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** February 13 is World Radio Day!
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Tomorrow marks the 10th 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 celebrate this event’s 10th anniversary and the more than 110 years of radio. Cultural Survival echoes this call and to affirm 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]) .

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."

Cultural Survival is working hard to make Article 16 a reality in Indigenous communities globally. In 2020, we supported 35 community media projects in 8 countries, totaling $214,000. In the first phase of our COVID-19 response, we supported 21 radio stations ([link removed]) in 8 countries in creating and distributing radio programs about COVID-19 prevention, food sovereignty, community health, community organization, social aid, alternative economy and entrepreneurship. We also trained 46 Indigenous women in radio production and journalism. Our Indigenous Community Media Youth Fellowship ([link removed]) program supported 11 youth in gaining new audiovisual and media leadership skills. Our Indigenous Rights Radio program produced and distributed over 420 urgent PSAs related to COVID-19 in 130 Indigenous languages ([link removed])
to over 1,200 stations in 69 countries. 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, such as in the case brought to the Inter-American Court ([link removed]) of Human Rights related to community radio stations in Guatemala.

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. The COVID-19 pandemic has presented new challenges for stations, outlining that "internet access is an issue that radio stations continue to discuss and demand. ([link removed]) Despite economic limitations, lack of infrastructure, low and poor quality connectivity, dominant language media​​ content competition, the community radio stations that have been able to access the internet,
are now expanding their coverage and engaging with a broader audience and enlarging their reach."
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Convocatoria para Subvenciones a Proyectos de Radios Indígenas 2021 ([link removed])
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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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Communication is Crucial - World Radio Day 2021 ([link removed])
UNESCO calls on radio stations to celebrate World Radio Day's 10th anniversary and the more than 110 years of radio. Cultural Survival's Indigenous Rights Radio supported the Khwe people from the Okavango region in starting Khwedam Radio – a radio station that will assist the Khwe and !Xun speaking San Peoples to be able to communicate better with each other in remote regions of Namibia.
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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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Desde la Radio Comunitaria Indígena, Hacemos Resistencia. ([link removed])

Las Radios comunitarias Indígenas visibilizan una realidad determinante para la resistencia y autodeterminación de los Pueblos Originarios, la trayectoria no ha sido simple, durante décadas la criminalización y persecución de las radios ha sido y es un tema que aunque no se quiera hablar y discutir, los Comunicadores Indígenas lo ponen en la agenda pública pues, es una problemática que afecta a toda Latinoamérica y que atenta contra el derecho de libertad de expresión.
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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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