Photo: UN Secretary-General António Guterres speaks at the University of Geneva, launching his Agenda for Disarmament, on 24 May 2018. UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferre.
INPS Southeast Asia Director Kalinga Seneviratne joined INPS-IDN DG and Chief Editor Ramesh Jaura at the Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum (GMF 2018) from June 11-13, 2018 in Bonn to report from this event and network with media and international organisations as well as partners such as Pressenza.
GMF 2018 focussed on: Global Inequalities. Inequalities are all around us — some all-too visible, and many obscure and insidious. From institutionalized racism to income inequality, the digital divide and unequal power relations – inequality is deeply ingrained and deeply confusing. Are media up to understanding the dimensions and effects of inequality? How can technology really be a galvanizer and equalizer? What is the potential of technology to provide equal access to knowledge and power?
This article was produced as a part of the joint media project between The Non-profit International Press Syndicate Group and Soka Gakkai International in Consultative Status with ECOSOC.
Photo: The writer addressing UN Open-ended working group on nuclear disarmament on May 2, 2016 in Geneva. Credit: Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy.