Promoting Women Journalists in Eastern Congo

As part of the promotion of Congolese women, AFEM SK has just completed a research on the political participation of women in Shabunda territory we are in the Democratic Republic of Congo DRC. This survey was conducted in Shabunda center,  Nkulu,  Bagabo and Bangoma. The Association of Media Women in South Kivu...

A screening of two documentaries on sexual violence in South Kivu was made to scan the status of women in the territories of South Kivu province. During two hours, the actors of civil society and those politics have had a debate about the question. The two documentaries depicting the life of women in Shabunda and Fizi....

With the overall objective of contributing to an improvement in the participation of rural women in democracy and good governance in South Kivu, AFEM SK form 28 women leaders club members to listen from this Friday, May 11This project directly targets rural women leaders 28 members listening clubs (including 14...

To strengthen the capacities of its partner radio, SFCG uses the expertise of the AFEM for conducting training "in situ" for two weeks each in 4 rural community radio stations. In South Kivu radios Lemera in Uvira, APIDE in Mwenga, and Katanga radios are, Kongolo’s radio in Kongolo territory and Kasenga’radio...

The sources of information, the information hierarchy, the criteria to select priority information, are among the concepts learned by the women of the media on radio journalism that on November 9th. The women of rural and urban media learn these concepts during the second phase of training organized for them for 8 days....

Those wemen in the studio "All can change and all will change" Soon seven other rural radio stations in four areas of South Kivu province will have well-trained female journalists on the concepts of professional journalism. After three others who have received professional training course in Isanganiro radio in...

AFEM currently works with 350 women organized into seven community radio clubs of 50 women each. These clubs meet to discuss issues that they then produce into radio broadcasts. This provides female journalists with the opportunity and capacity to push for large community movements and peace lobbying activities....