Sawa Shabab Explained

Sawa Shabab (Youth Together) is a peace building radio drama aired in over thirty local radio stations within the Country of South Sudan.[1]

Overview

The radio drama hosts a number of young people and has discussions on community problems.[2]

Partners

The drama series of the Sawa Shabab (Youth Together) is being run and supported by the United States Institute for Peace[3] as well as the Peace Techlab for the production and online airing in Radio stations including the grand and famous Radio Miraya.[4]

According to UNICEF, radio programs like this has helped improve the gap of girl child related problems such as early child marriage among others. This is an indicator that the radio drama not only have a local importance but a worldwide effect to the different continents and people.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sawa Shabab PeaceTech Lab. 2020-10-06. PeaceTech Lab Putting the Right Tools in the Right Hands to Build Peace. en-US. 2019-07-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20190731190416/https://www.peacetechlab.org/sawa-shabab-radio. live.
  2. Web site: Sawa Shabab, A Peacebuilding Radio Drama for Youth in South Sudan. 2020-10-06. United States Institute of Peace. en. 2020-12-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20201213030852/https://www.usip.org/programs/sawa-shabab-peacebuilding-radio-drama-youth-south-sudan. live.
  3. Web site: Sawa Shabab, A Peacebuilding Radio Drama for Youth in South Sudan. 2020-10-06. United States Institute of Peace. en. 2020-12-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20201213030852/https://www.usip.org/programs/sawa-shabab-peacebuilding-radio-drama-youth-south-sudan. live.
  4. Web site: Radio Miraya FM. 2020-10-06. Streema. 2020-10-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20201009002304/https://streema.com/radios/Miraya_FM. live.
  5. Web site: 35 radio-stations start broadcasting dramas on child marriage in South Sudan - UNICEF. 2020-10-06. www.unicef.org. en. 2020-07-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20200731181702/https://www.unicef.org/southsudan/press-releases/35-radio-stations-start-broadcasting-dramas-child-marriage-south-sudan-unicef. live.

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