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7.6.0 Access to <strong>the</strong> Media<br />
7.6.1 Does your country’s government provide sign language services for news and/or current affairs programmes on<br />
public television?<br />
Country<br />
Does your country’s<br />
government provide<br />
sign language<br />
services for news<br />
and/or current affairs<br />
programmes on<br />
public television?<br />
Costa Rica Yes<br />
Cuba Yes<br />
Dominican Republic <strong>No</strong><br />
El Salvador <strong>No</strong><br />
Please provide detailed information on how many hours or days per week<br />
<strong>Deaf</strong> people receive sign language services for news and/or current affairs<br />
programmes on public television.<br />
One programme - 30 minutes once a week<br />
Every morning a one-hour programme provided by two stations<br />
ANSOC National News 16:30 to 16:45, Monday to Friday<br />
News Bulletin 9:15 (Three minutes) Sunday<br />
TELCENTROS in all 15 provinces has a space for each state’s local news<br />
Guatemala Yes A private station provides a one-hour programme every Saturday afternoon<br />
Guyana <strong>No</strong><br />
Haiti Yes 45 minutes per week; this programme will start in two months<br />
Honduras Yes<br />
Only one regional television station provides a one-hour programme every<br />
Monday afternoon<br />
Mexico Yes Only two minutes broadcast at 14.00 on Monday and Friday<br />
Nicaragua <strong>No</strong><br />
Panama Yes The news in <strong>the</strong> morning has an interpreter in <strong>the</strong> corner <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> screen<br />
Suriname <strong>No</strong><br />
Total 7 Yes (58%)<br />
Based on 12 respondents<br />
7.6.2 Does your country’s government provide subtitles/captions for news and/or current affairs programmes?<br />
Country<br />
Does your country’s<br />
government provide<br />
subtitles/captions for<br />
news and/or current<br />
affairs programmes?<br />
Please provide detailed information on how many hours/days per week<br />
news/current affairs programmes (subtitled/captioned) are <strong>of</strong>fered for<br />
<strong>Deaf</strong> people?<br />
Costa Rica Yes Every morning a one-hour programme provided by two stations<br />
Cuba Yes Same answer as in 7.6.1<br />
Dominican Republic <strong>No</strong><br />
El Salvador <strong>No</strong><br />
Guatemala <strong>No</strong><br />
Guyana <strong>No</strong><br />
Haiti <strong>No</strong><br />
Honduras <strong>No</strong><br />
Mexico <strong>No</strong><br />
Nicaragua Yes <strong>No</strong> Information supplied<br />
Panama <strong>No</strong><br />
Suriname <strong>No</strong><br />
Total 3 Yes (25%)<br />
Based on 12 respondents<br />
The Project was under <strong>the</strong> auspices <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Swedish National Association <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Deaf</strong> (SDR) and <strong>the</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>Federation</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Deaf</strong> (WFD), <strong>Page</strong> <strong>No</strong> 59<br />
and funded by <strong>the</strong> Swedish Agency for International Development Cooperation (Sida) and Swedish Organisations’ <strong>of</strong> Disabled Persons<br />
International Aid Association (Shia).
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