A Matter of Rights - The Series

UNESCAP	A Matter of Rights
		Series

Home Series Partners Human Rights Video Catalogue How to Order Contact Us Links		After nearly two years of collaboration, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), Worldview International Foundation and YATV (Young Asia Television), with the generous support of the Government of Norway, have produced a groundbreaking video series entitled A Matter of Rights. Through the prism of social and economic issues in the Asian and Pacific region, A Matter of Rights* explores different facets of the Right to Development, from the basic provision of safe drinking water to healthy lifestyles for older persons in an attempt to both explain and popularize the concept. The themes are all of deep concern to countries throughout the Asian and Pacific region: poverty alleviation, environmental protection, provision of basic infrastructure, employment, the rights of children, women, older persons, people with disabilities, to name just a few. The series, which comprises 52 five-minute television features, is available free of charge to broadcasters and NGOs with public outreach programmes and has been aired by Young Asia Television and Channel NewsAsia. Special thanks to the following organizations for providing footage used in the series - Save the Children UK/Lao DPR, Emerging Social Issues Division/UNESCAP, Streamwatch/Australia, Surya Citra Telvisi (SCTV)/Indonesia, UNDP, and Urban Community Development Organization (UCDO)/Thailand.