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Title: | Development through radio |
Author: | Moyo, Mavis |
Year: | 1991 |
Periodical: | The Community Development Journal: An International Journal for Community Workers |
Volume: | 26 |
Issue: | 3 |
Pages: | 227-232 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Zimbabwe |
Subjects: | rural development women radio |
External link: | http://search.proquest.com/pao/docview/1304156379 |
Abstract: | The majority of Zimbabwe's population live in rural areas and because of this, communication plays an invaluable role in the development process, since development efforts are directed towards rural areas. Women in Zimbabwe play a crucial role in the country's development. Unfortunately, many women are illiterate. Also taking into account the fact that the majority of the rural population has little or no access to newspapers, it is obvious that the role of the radio in Zimbabwe's development process cannot be overemphasized. The Development Through Radio (DTR) project was a brainchild of the Federation of African Media Women Zimbabwe (FAMWZ). FAMWZ felt that there was a need to democratize broadcasting, so that women would be given the opportunity to participate actively in the preparation of development-oriented radio programmes, and in the utilization of such programmes for the promotion of development activities in rural areas. This idea could only work if rural women formed Listening Clubs, where each club would be issued with a free radio/cassette recorder. Since the start of the project in 1986, 45 RLCs (Radio Listening Clubs) have been formed. The author provides information on how the system works, as well as a case study of a meeting of the Changachirere RLC in Mhondoro, where the problem of water shortage was discussed. The author stresses the need for research into this project, which is very popular among the rural communities. |