Women's Empowerment and Good Governance Through - amarc
Women's Empowerment and Good Governance Through - amarc
Women's Empowerment and Good Governance Through - amarc
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Best Experiences for an Action Research Process<br />
The women of CMM work with a feminine perspective, an integral perspective that recalls<br />
the rights, the essence, the bodies, the protagonist role, the contribution <strong>and</strong> the dreams <strong>and</strong><br />
hopes of women to be recognized, valued <strong>and</strong> respected as such.<br />
“The empowerment comes from capacity building <strong>and</strong> the possibility of taking decisions, as<br />
well as proposing with solid arguments, well grounded,” says Argentina Olivas, CMM member<br />
<strong>and</strong> coordinator from the communication program that is responsible for managing Radio Stéreo<br />
Vos (FM 101.7).<br />
In a moralist society, full of prohibitions, prejudgements <strong>and</strong> discrimination against women,<br />
CMM, through radio, has contributed to putting in the public agenda themes such as family<br />
violence, abortion <strong>and</strong> sexual <strong>and</strong> reproductive rights. It is one of the few institutions that dares<br />
to openly address these themes <strong>and</strong> from a gender perspective.<br />
Radio has given visibility to the CMM, to women, girls <strong>and</strong> boys, adolescents <strong>and</strong> youth through<br />
participatory programs, including debates <strong>and</strong> analysis, as well as of information, where they<br />
have an opportunity to speak <strong>and</strong> make their opinions heard.<br />
Radio programs such “Now I can speak” (“Y ahora yo tengo la palabra”), are directed to<br />
women in the region, treating themes that deal with the role played by women in society as<br />
well as their contributions to the community <strong>and</strong> to the country, promoting the participation of<br />
women in social development.<br />
In another program “Forbidden to listen to us” (“Prohibido escucharnos”), produced by a team<br />
of youth <strong>and</strong> adolescents, themes that are considered taboo, such as sexual <strong>and</strong> reproductive<br />
rights, adolescent pregnancy, abortion <strong>and</strong> marriage, are debated <strong>and</strong> analyzed.<br />
In “The bizarre kingdom” (“El reino al revés”), a program produced by girls, boys <strong>and</strong> adolescents,<br />
they treat subjects of their interest <strong>and</strong> from the way they underst<strong>and</strong> reality, themes<br />
ranging from the mistreatment of children to the importance of parental love.<br />
Aside from these radio programs, the communication area of CMM, build the capacity of women,<br />
girls, boys, adolescents <strong>and</strong> youth in areas such as radio production, correspondent or<br />
radio formats.