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The First Media Fellowship on Refugee Issues sponsored
by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees and Centre
for North East Studies and Policy Research (C-NES) has been
awarded to Nava Thakuria, a Guwahati-based journalist who has
written extensively on issues related to Myanmar, it was
announced here today.
The
Fellowship theme is "The Chins of Myanmar: Refugee Life in
a Distant Neighbour", with a focus on Protection and
Durable Solutions for the Chin ethnic group from Western
Myanmar, which lives in challenging conditions in the North-east
as well as in New Delhi. The Award runs from 1 March to 31 May
2008 and the awardee is expected to travel for the project as
well as write a minimum of three in-depth articles on the topic.
The
announcement was made by a Committee comprising Mr. Sanjoy
Hazarika, C-NES Managing Trustee, journalist and editor, Ms.
Pamela Philipose, Independent Journalist, and Ms. Nayana Bose of
the UNHCR.
There
are two other fellowships, applications for which are welcome,
one on "The need for a refugee specific legislation in
India" (to be announced in May 2008) and another on Sri
Lankan refugees (to be announced in August 2008).
February 2008
Source:
C-NES
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