- Media
Mission: A free and professional media in Palestine
Mission Statement
MADA is an independent Palestinian non-governmental and non-profit organization, founded in 2006, registered under the number (IRA-250-I), with its headquarters in Ramallah. The center operates throughout the Palestinian territories.
Message:
MADA is an independent, nongovernmental, and non-profit organization that aims to defend and develop media freedoms by promoting a culture of freedom of opinion and expression, and working towards the amendment of legislation governing the media in line with international standards of freedom of expression. MADA collaborates with Arab and International institutions in the efforts of promoting freedom of opinion and expression.
Strategic Issues:
1. The continued violations against journalists and media providers
2. Palestinian media faces numerous obstacles in practicing professionalism, independence, objectivity, impartiality and competence
3. Freedom of expression is not institutionalized as a community respected and protected necessity.
4. The absence of an Access to Information Law, and laws that are in line with international standards of freedom of expression
5. The absence of regulatory laws for the media
Objectives:
The center seeks to achieve its vision through its work to achieve five goals in developmental and one internal operational goal, and these goals are:
1. Reducing violations of media freedoms
2. Promote a culture of freedom of opinion and expression, and media freedoms
3. Ensuring that legislation relating to Media, freedom of expression, and the right to Access information in the Palestinian territories are in line with international conventions of human rights and freedom of expression.
4. Promoting and developing the role of media in society, and transform the media from governmental to public.
5. Dedication to the enactment of the Access to Information Law
6. Developing and capacity building of MADA’s team talents to be able to achieve the mission and objectives.
Current Projects:
1) Information is Power campaign supporting the enactment of the Access to Information Law.
2) MADA El-E’lam Magazine a monthly-specialized magazine on Media related topics.
3) 3rd May World Press Freedom Day 2013 celebrating the principles of press freedom in Occupied Palestine while promoting the Information is Power campaign.
4) Moving Walls photo exhibition a documentary photography exhibition on Media violations in 2012-2013 to be launched on May 3rd World Press Freedom Day.
5) MADA’s 2013 contest Best poster for 2013 World Press Freedom Day promoting Information is Power campaign, and best article on the importance of the Access to information law to the development of the Palestinian society as a whole.
6) Three studies on:
- Media coverage of human rights, especially freedom of opinion and expression
- The editorial policy of the newspapers and their impact on the freedom of opinion and expression
- The Government media and its impact on freedom of opinion and expression
7) Two Awareness campaigns:
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Encourage journalists to end self-censorship
we wish to expand our network, and we are in need to fund some projects.