Promoting women’s rights, peace, equality and empowerment through media, AFEM provides equipment and training for rural women journalists in the Congo. This is one example of how community-based organizations in eastern Congo are bringing together people from different communities and ethnic groups through media and the arts.

Focusing on available media outlets, AFEM is reaching women across eastern Congo through seven different radio clubs, providing training and portable equipment.

IMPACT: The level of professionalism in journalists in eastern Congo increases overall, as does the capacity of female media professionals. A growing portfolio of shows and hundreds of hours of broadcasting cover critical topics such as: gender, sexual violence and good governance.

IMPACT: More exposure to these issues at the community level helps challenge prevailing practices and customs.

View a current example of AFEM’s programming.

For more information, visit AFEM.

We Need Your Help

As you celebrate and honor your mother this month, we ask you to help us continue this critical support of local organizations, like AFEM, working to assist mothers and their children in eastern Congo.  

Here’s how you can help:
SHARE: Help us spread the word, share this post!
FOLLOW: Stay up to date on our efforts and impact. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
GIVE: Make a donation in honor of your mother to provide local organizations with the resources they need to create a brighter future. GIVE TODAY!