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Bangladesh: Digital Advocacy for Dolits Girls Power

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Categories: Bangladesh, Indigenous Communities, Mobile Phones, Other, Social Networking

BR is a non-profit community radio which was authorized by the ministry of Information of Bangladesh. A mobile access point is a natural extension to BRs remote field recordings and can build on the existing level of community interaction and awareness in ICTs that has been established through the ‘radio browsing’ initiative. Developing locally produced content programs, Community Engagement, Program on direct Community interaction, Instructional

Topical focus:

Indigenous Communities [1]

Country:

Bangladesh [2]

What locality or neighborhood will your project focus on?

Naogaon

Describe the specific community with whom you will be working.

The mobile design of the access point provides potential access to the most geographically remote areas women and child of the Naogaon region. There are 70 schools, 50 child club, 200 Victims of violence against women in the district and numerous businesses and organisations who could also benefit from the project. Complimentary fixed access points will be developed alongside health and emergency communications networks to improve the lives and

What kinds of news, stories and other content will be created?

The vision of the proposed project is to develop a living of standards life of community to provide Information services to otherwise inaccessible communities within the Naogaon region. There are a growing number of models both in existence and in development that seek to bridge the ‘digital divide’ and engage marginal or excluded communities in the ‘knowledge economy’ by using new technologies and specifically the Community Radio.

What technologies and digital tools do you plan to use in the trainings?

Mobile Phones [3], Other [4], Social Networking [5]

Other tools

Borendro Community Radio FM 99.20

Describe the connections that you or your organization have already established that will contribute to the success of the project.

The project will provide free access to a limited number of poor and marginalized target groups and communities. The extended network capabilities can subsidise operating costs by charging individuals, business, government and non government agencies for these services at a competitive rate. The project design will include the development of strategies to minimize ongoing costs such as equipment maintenance, connectivity and electricity charges.

How many participants do you think will be involved in your project?

Under the 10 volunteers and 2 staffs scheduled visits will be broadcast by the radio station to inform users of when the facility will be in their vicinity. Possible locations include under serviced schools, places where women gather on Tea Estates and weekly farmers markets. These specific locations will be determined through ethnographic research that precedes the project launch

Contact name

Md. Mahbul Haque

Organization

Borendro Community Radio FM 99.20

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