Media and sustainable development: empowering the people through community radio.Over the lest 12 years Africans have realised the power of the media. In the 1980s, there were less then 10 privately owned radio stations in the whole of Africa. Today this number likely exceed one thousand. Many of these are community radio stations owned by pear communities. Community radio is the basic and popular communication medium of millions of people at grassroots level. It is an effective communication vehicle, which identifies and prioritises development needs at local level. It helps such development through exposure, pressure, discussion and debate. During the World Summit on Sustainable Development Sustainable development is a socio-ecological process characterized by the fulfilment of human needs while maintaining the quality of the natural environment indefinitely. The linkage between environment and development was globally recognized in 1980, when the International Union (WSSD WSSD World Summit on Sustainable Development (UN) WSSD World Summit for Social Development WSSD Websphere Studio Site Developer WSSD Work Skills Series Manual Dexterity WSSD Weapon System Support Development ), 30 community radio producers from Mozambique, Malawi, Mali, Toga, the Gambia and South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. , Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. , North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and Europe gathered in South Africa to produce programmes for the benefit of their communities. The broadcast was organised in partnership with South Africa's National Community Radio Forum (NCRF NCRF North Carolina Renaissance Faire (Raleigh, NC) NCRF National Canine Research Foundation ). The broadcast provided in-depth community radio coverage of Sustainable development issues end was beamed live vie satellite and Internet platforms in French. English and Portuguese to community radio listeners around the world. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. World Space, the captive audience for this broadcast was as high as 200 million, of which 50 million were Africans. The broadcast enabled Africans across the continent, whose lives will he impacted by the Summit, a glimpse into the deliberations. In addition, some of the communities of the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC AMARC World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters AMARC Association Mondiale des Radiodiffuseurs Communautaires AMARC Aerospace Maintenance And Regeneration Center AMARC Automatic Message Accounting Recording Center AMARC Army Materiel Acquisition Review Committee ) Africa's 150 member radio stations were able to share their communities' experiences, representations and concerns on issues surrounding sustainable development. The broadcast was part of the Radio Voices Without Frontiers (RVSF) programme of (AMARC) Africa. The programme aims to mainstream the voices of grassroots communities through community radio and to encourage collaboration and information sharing See data conferencing. among the community radio stations of the world. "This was a very exciting project for us. The right to communicate is fundamental to the development of our communities here in Africa. We believe that this broadcast provided a unique opportunity for traditionally marginalized groups of our continent (the grass roots grass roots pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) 1. People or society at a local level rather than at the center of major political activity. Often used with the. 2. The groundwork or source of something. ) to articulate their concerns end their aspirations to the world," said Michelle Ntab, AMARC Africa's regional director. The saying "information is power" highlights the fact that access to information underpins development. However, traditional communication systems, inherited from Europe, undermine this development. Communication has been centralised Adj. 1. centralised - drawn toward a center or brought under the control of a central authority; "centralized control of emergency relief efforts"; "centralized government" centralized around the state resulting in unidirectional The transfer or transmission of data in a channel in one direction only. information flow from government to people, urban to rural areas end North to South. As a result, the information filtering to the grassroots, however important, is often irrelevant because it is generated elsewhere with no regard for local context, application and agenda. Community radio has managed to reverse this trend. Through it, communities set their own agenda, speak with their own voices in their own languages about their own issues. Community radio has not only provided a platform to discuss and debate taboo topics such as witchcraft witchcraft, a form of sorcery, or the magical manipulation of nature for self-aggrandizement, or for the benefit or harm of a client. This manipulation often involves the use of spirit-helpers, or familiars. and circumcision circumcision (sûr'kəmsĭzh`ən), operation to remove the foreskin covering the glans of the penis. It dates back to prehistoric times and was widespread throughout the Middle East as a religious rite before it was introduced among the but has opened the eyes of the communities to the possibilities of a better life. For example, communities in far-flung places have the opportunity to hear how South Africa civil society's fought and won a battle against the government to get free anti-retrovirals for poor communities. They can also hear inspirational stories about how people just like them are adding years to their lives by living positively or how Uganda has reduced the number of new infections. Regarding food security, community radio practitioners quoted in a Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO FAO, n See Food and Agriculture Organization. ) article highlighted the impact of CR in this area. "When I interview women I often have to hide because the men don't want them to stand up and be heard," says Kady Souley of Niger's Radio Anfani. "But women are ones who produce the food! Most of them are illiterate ILLITERATE. This term is applied to one unacquainted with letters. 2. When an ignorant man, unable to read, signs a deed or agreement, or makes his mark instead of a signature, and he alleges, and can provide that it was falsely read to him, he is not bound by and if they can't be told which seeds are good, they will simply plant bad seeds again and again." Martin Sanaingo'o Kariongi Ole Sanago of Okonereri FM in Tanzania adds: "When people's cattle are sick they need to know how to cure them. If the radio does not tell them that, they won't listen. Radio has also played a recognised role in the area of governance and one example that stands out is how it helped to bring about a peaceful change of government in Ghana almost two years ago." Antonio Simbo, one of the participants to AMARC Africa's WSSD broadcast noticed how his Angolan Radio Ecclesia Ecclesia (Greek, ekklesia: “gathering of those summoned”) In ancient Greece, the assembly of citizens in a city-state. The Athenian Ecclesia already existed in the 7th century; under Solon it consisted of all male citizens age 18 and older. audience began to take an interest in the issue of the privatisation Noun 1. privatisation - changing something from state to private ownership or control denationalisation, denationalization, privatization social control - control exerted (actively or passively) by group action of water systems. Simbo said that through the WSSD broadcast, his audience began to formulate informed opinions about the type of water management systems they wanted. Audiences also had not been aware that in the previous Summit in Rio their governments made commitments that local government would consult with their communities to draw up plans for the sustainable development of communities, This had not happened. Information dissemination on these issues has thus brought about a process of accountability, where people begin to stand up to the powers that be to make informed contributions to development. This is where real sustainable development begins. Medias et Developpement Durable : Habiliter les peuples au moyen de la radio communautaire Par Shingai Nyoka Ces douze dernieres annees, les africains ont pris conscience de la puissance puis·sance n. Power; might. [Middle English, from Old French, from poissant, powerful, present participle of pooir, to be able; see power. des medias. Dans les annees 1980, l'Afrique route entiere disposait de moins de dix stations de radios privees. De nos jours, leur nombre depasse largement 1000 (mille). La plupart de celles-ci sont des radios communautaires appartenant aux communautes demunies. La radio communautaire est le moyen de communication populeira de base de millions de personnes locales. C'est un moyen de communication efficace, qui identifie et determine les necessites de developpement prioritaires au niveau local. Il aide ces developpements au moyen de l'exposition, de la discussion et des debats. Durant le Sommet Mondial Mondial can refer to:
Les emissions ont facilite une couverture Noun 1. couverture - chocolate that contains at least 32 percent cocoa butter chocolate - a food made from roasted ground cacao beans en profondeur des questions relatives au developpement durable par la radio communautaire et ont ete diffusees par satellite et par Internet en Francais, Anglais et Portugais aux auditeurs de la radio communautaire a travers le monde n. 1. The world; a globe as an ensign of royalty. Le beau monde fashionable society. See Beau monde. Demi monde See Demimonde. . D'apres World Space, l'audience de cette emission a atteint 200 millions dont 50 millions etaient des africains. L'emission a permit aux africains de par le continent qui subiront les consequences du Sommet, d'avoir un apercu a·per·çu n. pl. a·per·çus 1. A discerning perception; an insight: "Her schmoozy but magisterial aperçus inspired widespread emulation among the young" Roy Blount, Jr. des deliberations. D'autre part, certaines des communautes africaines des 150 radios stations membres de AMARC (Association Mondiale des Emetteurs de la Radio Communautaire) ont eu l'occasion de partager les experiences, les representations et les preoccupations de leurs communautes relatives au deveoppement durable. Cette emission entrait dans le cadre (company) CADRE - The US software engineering vendor which merged with Bachman Information Systems to form Cayenne Software in July 1996. du programme de Voix Radiophoniques Sans Frontieres de AMARC. La visee du programme etait de recentrer les voix des communautes de base a travers la radio communautaire et d'encourager la collaboration et l'echange d'informations parmi les radios communautaires du monde. "Cela representait un projet tres important pour nous. Le droit Le Droit (established on March 27, 1913) is a Canadian daily newspaper, published in Ottawa, Canada and is operated by Gesca since 2000. History The newspaper was launched at that period as a tool to condemn Bill 17, an Ontario legislation that abolished education de communiquer est fondamental au developpement de nos communautes ici en Afrique. Nous croyons que cette emission a offert une occasion unique aux groupes traditionnellement marginalises de notre continent (les personnes de la base) d'exprimer au monde leurs preoccupations et leurs aspirations", a declare Michelle Ntab, la Directrice Regionale pour l'Afrique de AMARC. Le dicton "l'information, c'est la puissance", permet de comprendre que l'acces a l'information determine le developpement. Cependant les systemes de developpement traditioncels herites de l'Europe sapent ce developpement. La communication a ete centralisee sur l'etat, aboutissant au flux d'informations uni-directionnel du gouvernement au peuple, des regions urbaines aux regions rurales, et du Nord au Sud. En consequence, l'information parvenant aux personnes de la base, bien qu'elle soit importante, est souvent inappropriee car elle provient d'autres sources qui ne tiennent compte ni du contexte, ni des mesures d'application, ni des priorites locales. La radio communautaire s'est efforcee de retourner cette tendence. A travers elle, les communautes ont la possibilite d'etablir leurs propres priorites, de s'exprimer de leurs propres voix en leurs propres langues et sur leurs propres preoccupations. La radio communautaire ne fournit pas seulement un cadre de discussion et de debat sur les sujets tabous tels que la sorcellerie et la circoncision, mais elle a aussi eclaire les communautes sur les possibilites d'une vie meilleure. A titre titre titer. d'exemple, les communautes tres eloignees ont eu l'occasion d'apprendre que la societe civile sud africaine a lutte et remporte la victoire contre le gouvernement pour obtenir des anti-retroviraux gratuits pour les communautes demunies. Elles peuvent aussi ecouter des recits inspiratoires de personnes comme elles-memes qui prolongent leurs vies en vivant positivement ou des recits relatant comment le nombre de nouvelles personnes infectees se reduit en Ouganda. En ce qui concerne la securite alimentaire, les praticiens de la radio communautaire evoques dans un article de la FAO ont souligne l'impact de la radio communautaire dans ce domaine : "Quand je dois conduire des interviews avec des femmes, je dois souvent me cacher parce que les hommes ne leur permettent pas de sortir et de se faire entendre", declare Kady Souley de la Radio Anfani du Niger. "Pourtant ce sont les femmes qui produisent la nourriture !Plusieurs d'entre elles sont illettrees et s'il est interdit de leur dire quelles semences sont bonnes, elles continueront simplement de cultiver les mauvaises semences." Martin Sanaingo'o Kariongi Ole Sanago de la radio FM Okonereri en Tanzanie ajoute : "Quand des gens gens (jĕnz), ancient Roman kinship group. It was the counterpart of what is known in other societies as a patrilineal clan or sib, and the word has been used in social science as a generic term for such groupings. ont du betail malade, ils devraient savoir comment le soigner. Si la radio ne le leur dit DIT di-iodotyrosine. pas, ils ne le sauront pas. La radio a aussi joue un role reconnu dans le domaine de la gouvernance et un exemple pertinent c'est la facon dont elle a contribue a l'avenement d'un changement de gouvernement paisible au Ghana il y a pres deux ans." Antonio Simbo, l'un des participants de la branche africaine de AMARC au SMDD, a note comment son audience angolaise a commence a s'interesser a la question de la privatisation des systemes d'eau. Simbo a declare qu'a travers l'emission du SMDD, son audience a commence a formuler des opinions pertinentes en ce qui concerne les systemes de gestion qu'ils desiraient avoir. Les audiences n'avaient pas ete informees des engagements que leurs gouvernements avaient signes au Sommet precedent de Rio de consulter leurs communautes pour etablir des plans en vue du developpement durable des communautes. Et ces engagements n'ont pas ete appliques. La diffusion d'informations relatives a ces questions a donc permit la creation d'un processus sur l'obligation de rendre compte, et les gens commencent a exercer leur pouvoir pour apporter des contributions efficaces au developpement. C'est la que commence le vrai developpement durable. Shingai Nyoka is the Communication Officer of the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) AMARC is an international movement of community radio broadcasters with a membership of over 3000 internationally. The organisation was formed in 1983 born out of a realisation of the need to democratise Verb 1. democratise - become (more) democratic; of nations democratize change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" 2. access to information and communication in order to promote more just relationships among people. AMARC Africa continues to host global community radio broadcasts and to develop community radio stations on the continent. AMARC Africa will also launch a community radio News Agency in December 2002. Shingai Nyoka est Chargee de Communications & AMARC. AMARC est un Mouvement International des Reporters de la Radio Communautaire qui dispose de 3000 membres a l'echelle internationale. L'organisation a ete formee en 1983 suite a la realisation du besoin de democratiser l'acces a l'information et a la communication afin de promouvoir de plus justes relations parmi les peuples. AMARC Afrique continue de proceder a des emissions radio a portee mondiale pour la radio communautaire et de developper des stations de radio communautaires dans le continent. AMARC Afrique lancera aussi une Agence d'informations en decembre 2002. |
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