Empower Women and Girls around the World

“ I have a 13-year-old daughter, but never considered talking to her about sexual health. With these [radio] programs I'm now creating this opening with her.” -Lucia, PCI Radio Listener, Mozambique   

Thanks to your support, our programs are creating space for women and girls to have conversations that improve their health and futures. 

When there’s dialogue, teen pregnancies decrease. That’s why PCI Media produces sexual and reproductive health programs that make vital conversations like Lucia has with her daughter possible.    

Lucia and her daughter live in a small town in Southern Mozambique where women and girls experience adverse health and social outcomes due to low levels of education, high levels of gender-based violence, and harmful social norms.   

A young girl who becomes pregnant faces increased health risks and could also be expelled from school. This means losing access to her education and limiting her future opportunities.   

Our programs provide Lucia and her daughter – and women and girls like them around the globe – with access to life-changing sexual and reproductive health information and services, including pregnancy prevention.   

We design programs that use the power of storytelling to challenge harmful social norms, link audiences to essential services, and inspire new ways of living, taking on issues affecting women and girls from maternal health to sexual health and gender-based violence.    

Thank you for supporting PCI Media’s life-changing programs that empower women, girls, and communities with the tools they need to thrive and create a healthier, more sustainable world. 

Because of you, our programs are creating positive change for women and girls, and their communities, for a healthier and more sustainable world. 

In Central America, our radio drama ‘Con los Pies en la Tierra’ (“With Our Feet in the Soil”), is increasing climate resilience and sustainable agricultural practices across El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua.   

‘Con los Pies en la Tierra’ has over 4 million listeners. Among those surveyed:  

• 95% learned a new sustainable agricultural practice that protects farmland and builds climate resilience 

• 85% adopted these farming techniques 

‘Con los Pies’ is in its 4th year and is funded by our long-time partner Catholic Relief Services. With recent additional funding from the Nielsen Foundation and a generous donor, PCI Media is expanding this impactful program to better reach women farmers, who are most affected by the climate crisis in the region. 

Gathering Research and Talking to Women Farmers 

PCI met with our local partners in El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala, where we conducted a design workshop, focus group sessions with women farmers, and created a broadcast plan for this next phase of the project. 

We’re now in the process of analyzing the information to incorporate it into the creation of videos and radio programs that are tailored specifically to empower women farmers. The results will allow women access to farming techniques that preserve the land and their livelihoods.   

We look forward to sharing further updates on this new phase of “Con los Pies” that will empower women farmers to use sustainable farming practices and access opportunities in agriculture.  

Thank you for supporting PCI Media’s critical programs, like this one, that empower women, girls, and communities to adapt to the climate crisis and plan for a better future.