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Worth of A Girl
In celebration of International Day of the Girl Child, VOA Director Amanda Bennett discusses the network's project “Worth of A Girl,” which takes a look at how being a child bride affects girls from around the world.
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Celebrating USAGM's Anniversary
This week, the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) marks its 20th anniversary. On October 1, 1999, our organization, known then as the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), became an independent federal agency responsible for all U.S. government-funded civilian international media. Though the history of U.S. international broadcasting goes back to 1942, our 20th anniversary is a significant milestone in our commitment to independent, strategic coordination of the five networks and to advancing the universal value of a free press.
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RFE/RL Condemns Latest Azerbaijan Ruling Against Ismayilova
RFA Statement on the charges against former RFA journalists in Cambodia
Two years on, RFE/RL presses for Ukrainian journalist’s release
RFE/RL reporter stripped of accreditation in Tajikistan
RFE/RL calls for release of Ukrainian blogger Oleh Halaziuk
Kazakhstan targets protesters, RFE/RL, and other media on Election Day
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Every week, more than 345 million listeners, viewers and internet users around the world turn on, tune in and log onto U.S. international broadcasting programs. The day-to-day broadcasting activities are carried out by the individual USAGM international broadcasters.
““For me, Radio Liberty—just as for millions of its listeners in the boundless stretches of [Russia]—was and is the real embodiment of its name, ‘Svoboda’ (freedom). It is freedom from lies, it is the freedom to receive and distribute information as it is formulated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. During the quiet days of our lives, one can think that ‘Svoboda’ is one radio station among many. But, oh, such days are few! And in all the others—those showery and stormy days and times of fog and blood—you understand that ‘Svoboda’ will still be needed by Russia on its long path to Freedom!"”
Elena Bonner, Russian human rights activist
2000
