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Radio Waves and Zambia Speaks! How support to local radio stations empowers social change (BBC Media Action case study, 2019)

May 3, 2019

BBC Media Action has been supporting 15 local radio stations across Zambia to cover local governance issues and improve accountability in the delivery of critical services including education, sanitation and access to water through two projects: Radio Waves (since 2014) and Zambia Speaks! (since 2016).

This case study shows how the programmes helped to improve engagement between citizens and local authorities, resulting in examples of governance issues being addressed, as verified by listeners, station staff and local stakeholders.

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Filed Under: *BROADCAST MEDIA, *MASS MEDIA ROUTES, Case Studies, Education, Governance, Media Development, Voice and Accountability, WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene), Zambia Tagged With: Engagement, Evaluation

Women’s Political Participation in Pakistan’s Big Cities: Evidence for Reform (IDS Policy Briefing 166, 2019)

March 9, 2019

Why did 11 million fewer women than men vote in Pakistan’s 2018 general elections? Contrary to conventional wisdom, there is a much higher gender gap in each province’s largest metropolitan city compared to its remaining constituencies. This gap relates to men’s views about women’s vote and women’s knowledge of politics and the electoral process. Poor knowledge is, in turn, associated with a low interest in politics, which links to the failure of political parties to directly engage women and address their issues. These challenges can be addressed with better targeted voter education campaigns and a concerted effort by political parties to engage women directly and reduce their perception of being ‘politically invisible’.

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Filed Under: Advocacy, Gender, Pakistan, Participation, Participation Highlights, Publications (published in print and/or online), Urban Development, Urban Highlights Tagged With: Elections, Engagement, Women

Digital Democracy: The Tools Transforming Political Engagement (Nesta paper 2017)

March 19, 2017

This paper shares lessons from Nesta’s research into some of the pioneering innovations in digital democracy which are taking place across Europe and beyond.

Key findings

  • Digital democracy is a broad concept and not easy to define. The paper provides a granular approach to help encompass its various activities and methods (our ‘typology of digital democracy’).
  • Many initiatives exist simply as an app, or web page, driven by what the technology can do, rather than by what the need is.
  • Lessons from global case studies describe how digital tools are being used to engage communities in more meaningful political participation, and how they are improving the quality and legitimacy of decision-making.
  • Digital democracy is still young. Projects must embed better methods for evaluation of their goals if the field is to grow.

 

Filed Under: Brazil, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Governance, Iceland, ICT4D (Information Communication Technologies for Development), Italy, Spain, Taiwan, United Kingdom Tagged With: civil society, Digital Democracy, Engagement, MPs, Parliaments

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