Since February 2022, JHR has produced 31 interactive radio systems to advertise consciousness about Sexual and Reproductive Well being Rights (SRHR) in Mali. With improve from the Fund for Innovation and Transformation (FIT), JHR has educated newshounds to file at the factor and 4 radio companions are concerned (Guintan, Renouveau FM, Savoir FM and IKA FM).
The presentations are proving fashionable: Listeners name in from Bamako and surrounding spaces, but in addition from neighboring nations, comparable to a Radio Guintan listener from Guinea Conakry who referred to as in on March 16 to mention that he’s a faithful listener and that the SRHR program may be very edifying. After 3 months of broadcasting, 122 calls and greater than 100 reactions at the Fb pages had been recorded all the way through the reside proclaims. Radio Savoir FM, which caters basically to the coed inhabitants, has a feminine participation charge of over 80%.
Throughout the systems, listeners name in with their considerations. They steadily ask for recommendation for themselves or their acquaintances. The presentations characteristic other mavens, together with CSOs, PR consultants, gender promotion consultants, who resolution questions and refer listeners as wanted.
All in all, listeners react definitely to the systems and say that this sort of programming was once lacking in Mali. On April 20, a repeat listener referred to as to thank the Guintan Radio program for his or her correct recommendation for his SRHR worry. He mentioned, “I referred to as closing week to give an explanation for my spouse’s downside, which I blamed on circle of relatives making plans. We have been referred to the Malian Affiliation for the Coverage and Promotion of the Circle of relatives (AMPPF) and the remedy we won there was once an efficient answer. She is far better.”
Ramata Togola, a midwife with the Affiliation Malienne pour los angeles Coverage et los angeles Promotion de los angeles Famille, shared reside that her selection of day-to-day purchasers has doubled since she first seemed on Renouveau FM. “I went from 4-5 purchasers to about 10 since closing Tuesday,” she mentioned.
Because of the sure uptake of SRHR programming, JHR-Mali was once approached through 3 TV channels that experience voluntarily asked improve for the manufacturing of TV systems on SRHR and gender. On this approach, six TV systems had been produced through public ORTM channel and personal tv channels Mandé TV and Joliba TV.
