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Contributor [1]
Thursday, January 30, 2003 - 02:00
Categories: 
Media & freedom of expression [2]
Issue Number: 
97 [3]
Article-Summary: 

101.7 Mama FM, 'The Voice to Listen To' is the first radio station run by and for women in Africa, and one of three in the world. Mama FM is a community radio station aiming to address the plight of the underprivileged through developmental interactive communication and broadcasting gender sensitive educational programmes. Covering a radius of 400 km and 13 million people in Uganda, the station broadcasts in English, Kiswahili and local languages.

Category: 
Gender & Minorities [4]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/media/12949 [5]
Country: 
Uganda [6]

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