Funder: European Union Period: 2009-2010
This project was designed to socialise women’s rights and roles post tsunami
and post conflict recovery in Aceh.
Our objectives
- To empower NGOs to speak
powerfully and efficiently through the media, gaining control over the way
in which they are perceived through the media; and therefore promoting
women’s views and aspirations, through the media. Giving women NGOs and activists the
skills to find their public voice and deliver their key messages to
influencer groups and the public.
- To strengthen journalists’
skill in identifying ways in which women particularly have been
marginalised in Aceh and the important role women can play both post
conflict and post tsunami. Providing reporters with skills to identify stories and court a
spectrum of opinions reflecting diversity within the community –
particularly women.
- To establish a network and synergy between
NGOs and journalist in addressing women aspirations, through joint session within the workshops and the delivery of
interactive phone-in programmes.
- To educate the
public about issues and
problems faced by Acehnese women through the broadcasting of a radio drama series and public service announcement
(PSA), as well as a quiz, a journalism competition on women's issues and a printed public awareness campaign.

What we did
We trained 60 gender specialist NGOs and journalists in Aceh
to ensure women’s issues received better coverage in the media.
A radio drama series and quiz also explored the problems faced by women,
encouraging the community to recognise the contribution women made to the
economy following the tsunami and their role in the peace process and elections.
What we achieved
- Total media coverage worth €237,400
- 7,228 PSAs broadcast on 58 radio stations
- The radio drama series “Mutiara Aceh” broadcast 75 times on 58 radio
stations (450 episodes in total)
- 211 hours of talk shows broadcast
- 27 newspaper articles published
- 26 NGO appearances in the media
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