Media for Development
Strengthening independent media is vital for transparent and accountable governance, and can contribute to achieving development agendas in education, health and other areas. Radio broadcasting can be a powerful force for sharing information and creating dialogue among citizens. Local language programming can reach populations, such as rural women, who might otherwise be marginalized from the national public sphere.
EDC works with community and national media outlets to build their capacity to understand and respond to the needs of their audiences, produce high quality informational programming, and successfully manage their organizations. Where local media outlets don’t exist, or do not provide unbiased information, EDC helps create new media organizations to deliver news, civic education, health information and educational programming.
For more information about EDC's work, please email IDDinfo@edc.org.
