General election in Tanzania_ Radio Faraja FM Stereo 91.3MHZ_ August 2016

Name of the story: General election in Tanzania

Name of the media house: Radio Faraja FM Stereo 91.3MHZ

Country: Tanzania

Synopsis

Brief description of the item of work you submitted and motivation of why it is a good example of gender awareness and sensitivity in advancing gender equality Post-2015.

TANZANIA HAD A GENERAL ELECTION IN OCTOBER 2015, WHICH WAS FOR PRESIDENTIAL, MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT AND COUNCILORS.FOR THE FIRST TIME WE SAW ONE PARTY ACT WAZALENDO NOMINATING A WOMAN MAMA ANNA MGWIRA TO CONTEST FOR PRESIDENTIAL POST.

I SEE THAT,IF WOMEN ARE TRUSTED AND GIVEN A CHANCE TO CONTEST WITHOUT BEING THREATENED,CAN BRING CHALLENGE TO MEN DURING ELECTIONS.MY PROGRAMME AIMING TO PROMOTE WOMEN TO CONTEST FOR DIFFERENT POST AND CREATE AWARENESS TO THE SOCIETY THAT IF WOMEN ARE TRUSTED AND GIVEN CHANCE TO CONTEST, CAN MANAGE TO WIN AND BECOME GOOD LEADERS. I ARGUE THE STAKE HOLDERS TO EMPRESS WOMEN TO CONTEST FOR DIFFERENT POSTS

Background

Why did you produce the story? What problem or context is it responding to?

I DISCOVERED DURING THE GENERAL ELECTION OF 2015 WOMEN WERE MOSTLY MARGINALIZED IN SOME OF THE PARTIES AND COMMUNITY AT LARGE.I WANT TO AWAKEN THE STAKEHOLDERS AND OTHER PEOPLE WITH GOOD HEART TO GIVE MORE SUPPORT TO WOMEN WHO SHOW INTEREST TO BECOME LEADERS

Key objectives

What did you hope to achieve with this coverage?

CREATE AWARENESS TO THE COMMUNITY, ENCOURAGE WOMEN TO CONTEST, TO REMOVE FEAR, POLITICAL PARTIES NOT SEGREGATING WOMEN, STAKE HOLDERS BUILD CAPACITY TO BOTH MEN AND WOMEN ABOUT THE RIGHT OF WOMEN TO ELECT AND BE ELECTED

Target audience

Who did you hope to reach? Did you succeed in reaching this audience? What evidence do you have to that effect?

COMMUNITY, STAKEHOLDERS, POLICY MARKERS, MEDIA, POLITICAL PARTIES, WOMEN, MEN

How did you go about producing the programme?

How did you gather the data, how many sources, female and male did you consult? Why did you choose these sources and how were their voices important?

I JUST INTERVIEWED THE WOMAN WHO CONTESTED AND BEING THREATENED BY MEN DURING ELECTION, POLITICAL PARTY MEMBER AND A WOMAN WHO WORKS WITH WOMEN ORGANIZATION

Feedback

What impact did it have? What evidence do you have to illustrate impact?

I JUST SAW SOME OF THE ORGANIZATION ARE NOW CREATING AWARENESS AND DOING CAPACITY BUILDING TO WOMEN

Follow up

How would you conduct a follow up to your story and why?

I JUST DID AN AUDIENCE SURVEY TO HEAR ABOUT THEIR COMMENTS