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ABC News
25-05-2025
- Politics
- ABC News
The silencing of Voice of America
The US funded international news network Voice of America started broadcasting into Germany in 1942. It now broadcasts in nearly 50 languages to more than 350 million people around the world. But in March this year, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order dismantling the US Agency for Global Media - the independent government body that oversees Voice of America. Now, Voice of America has been silenced for the first time in 83 years. Guests: Patsy Widakuswara is Voice of America's White House Bureau Chief and lead plaintiff in VOA's legal case against the Trump Administration. Dr Nick Cull is Professor of Public Diplomacy at the University of Southern California, Annenberg, and he specialises in the historic role of communication in foreign policy. Dr Kate Wright is Associate Professor of Media and Communications at the University of Edinburgh and co-author of Capturing News, Capturing Democracy: Trump and the Voice of America by Kate Wright, Martin Scott & Mel Bunce Produced and presented by Kirsti Melville
Yahoo
08-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Work to help abused women 'goes on forever'
Work to support and empower women and children who have experienced domestic abuse "goes on forever", a charity boss says. Kate Wright, from the charity Freeda [Free from Domestic Abuse], was speaking as the charity hosted a breakfast in Jersey ahead of International Women's Day. She said: "Perpetrators continue to find new ways to commit their crimes, particularly online... so this is not a one-off project. This goes on forever." At last year's event, Chief Minister Lyndon Farnham announced that he would be accepting all of the recommendations made in a report on violence against women and girls. The UN theme for this year's event is: For ALL women and girls: Rights Equality & Empowerment. Community and business leaders from Jersey and the UK have been talking about the challenges many women face and how difficult it could be, especially for women in minority communities, to make their voices heard. Solicitor Harriet Wistrich, who helped bring a case against the London Metropolitan Police for their failures to investigate allegations against convicted taxi driver John Worboys, told BBC Radio Jersey, for many of the women involved, it was almost worse that police had not believed them. She said: "Many, many women who had not reported him - because they did not think they would be believed - then came forward and it transpired that over 105 came forward to say they had been the victim of rape or serious sexual assault by this taxi driver. "Had the police acted effectively at the beginning, had they pursued him, many of those women would never have been raped or sexually assaulted... in the first place." There is hope that Jersey's government is taking the problem of domestic abuse seriously and that women, particularly in minority communities are finding their voice. Lesley Katsande, from Friends of Africa, said: "Lets wait and see. The chief minister himself and the minister for home affairs, they did say they heard us, so, hopefully, they are going to go away and think about it and... implement those changes. "I have to be hopeful. Acknowledgement is hopeful. "However, we are waiting for the implementation. I am going to give the government the benefit of the doubt." Follow BBC Jersey on X and Facebook. Send your story ideas to International Women's Day Freeda Centre for Women's Justice Why do we have International Women's Day? Jersey government accepts women violence report BBC - International Women's Day
Yahoo
08-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Work to help abused women 'goes on forever'
Work to support and empower women and children who have experienced domestic abuse "goes on forever", a charity boss says. Kate Wright, from the charity Freeda [Free from Domestic Abuse], was speaking as the charity hosted a breakfast in Jersey ahead of International Women's Day. She said: "Perpetrators continue to find new ways to commit their crimes, particularly online... so this is not a one-off project. This goes on forever." At last year's event, Chief Minister Lyndon Farnham announced that he would be accepting all of the recommendations made in a report on violence against women and girls. The UN theme for this year's event is: For ALL women and girls: Rights Equality & Empowerment. Community and business leaders from Jersey and the UK have been talking about the challenges many women face and how difficult it could be, especially for women in minority communities, to make their voices heard. Solicitor Harriet Wistrich, who helped bring a case against the London Metropolitan Police for their failures to investigate allegations against convicted taxi driver John Worboys, told BBC Radio Jersey, for many of the women involved, it was almost worse that police had not believed them. She said: "Many, many women who had not reported him - because they did not think they would be believed - then came forward and it transpired that over 105 came forward to say they had been the victim of rape or serious sexual assault by this taxi driver. "Had the police acted effectively at the beginning, had they pursued him, many of those women would never have been raped or sexually assaulted... in the first place." There is hope that Jersey's government is taking the problem of domestic abuse seriously and that women, particularly in minority communities are finding their voice. Lesley Katsande, from Friends of Africa, said: "Lets wait and see. The chief minister himself and the minister for home affairs, they did say they heard us, so, hopefully, they are going to go away and think about it and... implement those changes. "I have to be hopeful. Acknowledgement is hopeful. "However, we are waiting for the implementation. I am going to give the government the benefit of the doubt." Follow BBC Jersey on X and Facebook. Send your story ideas to International Women's Day Freeda Centre for Women's Justice Why do we have International Women's Day? Jersey government accepts women violence report BBC - International Women's Day
