23 Sep 2002

The Afghanistan Monitor - e-journal
Crosslines and Media Action International (MAI), London, UK
Supplied-note: "Beginning in October 2002, Media Action International [MAI, www.mediaaction.org - ed.] will [fortnightly] publish the 'Afghanistan Monitor', an independent print and web newsletter [in PDF and text formats - ed.] designed to respond to the information needs of the local population as well as the international community in Afghanistan (notably UN agencies, humanitarian organizations, and governments both in and out of the region). The 24-page news journal will offer a mix of brief reports and in- depth articles on issues ranging from food distribution and women's issues to education and security, together with useful contacts and logistical information. [...] The [...] journal [is] aimed at promoting better accountability and coordination of humanitarian, recovery and security activities."
Site contents: [The pilot issue #0, Sep 2002]: 'Fatal confusion: the danger of blending military and humanitarian missions' by E. Girardet and W.T. Dowell; 'Are Afghan children traumatised? According to Save the Children situation may not be as bad as often assumed'; 'From Beyond the Grave: the state of print media in Afghanistan.'
URL http://www.afghanmonitor.org
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Bob Pyke Jr (repyke@infi.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: rating not available
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30