ABC News: News story announcing Dan Rather's resignation from his position as CBS anchorman.

Academy of Achievement: An article describing Dan Rather's achievements as a journalist.

US Media
US Embassy in Germany: A website published by the US Embassy in Germany giving an overview of the media in the USA, including descriptions of forms of media, ethical reporting, and freedom of the press.

The State of the News Media: This website looks at the state of American journalism and holds an extensive amount of information on various forms of media.

International Media Institutes and Federations>br> The Institute for Media, Policy and Civil Society: A non-profit organization working to protect and expand democracy and strengthen civil society. In emerging democracies around the world, the Media Program fosters responsible, free and independent media.

Institute for War and Peace Reporting: An institute providing training to build capacity of local media around the world.

The International Federation of Journalists: An international organization of journalists promoting freedom of the press and social justice. The website is divided into subjects and regions, and contains several links.

International Federation of Journalists: Election Reporting Handbook: A handbook designed to assist journalists and media organizations in meeting the challenges of election reporting. (Note: Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.)

Angus Reid Consultants: A research consulting group analyzing a diversity of international marketing research and polling services. The website includes a public opinion database, an election tracker, and policy trend analyses.

The Center for War, Peace and teh News Media: The Global Reporting Network: The Global Reporting Network within the Center seeks to improve coverage of international security issues and includes publications and a description of network projects.

Teacher Resources
The US News Classroom Program: The US News Classroom Program brings objective, up-to-date news coverage. This short report presents an overview of journalism throughout World War I, World War II, the Vietnam War, the Persian Gulf War, and the War on Terrorism, focusing on government censorship, technology used by the media, and danger to media.

Wangari Maathai - Environment and Democracy

About Wangari Maathai
The Nobel Peace Prize 2004: The Nobel Prize website includes a press release, presentation speech, biography, curriculum vitae, and other resources on Wangari Maathai.

Wangari Maathai: The official website of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2004 Professor Wangari Maathai.

Bottle-Necks of Development in Africa: An online copy of the speech given by Wangari Maathai to the 4th UN World Women’s Conference in 1995 in Beijing, China.

Environmental Conservation Organizations
The Wangari Maathai Foundation: A new foundation established by Wangari Maathai focusing on African cultural diversity, environmental conservation, and good governance.

The Gaia Foundation: A London, UK- based foundation committed to cultural and biological diversity in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, and partners with The Wangari Maathai Foundation.

Publications on the Environment and Development
United Nations Country Profile – Kenya 2002: A profile of Kenya’s status in adopting Agenda 21 of the United Nations Conference on Environmental and Development, written for the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The Heinrich Böll Foundation North America: A publication by the Heinrich Böll Foundation entitled Linking Environment and Security: Conflict Prevention and Peacemaking in East and Horn of Africa aimed to foster dialogue and cooperation on environmental peacemaking.

Environment and Development Organizations
Women’s Environment and Development Organization: An international organization promoting the equality of women. It does this by empowering women to achieve social, gender, and economic justice, sustainable development, and human rights.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: The official website of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The Organization helps developing countries and countries in transition to improve forestry, agricultural and fisheries practices in addition to ensuring quality nutritional sustenance for the populations.

Deforestation Continues at an Alarming Rate: An FAO report on November 14, 2005.

Shirin Ebadi - Human Rights and Islam

About Shirin Ebadi
Nobel Peace Prize 2003: A brief autobiography of Shirin Ebadi on the Nobel Prize website.

Nobel Peace Prize Official Website: 2003 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Shirin Ebadi’s Nobel Lecture on December 10, 2003.

International Peace Foundation: Speech given by Shirin Ebadi at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand on 11 April 2005.

Publications on Human Rights and Democracy
United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted and proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 217 A (III) of 10 December 1948.

The Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam: A Declaration adopted and issued at the Nineteenth Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers in Cairo, Egypt on 5 August 1990.

IRIN News: Numerous reports with constant new additions by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. This link directs readers to humanitarian and human rights-related reports on Iran.

Amnesty International: A 1997 report by Amnesty International Human Rights Violations against Shi’a Religious Leaders and their Followers.

Muslim World Journal of Human Rights: An online journal providing access to numerous journal articles on human rights in the Muslim World.

Islamic Centers and Institutes
Institute for the Secularisation of Islamic Society: An institute promoting the concepts of democracy, human rights, rationalism, and secularism within Islamic society.

Islam and the Liberation of Women in the Middle EastFrom the Institute for the Secularisation of Islamic Society.

Is Islam Compatible With Democracy and Human Rights?From the Institute for the Secularisation of Islamic Society.

Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy: A US non-profit organization focusing on Islamic and democratic political thought founded in 1999.