Saturday 8 May 2010

[creative-radio] RADIO TO AMPLIFY WOMEN'S VOICES AND CHOICES

 

RADIO TO AMPLIFY WOMEN'S VOICES AND CHOICES

8. Empowering Communities, Informing Policy: The Potential of Community
Radio - femLINKPACIFIC's Mobile Women's Community Radio Experience:
2003-2008
This September 2008 handbook explores community radio as a tool for enabling
women to have a voice on a range of social, economic, and political issues.
It is centred on the experience of femLINKPACIFIC, which established a
women's mobile community radio station, femTALK 89.2FM, in 2004. This
radio-station-in-a-suitcase has been taken out to rural and semi-urban women
around Fiji in an effort to encourage participation, sharing of information,
and innovation. femLINKPACIFIC's "Not Just Sweet Talk" campaign has become a
platform to document the experiences and stories of female candidates, while
also being an avenue for local communities to address development
priorities. "Pre-broadcast consultations staged with the local government
authorities mean women can access local government officials, sometimes for
the very first time."
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/284600/348

9. Radio Programming Inspires Afghan Women to Run for Office
Because, according to the May 1 2009 Independent Election Commission (IEC)
report, no female candidates had registered for mid-2009 provincial council
elections in Afghanistan's 8 provinces, the radio programming service Salam
Watandar produced a number of stories and interviews to highlight the lack
of gender representation. In addition, and with the registration deadline
just a week away, Salam Watandar, funded by Internews, created an outreach
campaign focusing on potential female candidates in 5 key provinces. As a
result, on May 9, the IEC announced that a total of 342 women had registered
for 124 seats on provincial councils around the country.
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/301683/3083

10. Women's Empowerment and Good Governance through Community Radio:
Best Experiences for an Action Research Process
Published by the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC)
in April 2008, this book offers a collection of articles which seek to
contribute to the impact of community radio (CR) on governance issues,
especially related to gender equality and women's rights. It brings together
case studies and experiences written by women practitioners participating in
democratic processes through CR. The book provides examples of how women can
get involved in governance issues - particularly to help them gain a greater
degree of independence and equality.
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/296236/348

11. Hamari Awaz (Our Voice) Radio - Pakistan
Sarsabz Foundation launched the 30-minute programme Hamari Awaz (Our Voice)
as part of its Radio Faisalabad station in an effort to: discuss the
problems women faced during the local body elections; provide them accurate
information; and offer solutions to their problems in clear and
easy-to-understand language. The programme began with a 10-minute modelling
of an Aj Ki Union Council session, followed by a brief report. Next, the
Community Corner involved field staff recording the public's opinions about
the practices of their own union councils and their perceptions of their
Public Representatives. Then, a 5-minute interview session presented one
outstanding woman as a role model. This was followed by an information
report on women's rights, international laws, and national action plans
related to rights issues. Finally, listeners were encouraged to call in to
ask questions and share their views.
Contact: Dr. Naveeda Zia sarsabz@brain.net.pk
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/118230/348

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[creative-radio] New publication: Communities Challenging Climate Change

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Communities Challenging Climate Change
(Case studies from Nepal : communities' understanding and adaptation for
climate change)*
by Madan Koirala and Ranjana Bhatta

Published by the Community Radio Support Center (CRSC)/ Nepal Forum of
Environmental Journalists (NEFEJ)
with Support from Free Voice (The Netherlands), 2010

Full publication available at
http://www.nefej.org/pdf/climate_change_book_final.pdf

Abstract from the foreword, by Om Khadka

Climate change is a raging issue today. While Nepal, of course, has not
contributed to the menace, it is a victim nonetheless. Reports have come
up with instances of the farming communities facing adverse impact in
Nepal too.
Unpredictable rain pattern and equally surprising rise and fall in
temperatures have been reported. Of course, conclusive scientific
evidence may still said to be missing. But that does not in any way rule
out facing adverse impact.
Meanwhile there is a need to raise awareness among the general public by
way of relating global warming and resultant climate change so that the
concerned section of population grow aware on the issue and think of
mitigating their lot.
But that can be possible only after they know the problems are real
before they can be explained the solution in what could be a positive
contribution towards mitigating efforts whereby communities combat
climate change.

That incidentally was undertaken by Community Radio Support Center
(CRSC) under Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists (NEFEJ) under
which it implemented five pilot project areas aimed at assessing the
local impact of global warming by going back to communities. The aim of
the project was to examine the outcome when community radio and local
NGOs undertake joint actions to enhance understanding of the communities
on complex issue like climate change and also adapt to the adverse
impact. The studies conducted by five local Non-Governmental
Organizations (NGOs) and equal number of community radio stations in the
respective project areas come in the form of a
baseline on the local impact of global climate change and how best to
cope with changing climatic conditions. The content which appear in this
publication suggest that farming communities are feeling the adverse
impact of climate change.

The importance of the publication lies in the fact that it will be of
use to organizations working in the area of climate change and
adaptation and policymakers alike. We are confident that it will be
useful for researchers to base their studies on.


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[creative-radio] New publication: What’s On Air. A study of the content of community-run FM radios in Nepal

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What's On Air. A study of the content of community-run FM radios in Nepal
by Binod Bhattarai, with Ghanendra Ojha*

Published by the Community Radio Support Center (CRSC)/ Nepal Forum of
Environmental Journalists (NEFEJ)
with Support from Free Voice (The Netherlands), 2010

Full publication available at http://www.nefej.org/pdf/what_on_air.pdf


Abstract from the foreword, by Raghu Mainali

Community radio is here to stay in Nepal. We in the radio movement talk
about serving communities, giving voice to their concerns and talking
with communities about things that can help to improve livelihoods. We
now have over 130 community radios all of which say they are here to do
all of the above. As believers in the empowering role that community
radio can play in the lives of people, the Community Radio Support
Centre (CRSC)/Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists (NEFEJ) decided
it was time to look at what they have been broadcasting. We hope this
effort can be the essential first step towards getting the wide network
of radios we have to start focusing on the soul of radio – the content.

The CRSC/NEFEJ has prepared and published a set of indicators for
assessing community radios in collaboration with the stakeholders
themselves. They all agree that content should be one of the most
important basis for assessing whether the radio serves its community or
not. This study was designed by CRSC to try to get a broad idea of the
content of community radio in general. We hope it will be the beginning
of interest and efforts to generate and disseminate knowledge on the A
word on content content. That will serve as important feedback to
stations and help them innovate, re-position and re-focus programming
for better serving their communities. The study attempts to look into
the nature of programs produced and broadcast by selected community
radio stations in Nepal. It did not specifically look into scripts
and/or news texts or the type of music and entertainment on air. The
assessment was based on interpreting what was on their weekly program
grids and interviews with people running the stations. If only a step
towards quality programming on community radio, CRSC believes it is
doing its part for the simple reason that the journey has begun.

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