Source: Leadership
Two radio dramas aimed at increasing knowledge on family planning, HIV/AIDS, adolescent reproductive health, women's education, and gender-based violence, will soon hit the Nigerian airwaves.
The dramas, Tafigawalo (working towards change) in Pidgin, and Hannunka Mai Sanda (power in your hands) in Hausa, written and produced by Population Media Centre (PMC) are designed to address some of Nigeria's most pressing health and human rights concerns such as family planning and obstetric fistula.
A statement by PMC country representative in Nigeria, Ephraim Okon, which was made available to LEADERSHIP Weekend, frowned at a situation whereby only 14.1 per cent of people in Nigeria admitted that they use any form of contraception, while about 100,000 to 1 million women suffer from obstetric fistula.
Okon also stated that the project is equally aimed at addressing gender-based violence and girls' education, since only 43 per cent of Nigerian women obtain secondary education.
He maintained that the broadcast would allow additional 18 million Nigerian listeners to benefit from the messages in the drama, adding that the gesture is capable of changing the lifestyles of its listeners.