Tajikistan-Uzbekistan: Silk Road Radio Project
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UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)
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International
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http://www.unesco.org
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International organizations
Information about the project
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Tajikistan-Uzbekistan: Silk Road Radio Project
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Using the more traditional technology of radio to reach large audiences in innovative and engaging ways, the Silk Road Radio Project in Tajikistan-Uzbekistan highlights contemporary issues and priorities through a twice-weekly radio drama series, produced and transmitted in both Uzbek and Tajik languages. Building on a centuries’ old tradition of story-telling in the region, the themes dealt with in the radio dramas can be grouped in three categories in accordance with the priority areas of the main funding agencies: family and reproductive health, agricultural themes, and contemporary national issues such as humane and considerate treatment of displaced and underprivileged groups in society, ethnic harmony and tolerance in society and the trafficking of women.
Project website
http://www.unescobkk.org/education/ict/v2/info.asp?id=10962
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Regional implementation
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Ongoing
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Cultural diversity and identity, linguistic diversity and local content
Millenium Declaration Goals related to this project
Goal 1: Eradicate poverty and hunger
Goal 3: Promote gender equality & empower women
Goal 4: Reduce child mortality
Goal 5: Improve maternal health
Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other diseases
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Project