The Women and Girls in Eastern and Southern African Democracy Development
The Women and Girls in Eastern and Southern African Democracy Development project will produce 24 radio programmes which belong to the community radio Robin Hood (Turku, 91,5 mHz), which is run by the Turun lähiradioyhdistys organisation. The duration of each programme is 30 minutes. The programmes will be broadcasted in both Finnish and English, and there will be two reruns. They will also be broadcasted by radio Moreeni (Tampere, 98,4 mHz) and Helsingin lähiradio (100,3 mHz). In addition, they will be offered to Radio Pro (Tornio) and Radio Inari.
All the programmes can be listened anywhere through Radio Robin Hood website, where the audience can find the project description and short descriptions of each programme in both Finnish and English. The programme series will also have its own Facebook page. The programmes will be made by journalist Thierry Francis Mbabane and translated into Finnish by translator Annukka Kolehmainen.
The duration of the project is 12 months.
The topic of the programme series is democracy development, freedom of speech and civil rights in Southern-Eastern Africa: Ethiopia, Somalia, Tanzania, Kenya, Mozambique, Zambia and Eritrea. The key points will be as follows:
- Women and girls rights in relation to democracy development.
- Sustainable development in the use of natural resources: sustainability of food economy, women and girls right to land, food, water and energy.
- Women and girls rights in the media, the way they are handled by the media in relation to the aforementioned points.
- The programme series will also follow the results of development projects and investments of Finnish companies, as well as Finnish business cooperations with small businesses and cooperatives in Southern-Eastern African countries.
Though men still may be the main breadwinners of East African families, women are often the ones taking care of/making decisions on food security and sustainable ways of living/running a household, and passing e.g. environmental and democracy values to their children. They already have a big influence on grassroot level, but there still are many factors preventing their social, economic and political equality.
Please, access to the project webpage by clicking here in English version and here in Finnish version.