Reduce anaemia in women of reproductive age

Radio broadcasting provides a platform from which to connect with communities to influence nutrition governance.

Community radio stations are the most efficient channels through which to broadcast knowledge and information across rural Bangladesh; therefore, their broadcasts play an integral role in voicing and influencing the nutrition governance process in rural areas.

The Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication uses 20 rural community radio stations as a knowledge tool, which provides:

• A platform from which to speak to communities in local languages using terms and phrases that are easily understood.

• Two-way interactive social learning through listeners clubs, call-in shows, and other forms of exchange.

• Communication and exchange of knowledge between groups such as rural farmers in a consumable, deployable and nonthreatening way.

• Communication of local nutrition knowledge, needs and demands beyond the community to inform policy, research and other communities

• The only media available to rural communities which have little or no access to other methods of conveying information and knowledge.

Currently, 20 community radio stations broadcast 160 hours of programming a day in Bangladesh, aiming to ensure empowerment and dissemination of accurate information to rural populations. In addition, approximately 1,000 youth, including young women, are working with these stations as rural broadcasters. In Bangladesh, community radio is not just about broadcast content, it is also about community engagement to promote nutrition education.