Community radio encourages girls’ education in Mozambique
By Emidio Machiana
MAGANJA DA COSTA DISTRICT, Mozambique, 2 May 2008 – For almost a year, many families in Mozambique have awakened at daybreak to the pleasant voice of the young announcers at Erive Community Radio, the district’s new UNICEF-supported radio station.
Since the station began broadcasting, communities throughout the district have seen a gradual change in people’s behaviour, mainly in the lives of girls.
“In our radio programmes we discuss many children’s rights issues, such as our right to health, to protection against violence and abuse, and to education,” says the host of Erive’s childrens' programme, 14-year old Regina João Marenço. “We have been given a lot of prominence to promote girls’ education.”
In the last year, the number of girls enrolled in Maganja da Costa’s primary schools has increased from by almost 5,000.
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