Enhancing Community Empowerment Radio Program

$20K USD

Funder	U.S. Agency for International Development
Recipient Organization	NGO - Non United States Other
Country	Fiji
Start Date	Jun 02, 2009
End Date	Sep 14, 2012
Duration	1,200 days
Number of Grantees	2
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`78216-49`

Grant Description

U.S. State Department, Bureau of East Asia and Pacific Activity for Enhancing Community Empowerment Radio Program.

The goal of this project is to develop media initiatives with Fijian women (including the .mobile women.s community radio initiative.), identify the causes of women.s marginalization in civic/political decision making, and use media technology to highlight and address women.s issues in order to help empower them.

Specifically, femLink-Pacific will create public service announcements for women based on rural interviews, launch a .Status of Women Report., hold a program partners meeting , and launch a .Women , Peace, and Security Policy Paper. in addition to their regular and ongoing women.s weekend broadcasts through femTALK 1325.