Women's Rights Programmes

The project made pre-existing material about women abuse and domestic violence available to more South Africans by translating it into many of South Africa's official languages. In this way, the messages can be better received and understood by listeners. "Characters are easier to identify with when they are speaking in your language and have names and idiosyncrasies that are relevant to your culture and situation. Drama itself is an excellent format to convey abstract or difficult themes to a wide listenership."

"Fight against the Fist" is a 6-part radio drama series about domestic violence that covers issues such as what constitutes domestic violence, the effect of domestic violence on children, police involvement, and getting an interim order. "Talking Man, Talking Woman" is a radio series of dramatised plays that address gender equality from a different perspective - in a subtle but (hopefully) persuasive way.

Both series were translated into Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Sotho and Tswana and redistributed to a network of 50 community radio stations around South Africa.

Domestic Violence, Women, Rights, Gender.