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Best Practices of Community Radio and Sustainable Development Goals: A Handbook
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Abstract
Community radios as a third tier of broadcasting
in addition to commercial and public
radios, cover relatively smaller geographic
areas but cater to a wider range of communities
of interest. The hyper local and participatory
nature of content creation in community
radio has great potential to reduce
the gap between the content creators and
listeners making communities - especially
the marginalized and vulnerable – active
partners in the development process. Thus,
community radios are well suited for providing
new and unexplored opportunities for
more inclusive sustainable development. In
the time of the on-going COVID-19 pandemic,
community radio stations (CRS) have
once again proved their mettle as sources
of timely and dependable information and
guidance, increased their listenership, and
grown in stature as a valuable community
asset. Time and again, the role of community
radios has been lauded in making critical
public information accessible to people be
it about various government provisions that
they can benefit from, national campaigns
on health, mobilizing people to participate
in the democratic process by exercising their
right to vote, or providing life and livelihood
saving information in times of disasters and
natural calamities. That community radios
can, and do, play a vital role in engaging
people in the development process is
no longer in doubt, even if this is in small
numbers in pockets of their immediate
reach. Hence, community radios can be an
integral part of the task force of the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) – a blueprint
for achieving a better and more sustainable
future for all socially, economically,
and environmentally.
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Asia
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Date
2021
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Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA), UNESCO