AFRI Yearbook 2008 CAN M E DI A AFRIcan , AFRI , CAN MEDIA, C H ILDR AFRIcan The International Clearinghouse EN on Children, Youth and Media Norma Pecora, Enyonam Osei-Hwere & Ulla Carlsson CHILDRen NORDICOM Nordic Information Centre for Media and Communication Research University of Gothenburg Editors: Box 713, SE 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden Norma Pecora, Enyonam Osei-Hwere & Ulla Carlsson Telephone: +46 31 786 00 00 Fax: +46 31 786 46 55 E-mail: nordicom @nordicom.gu.se www.nordicom.gu.se WITH AN INTRODUCTIon BY FIRDOZE BULBULIA ISBN 978-91-89471-68-9 The International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media NORDICOM University of Gothenburg Yearbook 2008 The International The International Clearinghouse Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media, at on Children, Youth and Media A UNESCO INITIATIVE 1997 Nordicom University of Gothenburg Box 713 SE 405 30 GÖTEBORG, Sweden In 1997, the Nordic Information Centre for Media Web site: and Communication Research (Nordicom), Göteborg www.nordicom.gu.se/clearinghouse University Sweden, began establishment of the International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth DIRECTOR: Ulla Carlsson and Media. The overall point of departure for the SCIENTIFIC CO-ORDINATOR: Clearinghouse’s efforts with respect to children, youth Cecilia von Feilitzen Tel:+46 8 608 48 58 and media is the UN Convention on the Rights of the Fax:+46 8 608 46 40 Child.
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