tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193866292011-07-30T18:08:01.280ZBlog about my work with young people, indigenous peoples, human rights illustrated by photography and sound from my travels. Also contains links to my Website, Flickr Site and Youtube site.Vanishing Riteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01447617314499073985noreply@blogger.comBlogger321100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19386629.post-48879882876989664032009-01-31T13:06:00.005Z2009-01-31T14:22:35.212Z

Launch of ‘My Story’, a youth-led projectwww.mystorymedia.orgYoung people from Bristol and North Somerset have been sampling different media techniques and creating their own stories as part of the ‘My Story’ project, funded by Mediabox and supported by South West Screen. Vanishing Rites has partnered with Avon Youth Association Youth Bus in Shirehampton and Black Carers Project at Docklands

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Sisters and brothers:Today, our Mother Earth is ill. From the beginning of the 21st century we have lived the hottest years of the last thousand years. Global warming is generating abrupt changes in the weather: the retreat of glaciers and the decrease of the polar ice caps; the increase of the sea level and the flooding of coastal areas, where approximately 60% of the world population live; the

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Transformative Learning and Leadership: Feminist Voices from the Ground, AWID 11th Forum, Cape Town, 14-17 November 2008The session on Saturday 15th November was organised by the International Indigenous Women's Network and facilitated by Katrin Wilde of the Channel Foundation. The pannelist included, Tania Pariona, Annetta Bok (from Cape Town), Jennifer Tauli Corpuz and myself. Women from

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Ranglai Mro tortured, sentenced to 17 yrs in BangladeshOriginally uploaded by Ina's PicsRanglai Mro was arrested in March 2007 and false charges brought against him.Ranglai is a local Headman and ran an Indigenous NGO in Bandarban, CHT Bangladesh called Mrochet. Mrochet was a partner iof DfID. Ranglai's main crime was to protest the displacement of Indigenous and Bengali people from villages to

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Sheikh Hasina and Lord Avebury at the House of LordsOriginally uploaded by Ina's PicsSheikh Hasina, ex Prime Minister of Bangladesh and leader of the Awami League and Lord Eric Avebury arrive at the Moses Room in the House of Lords for a Conference on Democracy, Human Rights and the prospect of Free and Fair Elections in Bangladesh, Thursday 9th October 2008. The event was organised by the

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Here is the final film of the Samuburu Hearing. It gives an overview of the process and also the issues faced by East African countries as the impact of climate change and energy access are felt through the world. The film is narrated by the MPs and legislators gathered for the Hearing. Further details of future hearings and the workings of the e-Parliament:http://www.e-parl.net/eparliament/

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Call for Artists who are or who have been CARERS‘CARING/CARERS’ Art Exhibition DEADLINE 31st December 2008An open art exhibition and weekend of public events centred around the theme of ‘Caring/Carers, will take place in late Spring 2009. The exhibition is open to people of ALL AGES who are Carers or who have been Carers to submit creative visual, audio, written, spoken word, music or performance

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For immediate release20/06/08 Film-maker Ina Hume focuses on the e-ParliamentThe e-Parliament is delighted to announce that film-maker Ina Hume has been contracted to make short films of the Energy Access for the Poor hearings.Ina Hume is an established film-maker who has previously done work for UNICEF and a number of UK-based charities.She will be producing short films of the nine different

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Mother and Child, KiberaOriginally uploaded by Ina's PicsI also visited Kibera, which is the second largest slum in Africa after Soweto in S Africa. I went to see some of the work of the Kibera Community Youth Programme, who won an Award in 2006 for a Solar project. As well as finding a very interesting and committed group of people, I also discovered a vibrant and welcoming community in the

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Samburu Girls beaded necklaces, KenyaOriginally uploaded by Ina's PicsI have just returned from the most wonderful assignment to Samburu with the e-Parliament. Read the press release at: http://www.e-parl.net/eparlimages/general/pdf/080608a%20Samburufinalpress.pdfI was filming the hearings, and interviewing MPs from East Africa on their thoughts on the hearing as well as issues related to

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Jungulator SunsetOriginally uploaded by Ina's PicsI travelled to Bordeaux with I AM THE MIGHTY JUNGULATOR! for a performance of Stephen Ireland's 'Hammerfest' as part of the Bordeaux CineConcert, sponsored by the Jean Vigo Centre.The event was held at the Rock School Barbey on Friday 23rd May 2008.Matt Olden played the Jungulator, Dave Leavesley the guitar, Nathan Hughes produced live visuals

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My picture of the Trevi Fountain in Rome has been used in Schmap maps of Rome. Scroll through and you can see different sites in Rome, including mine of the Trevi Fountain at night. People believe if you throw a coin into the Trevi Fountain and make a wish, it will come true, and you will return to Rome again one day.....Here's what Schmap maps says about Rome:http://www.schmap.com/rome/home/

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This photograph of a young Chakma mother with her child was taken in Kassalong Reserve Forest in 1998 during the last food shortage in the area. The child died soon after the photograph was taken. All across South Asia bamboo of the Melocanna bambusoides species is flowering. It is an interesting phenomenon where all plants of the same species flower simultaneously. There is an evolutionary

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I travelled to Bario at the start of December, after a short stopover in Miri, where I was fortunate enough to attend the Triennial Kelabit function. I worked with a group of Kelabit children, who varied in age from about 10-14 yrs and in numbers from 8-15. I taught them how to use a couple of digital cameras and the minidisc and set off with them and Miriam, the excellent facilitator to take

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We have completed the film, Rebuilding Children's Lives through Education in Uganda for UNICEF. It is a lovely film, and charts the Go to School, Back to School, Stay in School campaign which ran in the north and norheast of the country from February-October 2007. The films can be seen in sections on my youtube site:Vanishing Rites YoutubeIntroduction to GBS CampaignGEM Mobilisation and

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Jummas in the UK attended a peaceful protest outside the Bangladesh High Commission in London on Thursday 25th October 2007. The event was organised by Jumma Peoples Network UK, with supporters from Amnesty.The main aim of the event was to highlight the problems facing Indigenous Peoples in the Chittagong Hill Tracts and Bangladesh. Jumma representatives presented a memorandum to the Bangladesh

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Links to Declaration in the News:Rebecca Sommer News Reel for Earth Peoples: The Indigenous PerspectiveBBC: Indigenous Rights outlined by UNIPS News: Native Peoples Score Historic Political VictoryUN PFII statements by Chair of Permanent Forum and Global Indigenous CaucusThe General Assembly adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples today, Thursday September 13, by a vote of 143

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The Sixth Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues was held at the United Nations in New York from 14th-26th May 2007.The main theme of this years session was on Indigenous Lands, Territories and Natural Resources. Rebang Dewan, and young Chakma boy from Rangamati in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh won the international competition to design a new logo for the UN PFII.

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Three students come Back to School, nr Tubur, Soroti, Uganda Originally uploaded by Ina's Pics. These three young people have returned to Primary School as part of the Go to School, Back to School, Stay in School (GBS) Campaign. This aims to identify children out of school who wish to complete their Primary School education. This area around Tubur in Soroti was badly affected by the

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Being Frank, is a short film that follows Frank Shackleton and his dogs, Cindy and Purdy around Badocks Woods in Southmead, Bristol one day. He gives us a unique insight into this little haven in the city, and in doing so opens our eyes to the wonder of nature and the forests, 'where we came from.'Badocks Woods and other small forests are under threat from development. It is important to

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A new blog, with photos, films and my father's obituary. Find out more about the amazing life he led, during rapidly changing world events. Blog, Photos and Film

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Kofi Annan's term as Secretary-General of the United Nations ends on 31st December 2006. I was fortunate enough to hear one of his last speeches at the conference on eliminating sexual exploitation and abuse of UN and NGO personnel on 4th December 2006 in New York. This was obviously a subject close to Kofi Annan's heart, as he had been in charge of the UN Department of Peacekeeping when these

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I was invited to attend a High Level Conference on Eliminating Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by UN and NGO personnel. The conference was organised by the Department of Peacekeeping, UNICEF, UNDP among others. The conference was opened by Secretary General Kofi Annan, and was one of his last official engagements. Also attending were H.R.H. Prince Zeid Ra'ad Al-Hussein (Jordan), the

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Those who are supposed to protect us are precesiely the ones that limit us.The United Nations appears to have failed in its ability to adopt a declaration that would protect and promote the human rights of Indigenous Peoples. You can read the statement from the Indigenous Peoples Caucus in New York below:UN affirms Indigenous Peoples are not equal to all other PeoplesThe Indigenous Caucus is

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We completed the film for UNICEF Uganda this week. I am very pleased with it. The interface for the dvd is shown here. The film is called Children's Voices:Creative Paths to Learning'. It is a great film, with an apt title, as songs devised and sung by the children are used as the background music for the film. We produced two versions, a full film (just over 20 minutes long) and a short

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I have just been working on a test project with UNICEF Uganda, in Abim district in Karamoja in northeastern Uganda. I trained a group of Girls Education Movement (GEM) members in basic audio-visual technology and then they in turn trained some children and young people from two primary schools in Abim District, Karamoja in northeastern Uganda. We worked with the children to film, record and

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I have completed a short informative film about the lives of young carers living in the Bristol and South Gloucestershire area, for the Princess Royal Trust for Carers (www.carers.org/local/south-west/bristol)I worked with young carers using participatory video techniques, training them in basic multimedia and interviewing skills. Some young carers took cameras home with them, and filmed

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Vanishing Rites-Life and Death in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, was a multimedia exhibition, held at the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum, from January to July in 2004 (www.empiremuseum.co.uk)If you missed the exhibition, then this is a chance to have a look at some of the panels, that give an introduction to the Chittagong Hill Tracts online.To see some of these exhibition panels, please go

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5th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous IssuesUnited Nations Headquarters, New York May 15-26 2006Agenda Item : 4cStatement on Indigenous Women Presented by Mililani TraskOn behalf of Na Koa Ikaikai Kalahui Hawaii, Jumma Peoples Network International, Action pour la Promotion des Droits des Minorities Autochtones en Afrique Centrale, Buffalo River Dene Nation, Confederacy

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5th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous IssuesUnited Nations Headquarters, New York May 15-26 2006Agenda Item : 4cStatement by Ina HumeOn behalf of the Asian Indigenous Peoples CaucusOn Indigenous Women and ChildrenThe situation faced by many indigenous women and children remains critical in several of the Asian countries represented here at the Permanent Forum. This is

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5th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous IssuesUnited Nations Headquarters, New York May 15-26 2006Agenda Item: 4Collective Statement by Ina HumeOn behalf of the Bangladesh Indigenous Peoples OrganisationsJumma Peoples Network International, Taungya, Tribal Welfare Association, Bangladesh Jatio, Adivasi Parishad, Vanishing RitesOn Human Rights in BangladeshThank you Madame

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I am off to attend the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York New York. 'The UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues is an advisory body to the Economic and Social Council, with a mandate to discuss indigenous issues related to economic and social development, culture, the environment, education, health and human rights.' Here is a link to their website:http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/

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