“Community Radio can play a vital role for reducing violence against girls and young women and thus the gender equality will be ensured” said the facilitators at the different sessions of the first day of a three daylong training workshop on “Share and explore the best practices: Child Protection and Child Right issues in Community Radios”.
The workshop was organized by Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) at the Training Room, YWCA from 9 to 11 March, 2014, supported by Plan International Bangladesh.
The different sessions were facilitated by Ms. Wahida Banu, Executive Director, Aparajeyo Bangladesh, on behalf of Girl Power Program (GPP), Ms Sarahzin Ahmed Communication Specialist, Plan Bangladesh and Ms Tamanna Rahman, Project Coordinator, Girl Power Project, BNNRC.
Ms. Wahida Banu focused her discussion on the situation of girls and young women in Bangladesh in line with gender perspective. She has informed different basic rights of girls and young women in our society.
Ms Sarahzin described different features of “Girls Power Project” in brief. She highlighted the objectives of the project i.e. empowering the girls and young women by engaging them in sports, games, theatre, social mobilization, local government activities etc.
Ms Tamanna Rahman appreciated the role of community broadcasters for taking challenges in disseminating information by educating, entertaining and motivating all local communities.
The objective of the interactive residential workshop is to upgrade the content development skills of the community radio producers towards developing community radio program on girl power issues effectively.
A total of 13 participants from 13 Community Radio Stations of the country attended the workshop. The participants included Program Producers, Script Writer and News presenters from community radio stations.
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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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