Her name is Muanacha Mecussete, and she lives in the Saua-Saua neighborhood of the Nametoria administrative post in Angoche district, some 30 km along a dirt track from the district center, which sometimes looks like a dirt road and sometimes more like a path. “I am usually pregnant again by the time my child can… Continue a ler Community narratives – family planning: Muanacha is 35 and pregnant for the 11th time
Over the last two months, h2n has been training community radio reporters in Sofala, Zambezia, Nampula and Cabo Delgado provinces in effective story telling within the general context of journalism and the more specific context of gender equality and women’s issues. Building so-called “community narratives” and transforming common situations into powerful stories, the reporters are… Continue a ler Community narratives – training reporters in effective story telling for behavior change
In rural Mozambique, most radio sets are owned by men, which means that women often listen to the radio with the explicit or implicit permission of their husbands. “Often, programs about women have to be channeled through male listeners,” explains Joao Bosse, h2n national coordinator for radio. “So, even in programs that are about women’s… Continue a ler Using low-cost solar-powered radios to reach groups of rural women
Working with community radios in Cabo Delgado, h2n has helped stations develop the “Vozes da Comunidade” (Voices of the Community) radio program to encourage civic participation, accountability and transparency in local governance. In a recent program, h2n radio coordinator Joao Bosse and other h2n team members from Cabo Delgado and Nampula joined reporter Machaca Assumo… Continue a ler “Voices of the Community” radio programs address citizen concerns about land rights in Cabo Delgado
This week, h2n is bringing together twelve community radio journalists from eight Cabo Delgado CR stations in Pemba for trainings and consultations on community engagement, gender equality and accountability at the local level through investigative journalism. The activities are carried out under the auspices of the Norway-funded CRP2 project and an OSISA-funded community engagement and… Continue a ler Journalists in Cabo Delgado focus on issues of community engagement
