Comments on: The Right to Know http://www.humanitarian.info/2006/12/14/the-right-to-know/ because information can save lives Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:15:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: humanitarian.info » Paper, Rock, Scissors, Information http://www.humanitarian.info/2006/12/14/the-right-to-know/comment-page-1/#comment-242897 humanitarian.info » Paper, Rock, Scissors, Information Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:29:55 +0000 http://www.humanitarian.info/2006/12/14/the-right-to-know/#comment-242897 [...] previously wrote about Imogen Wall’s post-tsunami report The Right To Know: The Challenge of Public Information and Accountability in Aceh and Sri Lanka, which laid out the [...] [...] previously wrote about Imogen Wall’s post-tsunami report The Right To Know: The Challenge of Public Information and Accountability in Aceh and Sri Lanka, which laid out the [...]

]]> By: Paul Currion http://www.humanitarian.info/2006/12/14/the-right-to-know/comment-page-1/#comment-100892 Paul Currion Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:40:30 +0000 http://www.humanitarian.info/2006/12/14/the-right-to-know/#comment-100892 Good to see the Tsunami Envoy site closed up shop without any redirects, isn't it? I've updated the link on this post, but you can find the report <a href="http://www.internews.org/articles/2006/20061000_The_Right_to_Know.pdf" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Good to see the Tsunami Envoy site closed up shop without any redirects, isn’t it? I’ve updated the link on this post, but you can find the report here.

]]> By: Sanjana Hattotuwa http://www.humanitarian.info/2006/12/14/the-right-to-know/comment-page-1/#comment-100749 Sanjana Hattotuwa Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:09:35 +0000 http://www.humanitarian.info/2006/12/14/the-right-to-know/#comment-100749 Hi Paul, The link to The Right to Know does not seem to work anymore. Do you know of any place I can get this PDF from? SH Hi Paul,

The link to The Right to Know does not seem to work anymore. Do you know of any place I can get this PDF from?

SH

]]> By: InfoShare Research Unit » Blog Archive » The Right to Know - The Challenge of Public Information and Accountability in Aceh and Sri Lanka http://www.humanitarian.info/2006/12/14/the-right-to-know/comment-page-1/#comment-8967 InfoShare Research Unit » Blog Archive » The Right to Know - The Challenge of Public Information and Accountability in Aceh and Sri Lanka Sun, 21 Jan 2007 07:38:01 +0000 http://www.humanitarian.info/2006/12/14/the-right-to-know/#comment-8967 [...] From Paul Currion comes the pointer to a wonderful new report, The Right to Know - The Challenge of Public Information and Accountability in Aceh and Sri Lanka, now available in the Peace Library. This study breaks the downward communication challenge in post-tsunami Aceh and Sri Lanka into four main areas. The first looks at the nature of communication problems between organisations and communities. The second covers mass information campaigns, including an overview of the information channels in Aceh and Sri Lanka and how best to use them. The third section investigates complaints mechanisms, and, finally, the fourth section is a brief glance at what has been done to bridge information gaps in Aceh and Sri Lanka. [...] [...] From Paul Currion comes the pointer to a wonderful new report, The Right to Know – The Challenge of Public Information and Accountability in Aceh and Sri Lanka, now available in the Peace Library. This study breaks the downward communication challenge in post-tsunami Aceh and Sri Lanka into four main areas. The first looks at the nature of communication problems between organisations and communities. The second covers mass information campaigns, including an overview of the information channels in Aceh and Sri Lanka and how best to use them. The third section investigates complaints mechanisms, and, finally, the fourth section is a brief glance at what has been done to bridge information gaps in Aceh and Sri Lanka. [...]

]]> By: Matt Bannerman http://www.humanitarian.info/2006/12/14/the-right-to-know/comment-page-1/#comment-5314 Matt Bannerman Tue, 02 Jan 2007 11:26:20 +0000 http://www.humanitarian.info/2006/12/14/the-right-to-know/#comment-5314 Could not agree more - Imogen Wall's report should be on the shelf of everyone working in communication with affected populations. Don't publish a newsletter or set up a bulletin board without aborbing the lessons in this report. Could not agree more – Imogen Wall’s report should be on the shelf of everyone working in communication with affected populations. Don’t publish a newsletter or set up a bulletin board without aborbing the lessons in this report.

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