Montreal, March 15, 2016. As part of their continued partnership, the Office for Corporate Communication of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) join forces again this year to facilitate the production of 40 audio pieces by producers and community radio journalists.

IFEX members and other African free expression organisations urge the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) to demand the release of Gambian journalist Alhagie Abdoulie Ceesay, detained in violation of a 2014 ACHPR ruling that condemns imprisonment for defamation.

To commemorate the upcoming International Women’s Day and in the frame of the AMARC Global Campaign Fund, AMARC wishes to highlight the challenges and achievements of women by calling on journalists and producers to celebrate their voices in an international audio series.