Women in African Community Radio Contest
Amarc Europe Women Network, Search for Common Ground, and Elenos are sponsoring a contest to promote women in media and to empower community radio broadcasters in Africa. The Women Radio Training Network, an e-learning platform, will then teach technical skills and best practices to female professionals who can then pass on their knowledge to their colleagues. The winner will receive an Elenos 500 W transmitter, a personalised streaming player for a one-year period, and Elenos shirts. Three contestants will receive a personalised streamer for six months, as well as shirts. Every participant will have the opportunity to receive technical training on high frequency radio.
According to the organisers, the democratising potential of this contest is to "promote the empowerment of women through their recognition as active citizens." The project is designed to transfer skills and best practices to be disseminated to the AMARC Women Network and Search for Common Ground. The overall objective is "to create sustainable spaces in community radio to promote the empowerment of women, to encourage and promote the participation of women in the media in general (public, commercial, and community)."
The content submitted to the contest must address at least one of these themes:
- Women’s human rights;
- Health, sexual, and reproductive rights;
- Right of education;
- Economic empowerment or rape as a weapon.
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Registration information: This award is open to community radio broadcasters involved in promoting the empowerment of women through training and information in Africa.
To participate, the following prerequisites are needed:
- own a license to broadcast;
- have at least one woman in the staff;
- represent an existing community radio constituting a positive example of female radio communication (radio with an active campaign to improve the conditions of women or to support the participation of women in community/public life, a radio with programmes specifically conceived for a female audience, etc.).
- be prepared, in case of winning, to maintain future contacts with Elenos, giving feedback on the activities of radio and providing contents (such as videos, photos, MP3 files, etc.) And, in general, information considered useful by Elenos.
Participants must produce two types of content: five spots, 30 seconds each (one in English or French while the others can be in local languages) and three programmes, 20 to 30 minutes each. Applicants should also include a description of activities, content, the social/development objectives, strengths and weaknesses. Entrants should illustrate how they could benefit from the training and the equipment. Also competitors must provide a summary, containing title and overview of the format, operation method, authors, objectives, duration, date, and place of broadcast.
Entries are accepted online from March 17 to June 1, 2014 and programme submissions must be uploaded by July 25. Click here to submit entries and upload files.
FM-World.com website and WRTN – Women Radio Training Network [PDF] on May 5 2014.
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