1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910792199403321

Titolo

Building inclusive cities : women's safety and the right to the city / / edited by Carolyn Whitzman. [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-23187-0

0-203-10069-7

1-299-27911-2

1-136-23188-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WhitzmanCarolyn

Disciplina

307.1/216

Soggetti

City planning - Social aspects

Women - Crimes against

Women - Violence against

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : challenges, opportunities, and tools -- Challenges and opportunities -- Gendered livelihoods and inclusive cities -- Women's safety and everyday mobility -- Migrant women's safety : framing, policies and practices -- Interventions -- Gender inclusive cities programme: implementing change for women's safety -- The role of partnerships in creating inclusive cities -- What it looks like when it's fixed : collaboration towards a shared vision of city safety -- Safe access to basic infrastructure : more than pipes and taps -- Tools -- From gender mainstreaming to intersectionality : advances in achieving inclusive and safe cities -- Safer discursive space : artistic interventions and online action research -- How do we evaluate the safety of women -- Conclusion : women's safety and the right to the city.

Sommario/riassunto

Building on a growing movement within developing countries in Latin America, Africa, and Asia-Pacific, as well as Europe and North America, this book documents cutting edge practice and builds theory around a rights based approach to women's safety in the context of poverty reduction and social inclusion. Drawing upon two decades of research and grassroots action on safer cities for women and everyone, this



book is about the right to an inclusive city. The first part of the book describes the challenges that women face regarding access to essential services, housing security, liveab

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910159445503321

Autore

Mhiripiri Nhamo A.

Titolo

Media law, ethics, and policy in the digital age / / Nhamo A. Mhiripiri, Tendai Chari [editors]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hershey, PA : , : Information Science Reference, , [2017]

�2017

ISBN

9781522520962

9781522520955

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxii, 330 pages) : color illustrations

Collana

Advances in Media, Entertainment, and the Arts (AMEA) Book Series

Disciplina

175

Soggetti

Mass media - Law and legislation

Mass media - Moral and ethical aspects

Mass media policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Criminal defamation, the criminalisation of expression, media and information dissemination in the digital age: a legal and ethical perspective / Nhamo A. Mhiripiri, Jacqueline Chikakano -- Ethical pitfalls in the digital age: when the desire to "serve hot" gets in the way of verification / Tendai Chari -- To lie or not to lie: interrogating codes of conduct on photo ethics in the era of digital technologies / Bevelyn Dube -- Media-invented stories and outright lies a threat to journalism ethics and media credibility / Agnes Lucy Lando -- Ethical and legal challenges of election reporting in Nigeria: a study of four general elections, 1999-2011 / Tayo Popoola -- Copying, branding, and the ethical implications of rights in immaterial cultural goods / Ute M. Ròˆschenthaler -- Intellectual property rights and the protection of Africa's traditional knowledge / Benjamin Enahoro Assay -- Overcoming the legal challenges of news reporting: a case study of a



start-up news corporation / Jonathan Bishop -- Electoral polling and reporting in Africa: professional and policy implications for media practice and political communication in a digital age / Adebayo Fayoyin -- Digital media in Uganda: where regulation and freedom of expression contradictions are sharpest / Brian Semujju -- Citizen journalism on Facebook and the challenges of media regulation in Zimbabwe: Baba Jukwa / Collen Sabao, Vimbai Rejoice Chingwaramusee --

Naming crime suspects in the news: "seek truth and report it" vs. "minimizing harm" / Robin Blom -- Boko Haram insurgency in Cameroon: role of mass media in conflict management / Afu Isaiah Kunock -- Deferring citizens' "right to know" in an information age: the information deficit in Namibia / William Edward Heuva -- Rethinking information privacy in a "connected" world / Ufuoma Akpojivi.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book examines challenges, opportunities, issues, controversies and contradictions of digital technologies in relation to media law and ethics and how they play out in different socio-political and economic realities. Its aim is to critically interrogate issues, controversies, challenges and opportunities that digital technologies bring to bear on media and communications"--Provided by publisher.