Isis International is organizing a five-day seminar called 'Women Making Airwaves for Peace' which is directly related to two of WACC's areas of concern: Media and gender justice and communication for peace.

Women Making Airwaves for Peace (WMAP), 3-7 October 2009, Bangalore, India, will bring together some 30 women community radio broadcasters from the Asia Pacific region. It is a space where participants share their experiences, particularly best practices towards engendered peace building and disaster management - enabling community radio to empower women in crisis situations.

The seminar will also enhance the skills of the participants in radio production and digital audio editing. It sharpens their perspectives in engendered peace journalism, interview techniques, feminist broadcasting and more.

The seminar methodology is interactive as participants are given the opportunity to be resource persons, trainers, facilitators, producers and translators. Moreover, the participants may produce radio programmes that they can broadcast in their respective radio stations.

Who can participate?
Women Community Radio Broadcasters from Asia Pacific, preferably with experience in situations of armed conflict and natural disasters (not a condition).

What are the required language skills?
The seminar is conducted in English. Non-English speaking women are encouraged to apply. Isis International will select another participant who can both converse in the same non-English language as well as in English. English-speaking participants are required to translate for their colleague.

Who can apply for a scholarship?
Scholarships are limited to participants from South East Asia and the Pacific subregions. Participants from the rest of Asia Pacific are welcome to attend. However, they would need cover their own travel expenses, while Isis can grant subsidies for board and lodging.

What is expected from participants?
Selected participants are expected to:
* share their experiences and skills as trainers during the WMAP seminar.
* mount radio productions during and after the seminar. These radio productions must be broadcast in their radio stations in the local language.
* echo their learnings from the seminar with their colleagues in their radio station.
* document their best practices by contributing to the publications of Isis International and helping disseminate it.
* for English speaking participants, translate for other participants.
* participate in the post-seminar evaluation four months after the seminar

The Women Making Airwaves for Peace seminar is a side event of the 2nd Regional Conference of AMARC Asia Pacific on community radio (10-13 October 2009). This conference is an opportunity for the participants to learn more about community radio in the region and globally and participate in the community radio movement through the decision making process of AMARC Asia Pacific.

For further information including subsidies, visit the conference website or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it AMARC Asia Pacific.

Please disseminate to your partners and others you think may be interested. Completed application forms must be sent in before 12 July 2009.

Please visit this website for more information and download the application form

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