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What does SAMGI do?

SAMGI promotes human rights by increasing the range of voices heard in Southern Africa through participatory education, advocacy, lobbying and media production to improve the status of women.

OVERVIEW OF PROGRAMMES

Citizens in Dialogue
To promote human rights by increasing the range of voices at all levels of society

1. Women! Turn up the Volume: 3 Rural communities on the West Coast
2. Internet Radio a web based archive or radio programs, which can be accessed locally, nationally and internationally. These programs will be gathered from our grassroots network in the communities we work in on the continent.
3. Mambo – Women's Rights are Human Rights. An easy to read cartoon format booklet, discussing the Bill of Rights in a context that our grassroots constituencies can relate to. Training tools – CD ROM and Training Manual, accompany this innovative access to information.
4. Prison's Programme. A program comprising various aspects of our work for inmates and warders. There are high levels of violence and abuse in our prisons.

Justice for Gender
To monitor, lobby, and advocate for gender equality

1. Media Monitoring: Regional Media Monitoring HIV/Aids 7 countries. Daily media monitoring. Media Monitoring for communities.
2. Let's Talk Directory: National Directory of women experts.
3. 16 days of Activism: Refugee groups to join activities to promote the Protocol, Radio Programmes, Men on Bikes (Biker's for non-violence)
4. Men's Development Movement: WC Strategic Planning Session on strengthening the inputs on men in gender transformation.

Gendocracy
To build capacity in civil society to participate in building stronger democracies

1. Gender Media and Democracy for Grassroots activists
2. New Media for Advocacy: Computer Literacy; Computer Enrichment; Basic Web Design – Local and Regional;
3. Gender, Media and Communication course
4. Getting Smart
5. Gender Media and Democracy for Journalists
6. Annual Radio Drama Music Human Rights Concert: Writing skills, Traditional Media (Human Rights ARMeD)