Creating spaces for ‘informed’ community voices, Ethiopia

Action Aid International Ethiopia (AAIE) have been working on dissemination and sharing of Information through TV, FM & community radio, respectively. Targeting the information bottlenecks which the governments – whether national or local- create and sustain, the efforts of AAIE & AAITG have been critical in enabling interface between the community and the government.

ActionAid Ethiopia engaged with 60 partners across the country, including government institutions, with a focus to work on demand: through legal literacy and legal aid, economic literacy and budget accountability, ethics and issues of corruption. As part of this effort, legal literacy and public awareness programmes were broadcasted on the local radio in northern Ethiopia, in addition to other training programmes, dissemination of legal documents and free legal support to over 2000 women. AAE extensively employed electronics media to improve public awareness and act on existing practices and related issues regarding public service provision, unethical behaviors in some public institutions, unfair treatment of women, children and people with disabilities and people living with HIV and AIDS.