Deadline: August 21, 2026
Applications are open for the Liz Hughes Award for Her Farm Radio 2026. The Liz Hughes Award for Her Farm Radio recognizes excellent radio programs that serve women listeners. Winning radio programs explore and advance gender equality—for example, by sharing women’s experiences and opinions, addressing topics that are important to women, or underlining the role of men in gender equality.
The award is given to the station team who make this program happen, including the manager(s), producer(s), host(s), presenter(s), reporter(s), technician(s), and others.
Winning programs can deal with any subject! In other words, the program does not need to focus exclusively on gender equality issues. For example, you can apply with a program about health, education, agriculture, or a combination of topics. What’s important is that your program, no matter the topic, serves women!
Award
- In recognition of their excellent work, the winning broadcast team will receive a certificate and a $1,000 CAD prize.
Eligibility
- Any Farm Radio International broadcasting partner in sub-Saharan Africa can apply
- Applications will be accepted in English, French, Amharic, Hausa, Swahili, and Portuguese..
Application
To apply, broadcasters or station managers must submit ALL of the following items via email to [email protected] on behalf of their program team:
- The application form below, completed with detailed answers.
- A recording of your program. (submit an episode aired in the past 12 months.)
- A full transcription of the recorded episode in either English, French, Portuguese, Amharic, or Swahili. The transcript (a written version of your episode, including every word spoken by the host(s) and each guest) ensures that the award judges can understand the content and quality of your work. They are also accepting audio submissions of the applications
- A typical program lineup / runsheet in Word or PDF format.
Applications will be accepted in English, French, Amharic, Hausa, Swahili, and Portuguese. The deadline to apply is Aug. 21, 2026.
- English application form
- Amharic application form
- Hausa application form
- Portuguese application form
- Swahili application form
For more information, visit Liz Hughes Award for Her Farm Radio.
