“I am very proud to see that the Youth women are now quite confident and courageous to come forward; I see that they are not weak and not afraid at all. With community radio, even the youth women at upazila level are now coming up, tackling the challenges of the society and moving towards progress in media professionalism.” –said Anowara Begum, Joint Secretary (Radio), Ministry of Information in the inaugural session of a 2-day orientation workshop on “Fellowship for Young women in Media and Journalism”.
The orientation has been started on 12 February at YWCA Conference Room, Dhaka, where she was speaking as a Chief Guest with the support from Free Press Unlimited.
Referring to the examples of her own life, Anowara Begum shared some experiences of her professional career, which could be the lessons learned of the participants. She described how she addressed the challenges of the society and came out. Along with her own personal commitment, she has also assured the young women fellows to provide all appropriate supports from the Ministry in future.
There was a video documentary and a power point presentation on Community Radio sector and the Fellowship program. The two-day orientation includes sessions on basic journalism, Women and Child issues in Electronic and Radio Reporting –those are scheduled to be facilitated by Shahela Akhter, Asstt.Editor, Press Institute of Bangladesh, Shahnaz Munni, Senior Reporter, ATN News and Amin Al Rasheed, Senior Reporter of ABC Radio.
A total of 22 participants from 11 Community Radio Stations of the country joined in the program. There are 12 fellows and 10 mentors among the participants.The Program was organized by Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) in collaboration with Free Press Unlimited.
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AHM Bazlur Rahman-S21BR is Chief Executive Officer and founder Secretary of Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC). He has more than 20 years experience in leveraging community media and right to communication to create successful policy advocacy in Bangladesh in line with community media development. His areas of expertise straddle community media policy advocacy, training, project management especially in the area of community media.
He founded Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC). BNNRC Devoted Entirely to Promote Community Media for Development (CM4D). BNNRC Leads Supports and Advocates for the Initiators to actively provide independent community broadcasting in Bangladesh since 2000. BNNRC represent the community electronic media sector to Government, Industry, Regulatory Bodies, Media, Academia and Development Partners from 2000. The BNNRC provides leadership and support for rural initiators to facilitate independent electronic community broadcasting services and to build and strengthen rural communities.
He actively works to improve recognition of the community electronic media sector [Community Radio | Community TV | Community Film] & its work in and involvement with the communities it seeks to serve. BNNRC's outreach extends to local, national and international forums for communicating Knowledge for Development (KM4D). In this backdrop, communication is recognized as an essential human need and, therefore, as a basic human right. Our working strategies are:
1. Communicating on the Public Sphere: The role of communication and media in exercising democratic political participation in society
2. Communicating Knowledge: The terms and means by which knowledge generated by society is communicated, or blocked, for use by different groups.
3. Civil Rights in Communication: The exercise of civil rights relating to the processes of communication in society &
4. Cultural Rights in Communication: The communication of diverse cultures, cultural forms and identities at the individual and social levels.
BNNRC now strives for the following core interventions to contribute in achieving 6th five Years Plan, UN World Summit on the Information Society (UN WSIS) Action Plan and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) through:
Right to Information- RTI for ensuring improved livelihood of the marginalized
ICT for Development- ICT4D for Bridging the Digital Divide in rural areas &
Community Radio/Community TV/ Community Film for amplifying voices for the voiceless and Amateur Radio for Disaster Risk Reduction
He graduated from University of Dhaka and Post graduated from Asian University of Bangladesh in the field of Social Science (MSS) in Government & Politics and Participated in certificate course on Development Management by Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA) New Delhi, India
He currently founder member of Bangladesh Working Group on UN World Summit on the Information Society (UN WSIS) headed by Bangladesh Government, Community Radio Monitoring Committee of Ministry of Information, People’s Republic of Bangladesh, founder member of Bangladesh UN Internet Governance Forum( UN IGF) Headed by Minister, Ministry of Information, Multi-stakeholder Steering Group Members of Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum (AP-RIGF) & Distinguish Fellow, Center for e-Parliament Research. Contact: ceo@bnnrc.net www.bnnrc.net
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