Radio

The pervasiveness and cost of sexual harassment has become a growing concern in Southern Africa. This form of gender-based violence is a manifestation of sex-based discrimination. What is sexual harassment? What are your rights in the workplace? Kubi Rama, the Deputy Director of Gender Links comments on sexual harassment.

Gender Links used the GEM Summit as an opportunity to produce radio spots on the media provisions in the SADC Protocol on Gender and Development. The spots focused on women in media content, media education, women in the media, media regulation and specific thematic areas such as HIV and AIDS. They were supported by FES to be in line with the media provisions of the Protocol.

Emmanuel Nkomo, Radio Dialogue, has begun a community radio programme on HIV and AIDS and gender-based violence, as well as on support groups in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Through the programme, listeners have been made aware of what may constitute GBV, in this case HIV-positive persons who demand unprotected sex.

Emmanuel Nkomo, Radio Dialogue, has begun a community radio programme on HIV and AIDS and gender-based violence, as well as on support groups in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. This programme has shown the need for society to give people living with HIV and AIDS economic, social, medical and psychological support. Through the programme, listeners have been made aware of what may constitute GBV, in this case inflicted by HIV-positive persons who demand unprotected sex from their partner or spouse, thereby infecting their partner. The discrimination on the grounds of one’s HIV status is a huge social ill, and this programme helps to combat this stigmatisation.

Step by Step: Our Stories. Mozambique

Step by Step: Our Stories is a project recently launched by World Without Mines and CMFD Productions that shares the stories of landmine survivors in Mozambique. By telling their stories through audio narratives designed for community radio and visual digital stories, participants are helping to raise awareness about landmines and the long-lasting impact on individuals, families, and communities.

The Together We Can End Human Trafficking radio spots and presenter’s guide are designed to help radio stations join in the fight against human trafficking leading up to, during, and after the 2010 Soccer World Cup. 3 radio spots were produced in 10 languages to address various aspects of human trafficking, and provide information on resources of where to go to report cases of trafficking. Follow the link to listen to these radio spots.