World Radio Day

For World Radio Day 2013, SOAS Radio spoke to Professor Simon Cousens from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) about a new research using a social marketing campaign on radio to reduce child mortality in Burkina Faso. The intervention is a randomized control trial, broadcasting messages about how to prevent common illnesses using radio ads and phone-in shows.

For World Radio 2013, Mary Thackray looks at the growing role of radio in giving children and young people the opportunity to speak about issues, including education, child protection, climate change and health. This features an interview with Allan Kiwanuka of Childhope and radio by young people from The Children's Radio Foundation. For more information please visit http://www.childhope.org.uk and http://www.childrensradiofoundation.org/

For World Radio Day 2013, Mohammed Tahboub summarises the history of the changes and development that radio went through in the Arab world, from political prominence to to cultural prominence.

For World Radio Day 2013, Karina Carter of SOAS Radio tells us the history of radio in Russia and how it’s thriving in the contemporary context despite fierce competition from the emergence of digital technologies.

For World Radio Day 2013, Swati Sen of SOAS Radio spoke to Saritha Thomas, founder and director of the People’s Power Collective, an organisation empowering rural and isolated communities in India through community radio. For more information on Peoples Power Collective please visit www.peoplespower-co.org

For World Radio Day 2013, Charlotte England gets behind the scenes of SOAS' very own community radio station, SOAS Radio. Charlotte speaks to former SOAS student Laura Morris who now works as editor for the Rising Voices website; producer and presenter Drew Salida, who is working on a Radio Drama project in Ghana and SOAS Radio Director, Carlos Chirinos, who explains what they do here and the benefits of becoming involved with SOAS Radio.

Birgitte Jallov has been working for over 30 years in media development and community radio in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. In this interview, she talks about her experience in community radios in Mozambique, on how radio was back in the 80s when she produced the first two directories of women’s community radio in Europe and talks about her new book ‘Empowerment Radio’. Interview by Stefanie Groth

In French: Alice Andersen talks about the importance of radio in post-conflict and conflict areas. In Burundi, radio was used as a means for peace and reconciliation. A 32-part serial radio drama, called Intamenwa! (The Indivisibles) used a football storyline to promote non-violence and reconciliation amongst young people.

In Arabic: Samah Bushra Yousef introduces us to the project of ‘Community Radio Listening Groups’ in Sudan. In Sudan’s rural areas where the population is often illiterate and the number of local dialects is said to exceed 500, communication can be a real challenge. However, Community Radio Listening Groups produce their own programme and manage to reach people that would remain difficult to reach, otherwise.

In Spanish: As much as people need shelter, food, water and safety, information and
communication are also crucial necessities for development.
In this clip, Estrella Sendra Fernandez talks about the importance of radio to spread information
and raise awareness, for example in Social and Behaviour Change Communication programmes
on Malaria prevention in São Tomé and Príncipe.

Charlotte Morgan talks about the importance of radio in post-conflict and conflict areas. In Burundi, radio was used as a means for peace and reconciliation. In Kyrgyzstan radio was used as a tool for providing humanitarian news reporting for victims of conflict in 2010.