主播大秀

The second series of Loy9 TV has launched on MyTV in Cambodia, and I hope that millions of people tuned in to watch like they did with Series One.

The first episode showed how the whole community benefits when women participate.

As Assistant Producer on the TV drama, my job is to make the script and its themes visual. For example, in the drama in the first episode we feature a dancer who teaches other girls in her community. The other characters admire her because she is strong and independent.

Strong young women were also in the magazine segment of the show, where we saw a girl who is a star footballer and coaches other girls, young people participating in a camp where they learn about transparency, and a young woman who is part of the One Billion Rising campaign which uses public dance performances to raise awareness of violence against women.

I personally admired the woman who danced in the group because she used music and dance in public to attract attention and bring an important message to people. 

On Loy9 we always involve both male and female guests, presenters and characters. We prioritised International Women’s Day for the first episode because, in Cambodia, it is a day to think about how everyone should have  the same rights.  Not all the women here express themselves and men have more power, especially in rural areas. Many parents still give more value to boys than girls.

We also run a superhero competition to find the best idea for a community development programme. One entry, from a sixteen-year-old girl from the countryside could not get permission from her parents to come to Phnom Penh.  They were worried that their daughter couldn’t take care of her herself. She is a very smart girl and we knew she could prove herself if she had a chance, so we went and persuaded the parents to let her come, and she participated in the fun and educational event.

Before I joined 主播大秀 Media Action in November 2011, I had always worked with older people and sometimes I found it hard to communicate with them. Now, I feel that I have a lot of opportunities to learn, and I enjoy how we work in groups, talking freely and giving suggestions.

I have also learned a lot of technical skills. I have been most inspired by my colleague, Seangheang, a TV producer until recently on the show. She works so hard with the editor to finish her work and do it well, and she has told me that I can do the same to show that a woman can do their work as well as any man.  

At the launch event for Loy9 TV series two at a cinema in downtown Phnom Penh, I was so proud to watch the show that my colleagues and I worked so hard to make. And my proudest moment was when some people in the theatre asked why drama had to end, and begged me to say what happens in the next episode! Of course I told them, you will just have to watch next week to find out!

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