.
• The African Women's Media Centre - The IWMF launched the AWMC in 1997 to provide African women journalists the training, resources and tools they need to compete equally with their male colleagues.
• Feminists for Freedom of Expression - is a group of diverse feminists working to preserve the individual's right and responsibility to read, listen, view and produce materials of her choice, without the intervention of the state "for her own good."
• International Journalists Network - The International Journalists' Network (IJNet) is an online service for journalists, media managers, media assistance professionals, journalism trainers and educators and anyone else with an interest in the state of the media around the world. The IJNet is produced by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) in Washington, D.C.
• Theory.org.uk - social theory for frans of popular culture, popular culture for fans of social theory.
• Media Watch - MediaWatch is a Canadian, not for profit feminist organization working to eliminate sexism in the media. We seek to transform the media environment from one in which women are either invisible or stereotyped, to one in which women are realistically portrayed and equitably represented in all our physical, economic, racial and cultural diversity.
• International Freedom of Expression Exchange - as profound violations of the right to free expression continue around the globe, the International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX) has emerged as a strong and growing force of opposition.
• Women Action - a global information, communication and media network that enables NGOs to actively engage in the Beijing+5 review process with the long term goal of women's empowerment, with a special focus on women and media.

• Feminist Interactive Radio Endeavour (FIRE) - disseminates women's voices in all their diversity, so that they can be heard by men and women around the world, crossing barriers of nationality, culture, race, geography and language, and contributing to bridge the gender gap.
• The World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) - AMARC is an international non-governmental organization serving the community radio movement. Its goal is to support and contribute to the development of community and participatory radio along the principals of solidarity and international cooperation.
• Women's Radio Group - Women’s Radio Group is an arts charity based in the UK, committed to providing training for women in all areas of radio production.
• InterWorld Radio - InterWorld Radio is a partnership between The Panos Institute and oneworld.net. InterWorld Radio is an editorially independent service funded by a range of donors.
• Women's International News Gathering Service (WINGS) - an all-woman independent radio production company that produces and distributes news and current affairs programs by and about women around the world.

• The Association for Progressive Communication - the APC Women's Networking Support Programme (APC WNSP) believes that Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are powerful tools - tools that can help build social networks and contribute towards progressive, social change.
• The Digital Freedom Network- the Digital Freedom Network (DFN) promotes human rights around the world by developing new methods of activism with Internet technology and by providing an online voice to those attacked simply for expressing themselves.
• The Global Internet Liberty Campaign - the Global Internet Liberty Campaign was formed at the annual meeting of the Internet Society in Montreal. Members of the coalition include the American Civil Liberties Union, the Electronic Privacy Information Center, Human Rights Watch, the Internet Society, Privacy International, the Association des Utilisateurs d'Internet, and other civil liberties and human rights organizations
• Different Voices on-Line Network - Different Voices is an online information and media network - a not-for-profit organisation promoting media access for all, especially through use of the internet.
• UNRISD programme on Information Technologies and Social Development - provides a forum for exploring these questions, through a combination of approaches ranging from grassroots social research in Third World villages and urban neighborhoods to national and international policy debates.
• Bellanet - Bellanet helps the international community to work together more effectively, especially using information and communication technologies (ICTs).
• Acacia - an international program to empower Sub-Saharan communities with the ability to apply ICT's to their own social and economic development.
• African Information Society Initiative - The AISI intiative was put into place through the collaborative actions of a network of partners, sharing the aim of promoting connectivity and information technology development in Africa.
• Digital Africa - promotes and supports the initiatives that build the information and communication infrastructures of the African information society at the national, regional, african level in the public and private organizational sectors. DigitalAfrica studies, defines, promotes, proposes ICT approaches, solutions and searches for technological, financial, commercial partners for african-wide initiatives and projects.
• Centre for Women and Information Technology - established at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) in July, 1998, seeks to address issues of inclusion and to enhance our understanding of the relationship between gender and IT.