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Citizens in Dialogue

SAMGI's programmes are designed to fulfil the communication, gender awareness and critical media needs of the Southern African Region.

The Citizens in Dialogue programme aims to promote human rights by increasing the range of voices heard at all levels of society.

Citizens in Dialogue Projects

Women! Turn up the Volume. 3 Rural communities on the West Coast Internet Radio a web based archive or radio programs, which can be accessed locally, nationally and internationally. These programs will be gathered from our grassroots network in the communities we work in on the continent.

Mambo – Women's Rights are Human Rights. An easy to read cartoon format booklet, discussing the Bill of Rights in a context that our grassroots constituencies can relate to. Training tools – CD ROM and Training Manual, accompany this innovative access to information.

Prison's Programme. A program comprising various aspects of our work for inmates and warders. There are high levels of violence and abuse in our prisons.

WOMEN! TURN UP THE VOLUME!

Gender and Communications Course - Getting Smart Training manual:

Objective: to train women in grassroots communities to develop and manage their own campaigns

Outputs: Silent Silhouette Campaign; Vote for a Woman Campaign; Events on Women’s Day (National and International); 16 days of Activism. Including all supporting media messages e.g. banners, posters, pamphlets, vox pops and PSOs for radio. Annual good practice publication on advocacy and campaign strategies.

THE MAMBO PROJECT
‘WOMEN’S RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS’

Objective: to engage with communities and share the understanding of the Bill of Rights.

Outputs: At least 240 people trained per year.

Contributions from the participants to media via radio programmes on rights and issues affecting their communities. Events on Human Rights- and Heritage Day to highlight to the communities the importance of their rights as enshrined in the Constitution.

GETTING TO THE POINT! RURAL CITIZEN JOURNALISM

Training of new journalists in accredited journalism certificate.

Objective: to improve reporting practices in the media and to ensure a diversity of media.

Outputs: At least 20 new participants trained per year in national certificate in journalism. Production of newsletters from the various communities served by the journalism trainees. Community news is reported on in the media.

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 26 May 2010 11:08 )

Media Monitoring 2010
Women! Turn up the Volume!
Homeweek
GenMeDem Training

SAMGI is hosting the next Southern African media monitoring project, from Monday 30 August - Sunday 26 September. We have participants from Lesotho, Madagascar, Mozambique, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Women! Turn up the Volume trains communication officers from various NGOs and CBOs in developing and producing low tech media products (newsletters, banners, t-shirts, posters, etc.) to assist in communicating messages specifically during campaigns.

Part of the SAMGI tradition is to have all her staff members gather in one place for a week per month. During this week we focus on staff development initiatives. Themes for the upcoming homeweeks are Strategic Planning. The next home week is 27^th September - 1^st October.

Training sessions to assist NGOs and CBOs in using the media to communicate with their target groups and beneficiaries. The course focuses on Gender, Media and Democracy and draws from the experiences and needs of the participants attending in addition to the prepared training programme.