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** February 13 is World Radio Day!
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February 13 is the annual celebration of World Radio Day ([link removed]) as proclaimed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). This year, UNESCO calls on radio stations to uphold diversity, both in their newsroom and on the airwaves.

On the first celebration of World Radio Day in 2012, former UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples James Anaya emphasized the importance of community radio for the world's Indigenous Peoples, "Radio has been a fundamental means for Indigenous Peoples to maintain their languages and to exercise and defend their rights."

Article 16 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples states: "1. Indigenous peoples have the right to establish their own media in their own languages and access to all other non-Indigenous media without discrimination. 2. States shall take effective measures to ensure that the media duly reflect Indigenous cultural diversity. States, without prejudice to ensuring full freedom of expression, should encourage privately owned media to adequately reflect Indigenous cultural diversity."

Cultural Survival is working hard to make Article 16 a reality for Indigenous communities.

In 2019, we funded 35 community radio projects in nine countries, totaling over $210,000, through our Community Media Grants Project ([link removed]) and by supporting multi-radio initiatives. ([link removed]) ([link removed]) These grants provided opportunities for Indigenous radio stations to strengthen their broadcast infrastructure, and offer training in journalism, broadcasting, audio editing, and technical skills to community radio journalists around the world. Initiatives also rewrite the history and the self-image of Indigenous Peoples by Indigenous Peoples and support new narratives of local issues, struggles and solutions.

The Indigenous Community Media Youth Fellowship ([link removed]) is supporting 11 youth from Nepal, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Mexico and Ecuador in building capacity in media, journalism, radio production, advocacy skills, technical abilities, and regional networking. Also in 2019, over 80 Indigenous women ([link removed]) ([link removed]) from throughout the Americas took part in trainings in radio production and radio journalism organized by Cultural Survival.

Our Indigenous Rights Radio ([link removed]) producers released over 160 programs on Indigenous rights to over 1,000 stations in 69 countries this past year.

In many parts of the world, despite the the risk of police raids, jail time, threats and even death for community journalists, community radio stations serve a vital function by distributing information about important news and educational programming like emergency disaster relief, voter registration, and public health campaigns. The power of radio reaches even the most rural areas, providing Indigenous communities with access to programming in their own languages and serves as a voice that promotes their cultures, traditions, and belief systems.


** Because Knowledge is POWER
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Cultural Survival continues to celebrate the power of radio by representing diverse voices and perspectives in the Indigenous world through our ever-expanding Indigenous Rights Radio audio program library.
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Radio Promotes Diversity ([link removed])
Radio is a powerful medium for celebrating humanity in all its diversity. For Indigenous Peoples in many countries, radio is the most accessible platform to have their say in the languages that they speak and understand. Radio therefore is a fundamental means of communication for Indigenous Peoples to maintain their languages and to exercise and defend their rights.
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WRD2020 What Does Radio Mean To Africa? ([link removed])
Radio continues to be the medium of choice for rural and marginalized communities. Community radios are by the people, for the people and owned by the people.

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The !Xun and Khwe people operate a radio station in South Africa which is an essential source of information. X-K FM 107.9 went on air for the first time in August 2002. In this program, we speak to X-K FM program manager, Milton Edburg about the radio station that broadcasts in Indigenous languages.

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Backpack Radio for Emergencies ([link removed])

In this radio program, Cultural Survival covers the Japanese tool for emergency radio broadcasting, a prototype 'Backpack' radio system ([link removed]) . This low cost radio system costs less than 500 US dollars. It may not be the best tool for regular broadcasting, but it certainly does the job during emergency situations.

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On Thursday, February 13, 2020, Hindenburg celebrates World Radio Day 2020 (WRD2020) by offering radio and podcast producers discounts on their radio software products. Hindenburg will donate 10% of the proceeds from all World Radio Day 2020 license sales to Cultural Survival. Learn more. ([link removed])
Through Cultural Survival's ([link removed]) Indigenous Rights Radio program, our Indigenous radio producers bring you the latest information on Indigenous Peoples' rights and how they are being implemented around the world.

Browse our full program library, featuring radio content in over 30 languages, at rights.culturalsurvival.org ([link removed])

Remember, our radio content is always free for you to download, broadcast, modify, and distribute!
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Deadline for Proposals: February 15, 2020

List of eligible countries: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Chile, Argentina, Nepal, Northern India, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa
Learn more. ([link removed]) En español ([link removed]) In Nepali ([link removed]) In K'iche' ([link removed]) In Ayuujk ([link removed])
Cultural Survival advocates for Indigenous Peoples' rights and supports Indigenous communities’ self-determination, cultures and political resilience since 1972. We envision a future that respects and honors Indigenous Peoples' inherent rights and dynamic cultures, deeply and richly interwoven in lands, languages, spiritual traditions, and artistic expression, rooted in self-determination and self-governance.

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