Liz Hughes Award for Her Farm Radio 2023 ($1,000 CAD prize)

This prize honours outstanding radio programmes that cater to female listeners.

Winning radio programmes investigate and promote gender equality, for instance by sharing the perspectives and experiences of women, covering issues that are significant to women, or highlighting the contribution of men to gender equality. The award is given to the station staff, including the manager(s), producer(s), host(s), presenter(s), reporter(s), technician(s), and others who helped make this show possible.

A winning programme can cover any topic! In other words, the programme does not necessarily need to emphasise gender equality alone. You might submit an application with a programme focusing on agriculture, health, or a combination of these. No of the subject, it’s crucial that your programme supports women.

Award

• In recognition of their excellent work, the winning broadcast team will receive a certificate and a $1,000 CAD prize.

Eligibility

• Any Farm Radio International broadcasting partner in sub-Saharan Africa can apply for the Liz Hughes Award;
• Winning radio programmes explore and advance gender equality—for example, by sharing women’s experiences and opinions, addressing topics that are important to women, or underlining the role of men in gender equality.

Application

To apply, broadcasters or station managers must submit ALL of the following items via email to radio@farmradio.org on behalf of their programme team:

• The application form, completed with detailed answers.
• A recording of your programme. (Submit an episode aired in 2022).
• A full transcription of the recorded episode in either English, French, Portuguese, Amharic, or Swahili. The transcription (a written version of your episode, including every word spoken by the host(s) and each guest) ensures that the judges can understand the content and quality of your work.
• A typical program lineup/runsheet in Word or PDF format.

Download the application form here in English, French, Amharic, Hausa, Swahili, and Portuguese. Applications will be accepted in any of these languages. The deadline to apply is October 28, 2022.