On December 10, 2009, CMFD participated in the launch of a new campaign, Score a Goal for Gender Equality, spearheaded by Gender Links and the Gender and Media Diversity Centre (GMDC).
Radio for Peacebuilding Africa recently awarded CMFD's six-part serial drama Crossroads winner of the Radio for Peacebuilding Africa Awards Special Category.
On Saturday, November 28 CMFD participated in the annual Take Back the Night march, organised as part of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence. Over 200 women and men took to the streets of Hillbrow, chanting, singing and dancing to let people know that South Africa's streets should be a place women and girls feel safe to walk - no matter what time of day!
The "Together We Can End Human Trafficking" radio spots were produced to raise awareness about human trafficking and to provide information about where to report suspected cases of trafficking during and after the FIFA World Cup in South Africa. CMFD organised, recording and produced these spots as part of a communications campaign spearheaded by Gender Links, held in partnership with the Red Light 2010 Campaign (network of organisations including SANTAC, WLSA), the National Community Radio Forum (NCRF) and supported by IOM and Oxfam GB.
They were getting ready for the big game. He sounded the warning, but they thought he was joking. And when it happened, they risked losing it all! As the waters rise, so do the treachery, conflicts and dangers. Ride the rapids of love and hatred, greed and honour. Follow the lives of a community torn apart by an event completely beyond their control!
Bravos do Zambeze (‘Zambezi Braves’) is a multi-faceted initiative that combines a high quality 26-episode radio drama with training for community radio journalists, in order to convey information around disaster risk reduction and build local capacity for reporting on disasters and climate change. The project was produced by CMFD for the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), as part of the UN Delivering as One, Joint Programme on Disaster Risk Reduction Project.
The objective of this initiative is to give a voice to those most affected by landmines, as a strategy to continue raising awareness about landmines as a challenge in Mozambique. Since many of the most affected areas are away from urban centres, these views and voices are sometimes forgotten. This could include survivors, those who have lost families to landmines, communities affected by agricultural loss, etc.
A young women returns home to find her village in the midst of a delicate transformation. Then her young brother's disappearance starts a chain of events that turns her whole world upside down. Step into a world of unseen dangers, feel the pain of passion, and find love in the most unlikely places. Welcome to VilaPisa Bem!
As part of the initiative to deal with the continuing landmine problem facing Mozambique, especially for those living in rural areas, the serial radio drama seeks to raise awareness, disseminate information and encourage safe behaviours in landmine contaminated regions. It also aims to increase awareness of the Mine Ban Treaty and Mozambique's deadline to remove all anti-personnel mines by 2014, and encourage people to push government to meet the deadline.
Speaking out on landmines