Amplifying Indigenous Voices! ¡Amplificando las Voces Indígenas!
Celebrate Indigenous community radio with us!
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February 13 is World Radio Day!
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Today marks the 13th annual celebration of World Radio Day ([link removed]) as proclaimed by UNESCO. This year's theme is "Radio: A century informing, entertaining and educating."
On the first celebration of World Radio Day in 2012, former UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples James Anaya (Apache and Purépecha) 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."
Cultural Survival continues to work to implement Indigenous Peoples' right to establish their own self-determined communication platforms as enshrined in Article 16 of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ([link removed]) . In 2023, our Indigenous Community Media Fund supported 60 community media projects in 20 countries totaling $420,000. Our Indigenous Rights Radio program produced 472 Indigenous radio programs in 40 languages and distributed them to over 800 radio partners across the globe.
Our advocacy for Indigenous community media focuses on pushing for the democratization of radio frequencies by changing telecommunication laws in countries where Indigenous Peoples want to have their own radio stations and where they face criminalization for claiming their right to freedom of expression. We continue to push ([link removed]) for the implementation of the 2021 Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruling related to community radio stations in Guatemala.
In many parts of the world, despite 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 Indigenous cultures, traditions, and belief systems.
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** Learn about the Historic Win for Indigenous Community Radio!
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On December 17, 2021, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights announced its decision in the case Indigenous Maya Kaqchikel Peoples of Sumpango vs. Guatemala, declaring the Republic of Guatemala “internationally responsible for the violation of the rights to freedom of expression, equality before the law and participation in cultural life” of Indigenous Peoples. This decision is historic in protecting Indigenous Peoples' rights to expression and culture and promoting pluralism in media. The Court ordered the Guatemalan government to allow Indigenous broadcasters to operate "freely and without interference" and to legalize community radio stations. Learn more. ([link removed])
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** State of Guatemala Pays Reparations to Three Indigenous Community Radio Stations
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More than two years after the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled in
Indigenous Maya Kaqchikel Peoples of Sumpango vs. Guatemala that the State of Guatemala must pay reparations to Indigenous community radio stations, the State is finally set to comply. The ruling, issued on October 6, 2021, and published on December 17, 2021, found the State of Guatemala responsible for violating the freedom of expression of Indigenous Peoples based on Article 13.2 of the American Convention on Human Rights and ordered reparation measures to compensate communities for the damage caused by raids on community radio stations and the unlawful criminalization of journalists. Read more. ([link removed])
** Meet Our Indigenous Community Radio Partners
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** 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 ([link removed]) audio program library.
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World Radio Day 2024 ([link removed])
Radio has been used for over a century and it is still relevant today, probably more than it has ever been. Let us look at some of the reasons why: Radios are portable, unlike television. Radios are cheaper as compared to television sets. Indigenous peoples use radio as a means of communication, especially in remote areas.
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Broadcasting Is Not Easy - !Xun and Khwe of Namibia ([link removed])
In 2019, Cultural Survival's Indigenous Community Media Fund awarded a grant to a San community in a remote part of Namibia to start their own radio station. The idea was to build a web radio station first and then apply for a license from the broadcasting authority in Namibia. In this podcast, we hear from Disco Koki (!Xun), one of the trainees, who came to South Africa to receive training at XK FM, the South African government-funded radio station, that was set up to amplify San people's voices.
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Eden FM - We Love Radio ([link removed])
Eden FM is the Southern Cape community radio station. The station was started in 2003 as an initiative by community leaders and business people in George, Oudtshoorn, and Mosselbay. It soon grew to become the largest community radio station in the Western Cape Province. Eden FM's presenters and staff talk about the impact that radio has had on the community where they broadcast. Eden FM broadcasts in areas where descendants of Khoi and San people reside, primarily in Afrikaans and English.
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Language Revival Initiatives in Asia ([link removed])
Of the estimated 7,000 known languages globally, 32 percent of them, which means as many as 2,300 languages, are spoken by Indigenous Peoples living in Asia. But lately, Indigenous languages are disappearing at an alarming rate around the globe.
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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 their native languages. Radio, therefore, is a fundamental means of communication for Indigenous Peoples to maintain their languages and to exercise and defend their rights. Moreover, radio is a means of ensuring the right to information in all sectors of society. For Indigenous Peoples, however, access and ownership of the radio station, and means of production of information in our languages, are essential.
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Día Mundial de la Radio ([link removed])
En el marco del Día Mundial de la Radio, Cultural Survival ha preparado un programa especial sobre la importancia de la radio para los Pueblos Indígenas, y cómo por medio de ella han promovido y defendido sus derechos al territorio, la cultura, los idiomas, entre otros. Los invitamos a escuchar y aprender con nosotros sobre este medio de comunicación tan importante. ¡Que vivan las radios comunitarias Indígenas!
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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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