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!
CMFD's projects cover a wide range of issues, from migration and xenophobia to women's and children's rights and health. The particular topics we cover depend largely on the communities we work with, thus ensuring that our programming is always directly relevant to the people involved, as well as the listening audiences.
(Mozambique - Portuguese, 2009) 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.
Every year, thousands of people migrate within Southern Africa’s borders, mostly looking for better opportunities, and mostly destined for the region’s economically strongest country, South Africa. Yet, migration brings with it many challenges. Many face xenophobic discrimination. Often without proper documentation and with few employment prospects, they are vulnerable to abuse and exploitation, particularly women. In some cases, they may also find that promises made by potentials employers before they leave their home country are not true, and in the worst cases they become victims of human trafficking. CMFD has worked extensively with migrant communities in Southern Africa.
In Africa, women’s voices are still largely missing form media, especially the most marginalised, like rural or migrant women. Raising awareness about gender inequalities and women’s rights and giving women opportunities to use media to articulate issue and priorities, is an important part of ensuring that these issues receive the attention they need. CMFD works to raise awareness about women’s rights and gender through polar forms of entertainment – such as drama and music – as well as working with women, both media professionals and community members, to strengthen the use of media for development.
Specific Projects and media training related to women and gender have included the following. However, CMFD believes strongly in mainstreaming gender and women throughout all programmes, and specifically takes into account how a gender perspective on issues, and makes specific efforts to include women in all programmes, including women characters within our radio dramas.
When children and young people have access to media, they have a voice in their world, and are able to advocate on issues that effects them. Children's participatory media is an effective way to include young people in a process that shapes their futures, while educating other young people and reflecting on obstacles that facing society as a whole.
Children's participation means not just giving children the opportunity to be involved, but also to be at the forefront of the decision-making, planning, and implementation process. This means putting the programme in the hands of the children, guiding a process that ensures good quality, accurate information, while offering a full range of freedom of expression. It is a mutual learning process, a a collaboration based on respect between young people and those with the technical know-how to make their voices heard loud and clear.
Issues
Every year, thousands of people migrate within Southern Africa’s borders, mostly looking for better opportunities, and mostly destined for the region’s economically strongest country, 
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When children and young people have access to