Happy Women’s Day!
Date Posted: March 8th, 2010
This edition of Farm Radio Weekly is dedicated to Africa’s hard working rural women. As we celebrate International Women’s Day, we also welcome our newest subscribers from around the continent: Yvonne Otieno, from the World Agroforestry Center in Kenya; Christopher Mason, from Journalists for Human Rights in Liberia; Gee Dee, a farm owner in South Africa; Priscilla Ojambo from Uganda; and Emmanuel Asamoah from Rite FM, Teresa Atogiyire from the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, Sulemana Issah from Tropical Agricultural Marketing and Consultancy Services, Bashiru Jimma from Anabi Farms, and Loretta Vanderpuye forom the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation and Glovina Media Consult, all in Ghana.
This week’s news stories profile two extraordinary women farmers. The first is a Ugandan woman who uses every square foot of her small farm to grow fruit for her thriving processing plant. The second is a Cameroonian woman who left city life to manage a large plantation. The women share some of their challenges and secrets to their success. We hope these stories inspire you to produce similar pieces on the inspirational women in your rural communities!
In the Upcoming Events section, you’ll find information on how to access AMARC-WIN’s Women’s Day broadcast, featuring community radio pieces. The Radio Resource Bank presents a new tool for finding examining gender inequalities in land rights. And in the Farm Radio Action section, we invite you to share how your organization marked International Women’s Day.
Happy reading!
-The Farm Radio Weekly Team
