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• 25.06.15 UNESCO will release three new documents during the VI Latin American Forum on Public Media The upcoming celebration of the VI Latin American Forum of Public Media: Economic, Social and Cultural Sustainability (June 25-26, Bogota, Colombia) will launch three new working tools from UNESCO.

• 24.06.15 UNESCO and SMEX to launch an online training course for Arab digital journalists UNESCO and SMEX are launching an Arabic-language online course and open curriculum for independent media, designed by working Arab digital journalists for aspiring Arab digital journalists.

• 24.06.15 UNESCO, UN Women and IFJ study gives journalists their say on challenges faced by women in Asia-Pacific media Seven-country report finds underrepresentation, glass ceilings and sexual harassment common, while offering pathways to improve gender equality.

• 24.06.15 Foreign policy must recognize the importance of media viability As media in developing countries face an uncertain economic future, the question of media viability came under intense review at a panel discussion organized by UNESCO's International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) on 22 June 2015, alongside the Deutsche Well Global Media Forum currently taking place in the German city of Bonn.

• 23.06.15 Assessment of journalist safety in Iraq launched A comprehensive analysis of the safety situation of Iraqi journalists using the UNESCO Journalists' Safety Indicators (JSI) has started last week in Baghdad with a workshop during which the Iraqi Journalists' Rights Defense Association (IJRDA), UNESCO's partner in the assessment, presented the research project.

• 23.06.15 Director-General deplores killing of Ukrainian journalist Sergii Nikolaiev The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, has deplored the death of press photographer Sergii Nikolaiev on 28 February.

• 23.06.15 Global Media Forum highlights safety of journalists Current challenges to free and safe journalism were the focus of a plenary session at Deutsche Welle's annual Global Media Forum in Bonn on Monday, 22 June, in which UNESCO participated.

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