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Monday, November 7, 2011

AFEM SK honors his administration President

The new director of Radio Maendeleo and President of the AFEM SK Jolly Kamuntu was honored this Sunday, November 6. Women of the media have decided to honor his member.

"Women of the media should provide a lot of effort to fill positions of responsibility, but they need a proven professional competence."
This message is from the Coordinator of AFEM SK Chouchou Namegabe. She said during the ceremony for the new director of Radio Maendeleo and President of the AFEM SK Jolly Kamuntu.
Chouchou Namegabe says that the women of the media in South Kivu come from another position in the media policy of the DRC in general and South Kivu in particular.  
That's why this increase should not go unnoticed for members of the Association of Media Women of South Kivu. During the ceremony, they praised and honored one by one their sister promoted to Director of Radio Maendeleo Bukavu.
For Miss Clotilde Bangwene AZIZA, she feels proud of Jolly Kamuntu because since it was proposed as a contributor to the radio and she win. Today, she realizes the wish of all women engaged in the fight against gender-based violence.
Speaking,  one could  see the new director of Radio Maendeleo and President of the AFEM SK Jolly Kamuntu with a cheerful air and overtaken by the surprise of the day, which itself has said and I quote: "I ​​imagined not come to an event of such a large scale and to which you have attached so much importance. "

All participants, members of the media houses in South Kivu, wanted to Jolly Kamuntu good work every success.

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South Kivu Women's Media Association (AFEM-SK) is a nonprofit organization (NPO) created under Congolese law on August 10, 2003 and AFEM-SK members are composed of women active in South Kivu's media and news organizations. AFEM-SK specializes in the production of rural as well as urban radio shows with a major focus on women either from radio clubs or in the position of local social activist. This group also produces news reports from the field and sends news back to local radio stations. This association maintains with other press organizations partnerships that facilitate magazine circulation and news broadcasts.

Activities

AFEM / SK performs or has performed the following projects with various partners:

- "Reports of sexual violence in the territories of Walungu, Kabare and Uvira" with the support of ISIS WICCE

- Mobilization of rural women and strengthening their capacity for qualitative and quantitative participation in the elections of 2011 and the balance of gender relations in different sectors of community life. With the support of Diakonia

- "Institutional support and media coverage of the activities of V-DAY"

- "Training and professionalism of women journalists" with the support of NED "National Endowment for Democracy" from March 2010 to February 2011.

- "Mobilization of rural women and strengthening their capacity for qualitative and quantitative participation in the elections of 2011 and the balance of gender relations in different sectors of the community. "With the support of Diakonia

- "Reports on gender, good governance and sexual violence in the territories of Kalehe, Uvira and Walungu" with financial support from NCA (Norwegian Church Aid) from May to October 2008.

- "Participation of Women and professionalism of women journalists" with financial support from DIAKONIA. From July 2009 to June 2011

- "Awareness campaign on the fight against sexual violence in the media" with the support of CORDAID.

- "Education for rural women's rights and good governance" with the support of the Swedish organization Diakonia. March 2008 to March 2009 (possible extension until 2010)

- "Reports on gender, good governance and sexual violence in the territories of Kalehe, Uvira and Walungu" with financial support from NCA (Norwegian Church Aid) from May to October 2008.

- "Reports of sexual violence in the territories of Walungu, Kabare and Uvira" with the support of ISIS WICCE, 2008

- Campaign "Challenging the silence: the media against sexual violence" from March 2006 to date with the support of LOLA MORA (radio shows, workshops, advocacy before the International Criminal Court in The Hague)

- "Producing radio within 16 days of activism to fight against sexual violence" with the support of the organization TROCAIRE in December 2007.

- "Awareness of rural women on issues of local elections in the DRC", with the support of the PPI in July 2007

- "Exchange of experience of women in the media in Rwanda and DR Congo" with the support of LOLA MORA organization, 2007.

- "Awareness of rural women in the democratization process in RD.Congo" with the support of the PPI in July 2006 to June 2007
- Institutional support by the Institut Panos Paris from 2006 to 2007

In addition, AFEM / SK offers its services since 2008 for media companies and NGOs (eg in October 2008, covering 80 years of FOMULAC Katana)