PEACEWORKS 92 Media as Target 1. Develop Ethnic Language Community Media and Increase Ethnic Language Content Because most of the violent armed conflict is taking place in the ethnic states of Myanmar, many non-Bamar ethnic communities need a voice of their own, both in community media (print and radio) and in access to more ethnic language media content. The Guiding Star and Karen News are some of the few community media outlets and could serve as models for encouraging the proliferation of ethnic language content trusted by local communities. Such content could also be translated and shared with Burmese-language outlets to foster intercultural understanding. Requirements Non-Bamar ethnic media receive licenses from state governments Ministry of Communications allocates frequencies for community radio Training of non-Bamar ethnic language journalists is continued and expanded Commitments from the military put in place to protect journalists working in conflict-affected ethnic states International donors, NGOs, and media continue to fund, produce, and support development of local language content Desired outcomes Knowledge  nderstanding among non-Bamar ethnic communities that they have access to credible news and U information produced by journalists from their own ethnic groups  wareness among non-Bamar ethnic communities that they have a broader choice of information than A what armed groups provide  wareness among Yangon-based mainstream media that non-Bamar ethnic media content can also be A used to inform Bamar audiences, broadening the understanding of non-Bamar ethnic culture, history, and grievances Attitude Sense among non-Bamar ethnic groups that they have a voice in a national context and are less victimized Public trust in media slowly restored through access to more ethnic language content  amar audiences more open to non-Bamar views with more access to coverage of various ethnic groups B by various ethnic groups Behavior New local media outlets producing more higher-quality local language content  ew content about and by various ethnic groups spurs debate between these groups and the Bamar N majority about conflict resolution 28  USIP.ORG