Mahanirban Calcutta Research group

Muna Sunuwar, A journalist of Republica English Daily at Nepal Republic Media (Republica Daily Newspaper) working as a business correspondent covering tourism, aviation, power and foreign employment sectors. She has worked as a correspondent for Xinhua News Agency reporting news and articles about Nepal and happenings around Nepal. She was also engaged in a reconciliation program under World Food Program (WFP) after the devastating 2015 earthquake in Nepal. As a person who takes interest in contemporary issues and social problems, she has worked with an anti-trafficking organization striving to mitigate the trafficking problem in Nepal and empowering women who fell victim to trafficking, for four years.

Effects of Climate Change and Pandemic on Nepali Migrant Workers and their Families

Abstract

The Calcutta Research Group (CRG), along with Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, Institute for Human Sciences (IWM), Vienna and The Commonwealth Journalists Association-India (CJA-I) will hold a twoday international workshop in Kolkata on 24-25 August 2022 on climate change and disaster reporting directed towards binding together the perspectives on climate disaster and the importance of reflecting on mitigation with special focus on the role of media in bringing climate change into public discourse. The meet will also strive to train young journalists on crucial issues related to climatic change and pandemic reporting and associated migrations as well as presentations of case studies and evolving ethical standards for unbiased reporting. The impacts of climate change on gender, caste, occupation, children, and varied sections of society, roles and responsibilities of government in post-evacuation phase and the influences of media in forging implications on governance will remain among the focal theme of the workshop.
 

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Media Workshop Report

Online Lecture by: James Goldie