Its mission is to support and contribute to the development of community and participatory radio along the principles of solidarity and international cooperation.

[7] By 2003, the African arm of the association was supporting the legal, political and cultural framework in which both men and woman were able and encouraged to participate in radio broadcasting.

[8] Its member stations in Sri Lanka, Australia and New Zealand have also been recognised for giving women and minorities new opportunities to broadcast their views.

The twice-weekly series was aimed at sparking discussions and education about the environment, climate change, food security, agriculture, sustainable development, resilience, and the importance of soils.

The association said governments should reinvest their revenues from the sale of spectrum, cable and telecommunications licenses into social communication objectives, and provide tax incentives, production funds and legislative support for community radio stations.

In it, the association said it boycott was in line with the front-line community access broadcasting model of its member stations.

The conference focused on advocacy, content development and radio production, and ways community broadcasting to cause change in Tunisia.

Its focus was on the freedom of expression of both men and women in Tunisia, as it fitted into the wider political and social context.