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Internal Migration: A Manual for Community Radio Stations

New Delhi: UNESCO;Internal Migration in India Initiative;Ideosync (2015), 134 pp.

ISBN 978-81-89218-53-9

Signature commbox: 30-Minorities-E 2015

"The manual has been structured so as to enable you to understand migrants as a unique and critical audience within your station’s larger listenership. Often, out-migration is seen as desertion by people who stay behind in the villages, and there is a general negative public opinion about internal migration in India. This manual lays out a different perspective on the issue of internal migration, which contextualizes and explains the causes and consequences of migration in a non-judgmental way, through a rights-based approach. The manual will guide CR practitioners through a process of thinking about the kind of radio programmes, campaigns and other broadcasts that can be developed to address the myriad issues around migration, particularly reflecting ethical approaches to addressing migrants and their issues. It also examines methods and practices to actively include migrant communities within the CR station's listenership, its programming and outreach. It will thereby help you create a socially inclusive agenda for your CR station with respect to migrants." (Pages 8-9)
1 Understanding Internal Migration, 10
2 The Vulnerability of Migrants, 24
3 Migrants and Voice, 36
4 Researching Migrant Issues, 52
5 Designing Community Radio Content on Migration, 66
6 Content and the Challenge of Migrant Mobility, 90
7 Ethical Concerns While Addressing Migrant Populations, 104
8 Working with Migrant Populations: Learnings, 112
Resources, 122