Fw: [Ict4ruralwomeninafrica] Goal 3 and related questions
Emem Okon
emembridget@yahoo.com
Fri, 20 Feb 2004 09:36:29 -0800 (PST)
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Hi friends,
My name is Emem J. Okon. I work as the Executive Director, Kebetkache Women Dev & Resource Centre as well the National Coordinator, Niger Delta Women for Justice both organisations are based in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. I have been following the discussion while making efforts to get a visa to attend the conference. No luck.
1) How are radio & telelvision broadcasting being used to advance women's human rights? What we are doing right now in Rivers State is featuring in radio discussion programmes such as 'Women's World' to create awareness on the need for an Affirmative Action Policy whereby 30% of the elective/appointive positions in the State be reserved for women. Niger Delta Women for Justice is collaborating with the Federation of African Media Women(FAMW), Zimbabwe to carry out the Development Through Radio Project. A project whereby rural women are formed into radio listening clubs and are taught to record their own programmes. FAMW bought radio sets, batteries, battery charger & cassttes for these women. this project has gone a long way to advance the empowerment of rural women.
Kebebtkache is setting up community information centres in Akwa Ibom & Rivers States to create opportunities for the acquisition of computer skills, and a meeting point for the production and recording of radio discussion & telelvision programmes for rural women.
The difficulties experienced right include funds to pay for airtime.Electiricity to charge the rechargeable battries, transportation sysytem in riverine communities. Facilitators don't go as often as they should. And it is also difficult to bring the women out to the upland. Communal clashes in the Niger Delta region has also disrupted a lot of things. The women need a safe and peaceful environment to continue for sustainability.
Emem J. Okon
Kebetkache Women Development and Resource Centre
Women Information Network <winet@rbow.net> wrote:
>
> *How are radio and television broadcasting being used to advance
> women's human rights?
This is done through radio and television programmes some of which are
entertainment drama, interviews with women activists, radio discussions and
talkshows. Aspects of women's rights issues are discussed on the programmes.
These are mainly sponsored programmes by NGOs.Women's human rights issues
are also brought to the attention of the people through feature articles and
news stories in newspapers and magazines.As a consultant to Alliances For
Africa, I designed and produced radio discussion programmes broadcast to
sensitize women on their rights especially to vie for political positions
and participate actively in the political process.Between 1999 and 2001, our
professional association, the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists Enugu
State Chapter, with funding from Johns Hopkins University, Center For
Communication Programs under its Democracy and Governance Project carried
out a campaign to support women politicians to access the media and use it
to their advantage for political campaigns.We also produced and broadcast
radio programmes to discuss women issues including their rights, violence
againt woemn, inheritance rights et all.
>
> *How can we use radio for women's empowerment?
>Give women relevant information that will enable them to take decisions
about their lives.
> *What are the strategies and opportunities for linking rural women with
> radio? Since we do not have community radios here yet, we can start by
setting one up. Then we can produce programmes focusing on specific needs of
women, provide them with radio sets and batteries and assist listerners
groups to listen to the programmes.Informastion is power. Let me share an
experience.I am a journalist and woman activist.As I sat in my office one
day, our security personnel brought a lady to me. On discussion with her she
told me that she came to ssek assistance over a marital problem with her
husband (she has no child so her husband abandoned her and married another
women) The amazing thing is that she travelled quite a distance from a rural
community. On enquiry she told me that when she reported her predicament to
a lady in the community, the lady advised her to travel to Radio Nigeria
that it is said on radio that women who have such problems should come for
assistance. That is what information can do!
>
> *What are the difficulties experienced in linking women with public,
> private and community broadcasters? And does this make a sustainable
> impact on their programming?
>After several years of advocacy by our association Nigeria Association of
Women Journalists Enugu State chapter to give women a voice in the media,
more and more women are now bold enough to grant interviews and participate
in media programmes.It depends on wht issues you are seeking a womans
opinion, if she feels it is too controverisal, she may not comment, if not
she will give her views and will not be afraid of being quoted.
Miriam Menkiti
Women Information Network ( WINET)
P. O. Box 763,
Enugu ,400001, Enugu State ,Nigeria
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<DIV>Hi friends,</DIV>
<DIV>My name is Emem J. Okon. I work as the Executive Director, Kebetkache Women Dev & Resource Centre as well the National Coordinator, Niger Delta Women for Justice both organisations are based in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. I have been following the discussion while making efforts to get a visa to attend the conference. No luck.</DIV>
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<DIV>1) How are radio & telelvision broadcasting being used to advance women's human rights? What we are doing right now in Rivers State is featuring in radio discussion programmes such as 'Women's World' to create awareness on the need for an Affirmative Action Policy whereby 30% of the elective/appointive positions in the State be reserved for women. Niger Delta Women for Justice is collaborating with the Federation of African Media Women(FAMW), Zimbabwe to carry out the Development Through Radio Project. A project whereby rural women are formed into radio listening clubs and are taught to record their own programmes. FAMW bought radio sets, batteries, battery charger & cassttes for these women. this project has gone a long way to advance the empowerment of rural women.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Kebebtkache is setting up community information centres in Akwa Ibom & Rivers States to create opportunities for the acquisition of computer skills, and a meeting point for the production and recording of radio discussion & telelvision programmes for rural women. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The difficulties experienced right include funds to pay for airtime.Electiricity to charge the rechargeable battries, transportation sysytem in riverine communities. Facilitators don't go as often as they should. And it is also difficult to bring the women out to the upland. Communal clashes in the Niger Delta region has also disrupted a lot of things. The women need a safe and peaceful environment to continue for sustainability.</DIV>
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<DIV>Emem J. Okon</DIV>
<DIV>Kebetkache Women Development and Resource Centre<BR><BR><BR><B><I>Women Information Network <winet@rbow.net></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><BR>><BR>> *How are radio and television broadcasting being used to advance<BR>> women's human rights?<BR>This is done through radio and television programmes some of which are<BR>entertainment drama, interviews with women activists, radio discussions and<BR>talkshows. Aspects of women's rights issues are discussed on the programmes.<BR>These are mainly sponsored programmes by NGOs.Women's human rights issues<BR>are also brought to the attention of the people through feature articles and<BR>news stories in newspapers and magazines.As a consultant to Alliances For<BR>Africa, I designed and produced radio discussion programmes broadcast to<BR>sensitize women on their rights especially to vie for political positions<BR>and participate actively in the political process.Between 1999 and 2001, our<BR>professional association, the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists
Enugu<BR>State Chapter, with funding from Johns Hopkins University, Center For<BR>Communication Programs under its Democracy and Governance Project carried<BR>out a campaign to support women politicians to access the media and use it<BR>to their advantage for political campaigns.We also produced and broadcast<BR>radio programmes to discuss women issues including their rights, violence<BR>againt woemn, inheritance rights et all.<BR>><BR>> *How can we use radio for women's empowerment?<BR>>Give women relevant information that will enable them to take decisions<BR>about their lives.<BR>> *What are the strategies and opportunities for linking rural women with<BR>> radio? Since we do not have community radios here yet, we can start by<BR>setting one up. Then we can produce programmes focusing on specific needs of<BR>women, provide them with radio sets and batteries and assist listerners<BR>groups to listen to the programmes.Informastion is power. Let me share
an<BR>experience.I am a journalist and woman activist.As I sat in my office one<BR>day, our security personnel brought a lady to me. On discussion with her she<BR>told me that she came to ssek assistance over a marital problem with her<BR>husband (she has no child so her husband abandoned her and married another<BR>women) The amazing thing is that she travelled quite a distance from a rural<BR>community. On enquiry she told me that when she reported her predicament to<BR>a lady in the community, the lady advised her to travel to Radio Nigeria<BR>that it is said on radio that women who have such problems should come for<BR>assistance. That is what information can do!<BR>><BR>> *What are the difficulties experienced in linking women with public,<BR>> private and community broadcasters? And does this make a sustainable<BR>> impact on their programming?<BR>>After several years of advocacy by our association Nigeria Association of<BR>Women Journalists Enugu State chapter
to give women a voice in the media,<BR>more and more women are now bold enough to grant interviews and participate<BR>in media programmes.It depends on wht issues you are seeking a womans<BR>opinion, if she feels it is too controverisal, she may not comment, if not<BR>she will give her views and will not be afraid of being quoted.<BR><BR>Miriam Menkiti<BR>Women Information Network ( WINET)<BR>P. O. Box 763,<BR>Enugu ,400001, Enugu State ,Nigeria<BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Ict4ruralwomeninafrica mailing list<BR>Ict4ruralwomeninafrica@lists.womensnet.org.za<BR>http://lists.womensnet.org.za/mailman/listinfo/ict4ruralwomeninafrica</BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><p><hr SIZE=1>
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