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African women in media: Making waves in radio

In Ghana, IYIP Rights Media Internships, Media Internships,
by Gwyneth Dunsford April 23, 2012
Bridget Nambah

“Mostly ladies are known to be shy … [too] shy to talk in public.” This is a strange declaration from Bridget Nambah, a DJ and talk show producer at Tamale’s Diamond FM. The 19-year-old from Ghana’s Northern Region is fighting her own stereotyping. She has been broadcasting since high school, when she snuck into public [...]

Tagged as: northern Ghana, Radio, Role of the Media, women, women's rights

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Why we do what we do: rights media in Northern Ghana.

In Blog, Educational Internships, Ghana, IYIP Educational Officer,
by Robin McGeough April 17, 2012
The power of an open door.

“Always leave your office door open, because you never know who will walk in,” a kernel of wisdom from my father that has always stuck with me. So when I arrived at the International Institute for Journalism (IIJ) in Tamale, the first thing I did was prop my door open with a blue plastic chair [...]

Tagged as: education, Ghana, human rights, jhr, Tamale

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Money lending sparks new-found rights for women in Malawi

In IYIP Rights Media Internships, Malawi, Media Internships,
by Karissa Gall April 16, 2012

Money doesn’t grow on trees, but in Nkalo village it grows near one. In the centre of the village a tree has become the site of new financial freedom and empowerment for local women – an outdoor Village Savings and Loan Association (VSLA) that is literally taking a grassroots approach to providing women with the [...]

Tagged as: credit, empowerment, loan, malawi, microfinance, money, property, women

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“You are doing great job” : feedback from stakeholder in Tamale

In Ghana, IYIP Rights Media Internships, Media Internships,
by Gwyneth Dunsford April 16, 2012

“How long we waiting?”, Lucy asks, as we sit under a small mango tree. We are sitting outside the Cienfuegos Suglo Specialist Hospital, an obstetrics hospital in Tamale, Ghana and my patience is growing thin. The hospital’s director, Dr. Barnabas B. Naa Gandau, is yet to arrive for the day and it’s already 3 p.m. [...]

Tagged as: Ghana, Health, journalism, success story

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Health Services Workers Union makes inroads in Ghana

In Ghana, IYIP Rights Media Internships, Media Internships,
by Jonathan Migneault April 15, 2012

In Ghana fewer than 10 per cent of workers belong to a trade union. While the minimum wage has almost doubled since 2008, at 4.48 Ghana cedis per day, or about $2.54,  it remains low by international standards. Many workers—especially the large number of farmers in the rural regions—don’t even make the minimum wage because [...]

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Exploitation of Malawi’s tobacco tenants

In IYIP Rights Media Internships, Malawi, Media Internships,
by Kara Stevenson March 27, 2012
Female tobacco workers on a tobacco farm in Salima, Malawi. Photo by Kara Stevenson.

Eletina Mwale has worked on several tobacco estates since 1985. Currently, she works on a tobacco farm in Salima, Malawi. “I have been in several farms from Kasungu to the northern region. We meet a lot of problems. The water is bad, our children do not go to school and we live very far from [...]

Tagged as: centre for social concern, exploitation, malawi, politics, tenants, tobacco, workers

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Victims of Malawi’s bloody protest speak

In IYIP Rights Media Internships, Malawi, Media Internships,
by Kara Stevenson March 23, 2012
Mphatso Banda's shows off the bullet wound he got at a protest in Lumbadzi, Malawi. Photo by Kara Stevenson.

July 21, 2011 was an unruly day in Lumbadzi, Malawi – a violent protest paraded through the streets. While some citizens were using the protest to loot shops and pelt stones at police officers, many innocent people were injured. “I started to run, but I felt numbness in my left foot. I realized that there [...]

Tagged as: demonstrations, malawi, protest, victims, violence

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The children of Zion Bata

In Articles, IYIP Rights Media Internships, Malawi, Media Internships, Uncategorized,
by Desiree Buitenbos March 20, 2012

The children of Kachitsa Village, a small village of 1,000 in the northern outskirts of Lilongwe, Malawi, are adamant about their religious beliefs. Mention God and their shy, soft-spoken demeanor converts to self-assurance and poise. These children are members of a church called Zion Bata which preaches that prayer is the only effective method for [...]

Tagged as: Childrens' Rights, religious freedom

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Radio waves inspire change in Malawi

In Articles, IYIP Rights Media Internships, Malawi, Media Internships,
by Desiree Buitenbos March 20, 2012

Violet Banda is not your average 21-year-old. A poised, confident and outspoken child rights activist, Banda personifies the power of radio in Malawi. Born to a family of five children, Banda is the only female and the only child to have contracted HIV from her mother who succumbed to AIDS when Banda was just three [...]

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Linking farmers to markets one SMS at a time

In Educational Internships, IYIP Educational Officer, Malawi,
by Paula Millar March 15, 2012

For smallholder farmers across Malawi, crop production is merely half of the battle. The real challenge comes postharvest, when the race begins to access markets and secure a profit before a yield spoils. With no information, determining potential points of sale, buyers and the going rate is a game of chance. In the past, such [...]

Tagged as: Agriculture, Esoko, jhr, malawi, mobile technology, smallholder farmers, SMS, SMS text messaging, technology, USAID

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