The WIDE 2008 Annual Conference is not only covered by it’s own Daily Vision. You may have noticed a video camera moving around the venue. It belongs to Shahrzad News an Iranian news agency.
By Suvi Kilpeläinen
Shahrzad News is a bilingual, multimedia news service that provides news and views on gender sensitive issues in Iran. It gives Iranian women a voice in the media and they also offer media training. Besides covering news, this agency reports international events and conferences which concentrate specifically on women’s organisations. Shahrzad News feel that gender sensitive and women related issues are not covered enough in the mainstream media and work to fill this gap. This is the same reason why WIDE started the Daily Vision and the weblog online.
Shahrzad News is working on a documentary about the WIDE Annual Conference. They have interviewed participants, speakers and organisers to find out what kind of expectations various people have for the conference. The documentary will be out in two weeks. You can see the documentary through Shahrzad News` website: www.shahrzadnews.org. The documentary lasts 1001 seconds, which is a direct reference to Shahrzad, meaning Sheherazade – the narrator of 1001 nights.
This article has been published in Daily News 11-10-2008
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