her farm radio is not just about addressing womens needs but also about promoting gender equality in radio initiatives for agriculture and health affecting the quality of life of both women and men radio still remains a powerful ict for smallscale farmers one that does not require access to electricity or the internet and has strong potential to include the voices and knowledge needs of women farmers the initiative consists of various projects that engage women in audience research to ensure that the radio programmes meet their specific needs focus on interventions with specific benefits for women mother and children share female voices and perspectives in each show engage female broadcasters and guests include episodes that explore gender relations and mens role in the family air programmes at times when women are able to tune in and establish womenonly community listening groups her farm radio has also distributed mp radios to enhance access to radio for women