Regional & National Coordinators - GMMP 2005

Africa - Asia - The Caribbean - Europe - Latin America - Middle East - North America - Pacific

AFRICA

Regional Coordinators:

Southern Africa

Jennifer Mufane: Media Institute of Southern Africa Regional Secretariat, Namibia

East Africa

Rosemary Okello-Orlale: African Women and Child Feature Service, Kenya

West and Central Africa

Amie Joof-Cole: Inter African Network for Women, Media, Gender and Development, Senegal

National Coordinators:

- Angola: Anacleta Pereira, Media Institute of Southern Africa

- Botswana: Keabonye Ntsabane, Women’s NGO Coalition

- Ghana: Charity Binka, Women, Media and Change

- Kenya: Rosemary Okello-Orlale, African Women and Child Feature Service

- Lesotho: Mathabang Fanyane, Media Watch Association

- Malawi: Stella Mhura-Kaliwo, Malawi Media Women’s Association

- Mauritius: Audrey D’Hotman, Mauritius Media Watch

- Mozambique: Alfredo Libombo, Media Institute of Southern Africa

- Namibia: Sarry Xoagus-Eises, Gender and Media Southern African Network and

- Nigeria: Nkem Fab-Ukozor, Institute of Management Technology

- Rwanda: Patrice Mulama, Rwandan Media Monitoring Project

- Senegal: Amie Joof-Cole, Inter African Network for Women, Media, Gender and Development

- Seychelles: Sharon Telemaque, GEM Plus

- South Africa: Judith Smith, Southern African Media and Gender Institute

- Tanzania: Wilbert Kitima, Gender and Media Southern African Network

- Swaziland: Bheki Maseko, Swaziland Media Gender Watch

- Zambia: Charles Chisala, The Zambia Times Newspaper & Gender and Media Southern African Network

- Zimbabwe: Loveness Jambaya, Gender and Media Southern African Network

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Asia

Regional Coordinators:

South Asia

Leela Rao, Asian Network of Women in Communication, India

National Coordinators:

- Bangladesh: Gitiara Nasreen, Gender in Media Forum

- Cambodia: Tive Sarayeth, Women’s Media Centre

- China: Cai Yiping, Women's Media Watch

- India: Ashish Sen, VOICES

- Indonesia: Hetty Siregar, Yakoma PGI

- Japan: Midori Suzuki, Ritsumeikan University

- Nepal: Manju Thapa, Asmita

- The Philippines: Teresita Hermano, Communication Foundation for Asia

- South Korea: Soonim Lee, Korean Association of Women Theologians

- Thailand: Ratchanee Vongsumitr, BuraphaUniversity

- Vietnam: Le Thi Nham Tuyet, Research Centre for Gender, Family and the Environment in Development

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The Caribbean

Regional Coordinators:

The English-Speaking Caribbean

Corrine Barnes, Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication, Jamaica

The Spanish-Speaking Caribbean

Max Duenas Guzmán, University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico

National Coordinators:

- Cuba: Isabel Moya, La Universidad de Havana

- Haiti: Myriam Merlet, ENFO-FANM

- Jamaica: Hilary Nicholson, Women’s Media Watch

- Puerto Rico: Lourdes Lugo, University of Puerto Rico

- Suriname:Sandra Clenem, Caribbean Association for Feminist Research and Action

- Trinidad and Tobago:Hazel Brown, Caribbean Association for Feminist Research and Action

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Europe

National Coordinators:

- Azerbaijan: Mehriban Zeynalova, Clean World (NGO)

- Austria: Gerti Kuhn, Austrian Female Journalists Congress

- Belgium: Frieda Saeys & Mieke De Clercq, University of Ghent

- Bosnia and Herzegovina: Natalija Petric, United Women Banja Luka

- Bosnia and Herzegovina: Alekzander Zivanovic, Helsinki Citizens Assembly Banja Luka

- Croatia: Sanja Sarnavka, Be Aware Be Emancipated

- Estonia: Ruta Pels, Den Za Dnjom Newspaper

- Finland: Minna Aslama, University of Helsinki

- Georgia: Galina Petriashvili, Journalists Association GenderMediaCaucasus

- Germany: Marlies Hesse, League of Women Journalists

- Hungary: Reka Safrany, International Gender Equality Network

- Ireland: Debbie Ging, DublinCityUniversity

- Italy: Claudia Padovani, University of Padova

- Netherlands: Bernadette Vandijck, Radio Netherlands Training Centre

- Malta: Brenda Murphy, University of Malta

- Montenegro: Aleksandra Kovacevic, Anima Kotor NGO

- Norway: Mari Skurdal, Norwegian Women’s Media Watch

- Portugal: Maria Joao Silveirinha, Universidade de Coimbra

- Romania: Daniela Frumusani, University of Bucharest

- Switzerland: Sylvie Durrer, University of Lausanne

- Sweden: Maria Jacobson, Nätverket Allt är Möjligt

- Spain: Elvira Altes, Association of Catalan Women Journalists

- Serbia: Maja Stajcic, INDOK Centre

- Turkey: Nezih Orhon, AnadoluUniversity

- England: Karen Ross, University of Coventry

- Northen Ireland: Maire Messenger-Davies, University of Ulster

- Scotland: Maggie Magor, University of Stirling

- Wales: Cindy Carter, University of Cardiff

- Uzbekistan: Zarifa Tajieva, Civil Society Research Institute

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Latin America

Regional Coordinators:

Central America

Dennis Smith, Centro Evangélico de Estudios Pastorales en Centro América, Guatemala

Andean Region

Alexandra Fierro, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia

Southern Cone

Claudia Florentín, WACC-América Latina, Argentina

National Coordinators:

- Argentina: Ester Iglesia Lugo, El Foro de Tecnología y Género de ISEDET

- Brazil: Vera Viera, Rede Mulher

- Chile: Ana María Portugal, Isis Internacional

- Colombia: Alexandra Fierro, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

- Ecuador: Marco Villarruel, Universidad Central de Ecuador

- El Salvador: Carlos Leonramos, Instituto de Derechos Humanos de la UCA

- Guatemala: Betty Carrera, Centro Evangélico de Estudios Pastorales en Centro América

- Paraguay: Angélica Roa, La Agencia de Noticias Jaku’eke Mujer de Paraguay

- Peru: Lizett Graham Milla, Calandria

- Uruguay: Susana Rostagnol, La Universidad de la República de Montevideo

- Venezuela: Dulce García, Instituto Radiofónico Fe y Alegría

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Middle East

National Coordinators:

- Egypt: Mirette Amgad, MediaHouse

- Israel: Dafna Lemish, University of Tel Aviv

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North America

National Coordinators:

- Canada: Leslie Regan Shade, ConcordiaUniversity

- Canada: Sandra Gabriele, University of Ottawa

- USA: Glory Dharmaraj, General Board of Global Ministries, United Methodist Church

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Pacific

Regional Coordinator:

Sharon Bhagwan-Rolls, FemLINKPACIFIC: Media Initiatives for Women, Fiji

National Coordinators:

- Fiji: Violet Savu, Fiji Media Watch, Fiji

- New Zealand: Susan Fountaine, Massey University

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