SDJF Radio Drama | மௌனத்தின் புன்னகை - 01

Radio as a Tool for Advocacy 25 youth were trained on using media as a tool for social advocacy, and produced 15 dramas. These dramas discussed advocating the issues affecting Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), women migration, co-existence and local women issues in the North Eastern Province and aired island-wide on Thendral FM, which reached over 25,000 listeners.

In the first phase of this program, 10 radio dramas calling for action and advocacy towards addressing issues faced by women in the North Eastern Province of Sri Lanka were produced. These dramas discussed various issues with regards to women, some of them being women discrimination, dowry, domestic violence, subordination, legal discrimination and gender based violence. These dramas were aired island-wide on Thendral and Thirai FM, and reached out to 20,000 listeners.