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Mali
Over 92% of women and girls in Mali have been circumcised, one of the highest rates of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in the world. PMC’s new program, Jigi ma Tignè (“Hope Is Allowed”) is addressing this harmful practice along with issues such as family planning, HIV/AIDS, and reproductive health.
Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) inhibits a girl’s right to a healthy and safe life. The psychological and physical harm FGM/C causes can be severe. Ending harmful traditional practices, such as FGM/C, that put a woman’s health at risk is crucial to achieving gender equity. Gender equity is key to achieving reproductive freedom, which enables women to have a say in how many children they want and protect themselves from unwanted pregnancy.
Jigi ma Tignè launched in April 2009. The drama can be heard on the ORTM stations Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 9:30 a.m. and a rebroadcast of the morning episode can be heard at 7:25 p.m on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The drama will also be aired on 50 local community radio stations.
Click here to read story lines from Jigi ma Tignè.
Jigi ma Tignè is a follow-on to PMC’s first program in Mali, Cesiri Tono (”All the Rewards of Courage and Hard Work”). Cesiri Tono addressed issues of child slavery and the link between this problem and poverty-inducing factors, such as unwanted pregnancy and HIV/AIDS. The radio serial drama went on the air in November 2004 and was completed in October 2005. The program, Cesiri Tono (“Fruits of Perseverance”) was broadcast by 169 community radio stations in Mali, Côte d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso. The Ashoka Foundation awarded PMC the Changemakers Innovation Award (one of three worldwide) in their global competition for the most creative programs designed to prevent human trafficking.
