Human Rights Education through Community Radio: The Promotion of Afro-Colombian Women’s Identity and Rights

<p>In 1991, for the first time in history, the Constitution recognized that Colombia is a multiethnic and culturally diverse country. Since then, a number of organizations have emerged to promote and reinforce the right to difference of the Afro-Colombian ethnic community, as well as to claim and defend their rights. This thesis project presents how La Red Nacional de Mujeres Afrocolombianas, Kambirí, a national network of Afro-Colombian women, has used community radio as a tool for imparting Human Rights Education to women through the promotion of their cultural identity. To accomplish this goal, I analyzed the radio programs created by Kambirí that were broadcasted in the year 2010 in the city of Buenaventura, Colombia. This research paper answers the following questions: (a) how is radio used as a tool for Human Rights Education in promoting Afro-Colombian women’s identity and rights? and (b) how are local cultural elements used as a medium to communicate universal concepts of human rights?</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts in International Studies

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

International Studies

Year dc:date.available

2011

Author dc:creator

• Lopez-Steele, Mariana

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dr. Susan Roberta Katz

Repository record dc:identifier

https://repository.usfca.edu/thes/10

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repository.usfca.edu:thes-1009