To use educational perspectives to solving gender inequality and violence through media by enabling a platform to raise hopes and aspirations for girl-child in Nigeria, Africa and the world. To use students and schools as a team for the project as a catch-them-young approach to join other existing forces for gender inequalities like World Bank, United Nations to combat the challenge at the community, local, National and international level through acceptable media.
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What locality or neighborhood will your project focus on?
Abeokuta, Ogun State
Describe the specific population with whom you will be working.
A model school is sampled out within the community(population) with selected number of students would be set for the project. As an educator with passion for change, and not underestimating the fact that the concept has been enshrined in the school curriculum nationwide with cross multidisciplinary concept (social studies, government, law, citizenship and civic education) there is existing wide theoretical knowledge of the project by the students.
The target population is an open ended dimension since the challenge cuts across sectors, environment, community and the society at large particularly in every continent where women are predominantly under served and underrepresented as well as violence against women/girl-child thrives.
Who else will be on your team to help implement the project?
These are the combination of students and experts in the field who have passion for the success of the student, some of which are:
• Oluseyi Marvelous https://www.facebook.com/marvelous.oluseyi
• Nikoro Temitope https://www.facebook.com/topluck.nikoro
• Adegunloye Mary https://www.facebook.com/mary.adegunloye
• Gbenga Omotunde (Program Manager, Ogun State Broadcasting Corporation)
What kinds of news, stories and other content will be created?
• Radio broadcast (Genderless Nigeria) – featuring prominent and reputable women detailing their background, challenges and scaling hurdles of inequality and violence both in the community and the society and consequently contributing to 21st century development in Nigeria in all facets of life.
• Talk shows on gender violence and breach of fundamental human rights of women within the family, community, society and the world
• Blogging and monthly post on social media about these invited women as well as their submissions during interview on radio broadcast.
What technologies and digital tools do you plan to use in the trainings?
Describe the connections that you or your organization have already established or plan to establish that will contribute to the success of the project.
As a public institution, collaborating with government agency- Ogun State Ministry of Women Affairs, Social Welfare and community development and Ogun State Broadcasting Corporation about chanelling their resources on the project is much assured with exisiting relationship between the parties involved.
How many participants do you think will be trained in your project?
10 minimum and 20 maximum for the project members for the implementation and communities, societies and countries who would be the beneficiaries of the intercultural project. Since it is a project on ground with much interest in terms of cross multidisciplinary and cultural competences by these students and seeing the project as a platform to promote equality, emancipation and promotion of rights of women and gender as it has been taught in their subjects.
Describe which technologies, tools, and media you will focus on when training participants.
• Usage of and mastery of speech development in journalism through the use of headphones and microphones for media presentation
• Research skills using internet about sourcing for information about the prominent women
• The usage of softwares like audacity, audio pad editor to edit audio inputs
• Blogging techniques and editorials about prominent women in the society with the use of social media
• Advocacy skills as the backbone of the project
Describe the facilities where you will hold the workshops.
The institution's computer laboratory having the following facilities both acquired and borrowed:
• Personal Computers, Internet (Modem), Headphones and Multimedia Speakers with relevant softwares set aside for the project.
• Ogun State Broadcasting Corporation Studio: Media Equipment acquired by the State.
What is your current relationship with the community with whom you plan to work? What makes you the most appropriate individual or organization to implement this project?
As an educator with passion for change couple with an international experience in community projects and presently working a model school and someone who has been charting the course for change using past relationship with the existing collaborating partners (Ogun State Broadcasting Corporation and Ogun State Ministry of Women Affairs, Social Welfare and Community Development) on previous community projects in alliance with the school over the years.
What specific challenges do you expect to face when planning and implementing your project?
Problem of access to power – provision of alternate source (personal generator)
Problem of access to internet – Provision of alternate source (personal modem)
Transportation of project team members to other training field – Provision of my personal car to convey them
How will you measure and evaluate the project’s impact, specifically: your primary participants, the wider regional community, or the global digital community?
By setting up a feedback mechanisms via the contents created (social media and Radio Broadcast). Platforms for opinions and criticisms are going to be set up on these contents created at every stage of implementation to the members of the public
If your project were to be selected as a Rising Voices grantee, what would be the general timeline of project activities in 2014?
Project Duration and Activities
2 Weeks:Pre training session for the project members, introducing the project scenario and selection of members to key areas
1 week: Sessions to analyze each member and their roles in the project
1 Week:Training/Workshop on Media Presentation/Journalism
4 Weeks: Information sourcing for all prominent NIGERIAN women to be featured in the project as well as their biographies using internet and journals
3 Weeks: Set up a process to introduce the project concept and expression of interests to the selected prominent women in the society from the research gathered via correspondences as well as formal notifications to participate in the project
3 Weeks: Fixing of interested resources persons (prominent women) for media participation/presentation on weekly basis and notifying them
20 Week Launching into the air/Radio Broadcast and Feedback from the public
Detail a specific budget of up to $2,500 USD for operating costs.
1. Monthly data/internet subscription – $90
2. Fuel for Generator – $60
3. Studio Broadcast (AIR TIME) $1500
4. Media sights and sounds for the project -$60
5. Training/Workshop on speech development in Journalism/media presentation by a resource person – $60
6. Purchase of camcoder for recording during interactive sessions- $240
7. Transportation to meet prominent women in the community for interactive session – Estimated value – $150
8. Transportation to Radio House $120
9. Telephone Expenses access toprominent women with on distance to the destination for the radio programme estimated at $90
10. Miscellaneous $60
Besides the microgrant funding, what other support can Rising Voices provide for your project to ensure its success?
Publicity and global awareness for the project towards the possibility of using the model to set standards for other infant NGOs on Gender advocacy and women emancipation in other parts of the world. Expanding the establishment and the initiative of Genderless Nigeria to other affected parts of the world e.g. Genderless Pakistan, Genderless Egypt Genderless India e.t.c.
Contact name
Odeogbola Ayodele (Mr.)
