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From: Bruce Girard <amarcbg@web.apc.org>
Subject: AMARC in Beijing
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 12:43 EST

Women in community radio will be present at the Fourth World
Conference on Women, in Beijing this September, through their
representatives from the AMARC International Women's Network.

Five years have passed since the initiative was taken to create
AMARC's Women's Network, a network for exchange among women radio
producers with the objectives of supporting the work of women
broadcasters in community radio as they institute new practices
in communications, achieving more gender equality in community
radio at the decision-making levels, and promoting the creation
of communication spaces for women in which their own identities
and demands would be central.

The Network has brought women together from different countries
and continents united by the common dream of making their
collective and individual voices heard.

The AMARC Women's Network has made progress. We have defined our
role and objectives and succeedeed in gaining recognition of the
importance of women and radio. We have established links with
other women's networks for communication and joint actions and we
have developed structures for lobbying and coordination of
activities.

The women in the Network took a crucial, qualitative, step
forward when we went beyond simply denouncing the image of women
in the media and began concentrating on building spaces for women
in communications. We are presently developing a workplan to
advance and strengthen this objective, and also to increase its
visibility.

Women from the Network were active participants in the regional
meetings that took place to prepare the Fourth World Conference
on Women and the Beijing conference will be a great opportunity
for the Network to make its presence felt and to engage in
concrete actions.


THE AMARC WOMEN'S NETWORK AGENDA FOR BEIJING INCLUDES:

1. Participation in both the Official Conference and the NGO
Forum.

2. Joining FIRE's (Feminist International Radio Endeavour)
initiative: AMARC, along with other women's communications
networks, will broadcast eight hours daily from August 30 to
September 3, from the "Fireplace" in Beijing (outside of the
shooting school in zone 1). This programming will be broadcast
throughout the world on short wave from 14:00 to 18:00 UTC and
rebroadcast from 00:00 to 04:00 UTC.

Programs will be in English, Spanish and French. To listen in,
tune in to Radio For Peace International on the following
frequencies: 6200 AM, 7355 AM, 9400 USB Band and 15150 AM.

3. Participation in the panel on women and technology entitled
"Using communications technologies for collaboration, empowerment
and creating sustainable livelihoods," scheduled for September 3
at 3 p.m. in Room 10 M-53, space 260.

4. A presentation on the AMARC Women's Network and dialogue
around the theme: "Women's right to communication," scheduled for
September 7 at 11 a.m. in Room 20 T-61, space 50.

5. Answering invitations from organizations such as UNESCO that
will be presenting their policies on women.




Maria Victoria Polanco
World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC)
Vice-President representing women in community radio
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                 AMARC'S INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S NETWORK


VICEPRESIDENT

Maria Victoria Polanco
Red de Radios Comunitarias Litoral Pacifico Colombiano
Universidad del Valle
Apartado aereo 290
Cali, COLOMBIA
Fax: (57-2) 6615129 y (57-2) 3315486
Email:mavipo@mafalda.univalle.edu.co


INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S COMMITTEE

Representative for Latin America
Victoria Quevedo
Radio Tierra
Purisima 251
Santiago
CHILE
Tel.: (56-73) 53486
Fax: (56-73) 77419

Representative for Africa:
N'Deye Rokhaya Mbodj
APAC - Senegal
B.P. 10718, Dakar
SENEGAL
Tel: (221) 259050
Fax: (221) 345248

Representative for North America
Sherry Fetterly
CJSF Radio
Simon Fraser Campus Radio Society
TC-216, SFU Burnaby, British Columbia
CANADA V5A 1S6
Tel: (1-604) 291-3727
Fax: (1-604) 291-3695

Representative for Oceania:
Christina Alvarez
Community Broadcasting Association of Australia
Level 3, 44-54 Botany Rd
Alexandria, NSW, 2015, AUSTRALIA
Tel: (61-2) 3102999
Fax: (61-2) 3194545

Representative for Western Europe
Bianca Miglioretto
Radio Lora Women's Desk
Postfach 765
8026 Zurich, SWITZERLAND
Tel: (41-1) 2415966 / 67
Fax: (41-1) 2413580

Representative for Central and Eastern Europe
Biljana Bejkova
Radio Libertas
Bul.Yane Sandanski Br. 116 V/10
91.000 Skopje, MACEDONIA
Tel: (389) 91 411 770

AMARC International Secretariat
Sophie Ly - Secretary General
3575 St-Laurent, Ste 704
Montreal, Qc
CANADA H2X 2T7
Tel: (1-514) 982-0351
Fax: (1-514) 849-7129
Email: amarc@web.apc.org

AMARC Latin American Office
Tachi Arriola
Casilla 17-01-1171
Quito, ECUADOR
Tel y Fax: (593-2) 226648
Email: tachi@amarc.ecx.ec


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      World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters
          Asociacion mundial de radios comunitarias
3575 Blvd. St. Laurent, Suite 704     Email: amarc@web.apc.org
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