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www.rsf.org is a news website devoted to press freedom. Reporters Without Borders maintains this multilingual (French, English, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic and Persian) website in order to keep a daily tally of attacks on press freedom as they occur throughout the world. Updated several times a day, it functions like a press-freedom news agency. It gives Internet users an opportunity to act as a group to demand the release of jailed journalists by signing on-line petitions. To circumvent censorship, it presents occasionally articles that have been banned in their country of origin, hosts newspapers that have been closed down in their homeland and serves as a forum where journalists who have been "silenced" by authorities can voice their opinions. This website, which welcomes 150,000 to 200,000 visitors per month, also provides complete reports on cases covered in the press, as well as a daily "barometer" summarising the most recent attacks on press freedom. ... [according to site editor`s information]

UMWA is a voluntary, registered non-governmental umbrella organization and an association for female journalists and women involved in information management from both government and private organizations.UMWA’s aim is to provide development information to women and other marginalized groups for effective decision-making and advocate for gender responsive policies, legislation and programs for improved livelihoods. ... [according to site editor's information]

AMWIK is a national media Association for women journalists from the print, electronic media and other areas of communication. Its primary focus is women, and it uses the media as a tool to advance issues that affect them. The Association recognizes that gender inequality and inequity undermines the effectiveness of development. ... [according to site editor's information]

JED is an independent and non partisan organisation created in Kinshasa from the initiative of a group of Congolese journalists (DRCongo) and dedicated to the defence and promotion of the press freedom, first in the DRC and then since May 2003, in the eight other central African countries covered by the Organisation des Médias d'Afrique Centrale. JED is a independent and open structure to all those who feel like having a vocation to defend and promote their right to inform and to be informed freely without any restriction whatsoever. ... [according to site editor's information; editors ilissAfrica]

FAIR is a professional association of investigative journalists in Africa. Its mission is to enhance, deepen and build investigative journalism as a profession throughout the continent. FAIR was established in May 2003 by 15 investigative journalists from six African countries on the basis of the awareness that, firstly, investigative journalists have a vital role to play to enhance the African public's right to information about all matters of social development and social justice; and, secondly, that African investigative journalists at present face many obstacles, ranging from lack of encouragement and low pay to life-threatening situations. FAIR was established to help investigative journalists help and support eachother in order to overcome these obstacles. ... [according to site editor's information]

Journalists Against AIDS (JAAIDS) Nigeria is a media-based non-governmental organisation in Nigeria working in the field of HIV/AIDS and development. Its mission is to contribute to the prevention, care and control of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria by providing innovative communication interventions that will facilitate positive behavior change to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS. ... [according to site editor's information]

The objectives of JET are inter alia * to collect information on environment and sustainable development and disseminate it through JET publications and other media. * to provide forums for people to learn and exchange idea on environment and sustainable development. * to disseminate environmental education and stimulate public debate on sustainable management of natural resources. ... [according to site editor's information]