Women's Empowerment and Good Governance Through - amarc

Best Experiences for an Action Research Process 20
• Connection of various communities to gender issues and for recognition of the problems
of women and the possibility of challenging and rendering accountable the authorities
and get them to respond to the problem.
• Recognition of women’s activities and roles as base for their involvement in local governance
and leadership positions.
Community radio is a facilitator for networking.
• CR can help women candidates develop their manifestos, which should reflect women’s
interests, so that women can be held accountable when elected.
• CR can link public authority, NGOs and civil society in efforts to promote women participation
in governance.
• CR can encourage party diversity by encouraging womens’ participation in politics and
womens’ election to parliament encouraging healthy competition.
Promoting women’s participation in governance
Community radio plays a significant role in promoting women’s participation in governance.
Experience teaches that the songs that women sing, voices of women telling stories to their
children, and the languages spoken by women are all great examples to start with. The establishment
of a culture of inclusion should take into account social issues, and the inclusion
of gender perspctives in the community radio style will enhance the role of women. Women
then have the chance to identify, discuss and integrate gender perspectives into all areas while
participating in the processes of decision making for changing policies.
Recommendations
1. At the local level, through community radio there is need :
• That specific provisions are taken so that women are both in the management and
broadcast units of community radio, from the position of the Board of Directors to the
volunteers. This way, gender issues are included in decision-making and gender equity
is broadcast.
• To increase capacity building for women in CR on management and technical skills.