PROJECTS
Meri Awaz Suno [Hear My Voice]
The Internews-supported independent radio program, Meri Awaz Suno, has been, since it was launched in August 2003, immensely popular with a diverse national audience unaccustomed to hearing such high-quality radio programs. Meri Awaz Suno is unique because it is produced exclusively by women, on women’s issues.
Meri Awaz Suno [Hear My Voice]
The Internews-supported independent radio program, Meri Awaz Suno, has been, since it was launched in August 2003, immensely popular with a diverse national audience unaccustomed to hearing such high-quality radio programs. Meri Awaz Suno is unique because it is produced exclusively by women, on women’s issues.
Based in Islamabad, the Meri Awaz Suno team produces two 15-minute programs each week. The show includes field-based feature reports, interviews, panel discussions, documentaries, and views from the street. These programs are offered free of charge to FM stations around the country reaching a potential audience of tens of millions.
Internews is actively seeking new broadcasters in other cities to expand the reach of this remarkable program.
The journalists of Meri Awaz Suno travel to both rural and urban areas of Pakistan collecting interviews and stories for their program. Topics previously unheard of on Pakistani radio are vigorously debated on Meri Awaz Suno, such as sexual harassment in the workplace, child labor, HIV/AIDS, family planning, prostitution, and women in politics.
Most reporters working on Meri Awaz Suno had little experience working in radio journalism prior to joining the team. Now they are leaders – the first women in Pakistan to work as independent radio journalists. They are multi-skilled, able to work as researchers, reporters, presenters and editors. To date, they have produced over 100 radio programs.
Under the current project, the Meri Awaz Suno team will produce at least 100 fifteen-minute programs for distribution to the nation’s FM stations. This program will continue to address health, economic, political, cultural, and social issues, with a focus on women, yet will also be of interest to a general audience.
Hawa Aur Doonya [Women and the World]
Internews has been supporting, since August 2004, the production of this pioneering Pashto-language women’s radio program based at Peshawar University Broadcast Academy built by Internews. Hawa Aur Doonya is a weekly 15-minute program with a format similar to the Urdu-language Meri Awaz Suno women’s program being produced with Internews assistance since 2003 and played on FM stations across Pakistan. Designed to raise the profile of women in Pashto media, a total of 30 Hawa Aur Doonya programs were produced in 2004-05 and under the current project at least 72 will be produced by end March 2007.
As the title suggests, the program looks at gender issues in the traditional Pashtun province of North West Frontier Province bordering Afghanistan. The program has covered stories about women and sport, the controversial rape laws, problems faced by women using public transport, arranged marriages and child labor, etc.
Internews has been supporting, since August 2004, the production of this pioneering Pashto-language women’s radio program based at Peshawar University Broadcast Academy built by Internews. Hawa Aur Doonya is a weekly 15-minute program with a format similar to the Urdu-language Meri Awaz Suno women’s program being produced with Internews assistance since 2003 and played on FM stations across Pakistan. Designed to raise the profile of women in Pashto media, a total of 30 Hawa Aur Doonya programs were produced in 2004-05 and under the current project at least 72 will be produced by end March 2007.
As the title suggests, the program looks at gender issues in the traditional Pashtun province of North West Frontier Province bordering Afghanistan. The program has covered stories about women and sport, the controversial rape laws, problems faced by women using public transport, arranged marriages and child labor, etc.
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