Feminist Programming

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http://www.angelfire.com/bc/women2000/collectives.html

Collectives Every woman has power of her own. When women decide to join together to work on a focus of interest, the power is expotentiated. One theory notes that the number of women (or people in general) working together has the power of that number squared. So, four women working together would manifest the power of 16 women working independently. Below are some resources of collectives that exist - ones that focus on a diverse range of topics and issues. Most are open to new members and represent worthy causes important to most women. There are a few sites listed here that have useful resources to help you form your own collective, if none exist. As well, if you know of a collective of interest to women, submit the information Here! Boston Women's Health Book Collective - authors of the renowned publication, "Our Bodies, Our Selves" attempt to inspire a women's health movement around the globe. Creator's Guild - a collective of women and men who form a multinational organization of creative professionals and hobbyists. Empowerment from Below: Self education and empowerment of grass-roots women's collectives - excellent paper on the dynamics and benefits of working with other women at a grass-roots level. Las Comadres - A Feminist Collective Negotiates a New Paradigm for Women at the Us/Mexico Border - wonderful article from Genders Online Journal. Learning Exchanges: A Tool for Women's Collectives to access Resources - informative article on how to form learning networks for collective purposes. Persistent Pacificism: How Activist Commitment is Developed and Sustained - useful paper by sociologists James Downton and Paul Wehr. Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA) - Based in India, SEWA believes that the basis of development and progress is organization. Self employed women must organize themselves into sustainable organizations so that they can collectively promote their own development. South Asian Women for Action (SAWA) - is a Boston-based, progressive, non-hierarchical collective of women of South Asian descent. Toronto Video Activist Collective - Video Activist Collectives: a discussion-starter - We are hoping to find other communities interested in video activism with whom we can share footage and ideas - and to find new members of our own community. Webgrrls International - the women's technological knowledge connection - resources, articles, dialogue, support. Wild: Women's Institute for Leadership Development for Human Rights - advancing human rights in the United States through the leadership of women and girls. Wings: Women's International News Gathering Service - Raising Women's Voices Through Radio Worldwide. Women Defending Ourselves Collective - A women-run collective working to end violence against women, primarily by teaching women-only self defense throughout the Bay Area. The classes include physical techniques, verbal defense and assertiveness, and discussion of issues of violence. Women's Radio Collective - a birds-eye view of one woman's experience at fitting into a Canadian radio collective.

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Abstract

Journal of Radio Studies

2004, Vol. 11, No. 2, Pages 169-183

(doi:10.1207/s15506843jrs1102_3)

A Mic of Her Own: Stations, Collectives, and Women's Access to Radio

Susan Carter‌

Michigan State University

As the 1960s came to a close, increasing social and political pressure was brought to bear on broadcasters to augment women's participation on the air. The pressure, from changes in civil rights laws and the Second Wave of the women's liberation movement, took several different forms; three models o f women's access to the airwaves emerged in the ensuing decade. Women using the models to gain access to the air met with varying degrees of success. This article will discuss the ways in which women broadcast, particularly on the radio during this period, and why two of the three models o f access faded as the Second Wave lost energy at the end of the 1970s.

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A INTERNATIONAL WOMEN NETWORK IS BORN

The idea of creating an international network of women working in community radio was born in AMARC’s Fourth World Conference, held in Dublin in 1990, where a group of women found a space to discuss their issues, and proposed establishing a permanent link of solidarity between women working in participatory radio around the world.

In AMARC 5 in Mexico in 1992 the AMARC Women’s International Network was formally institutionalized
and a permanent position on the otherwise regionally defined board of directors was established to
represent the interests of women. Coordinators for the Women’s Network in each world region were elected.

Since there has also been a vice-president for Women on the board of AMARC, Maria Victoria Polanco
from Colombia, re-elected in AMARC 6 in Dakar, Senegal in 1995.

The objectives of the Women’s International Network which were established in this Conference were as
follows:

· Encouraging exchange between women who work in community radio around the world.
· Providing training.
· Looking for funding to develop the network and implement specific women’s projects.
· Creating a code of ethics to guarantee the equal treatment of the women working in AMARC members’ radios stations.

At the same conference in 1992 in Mexico, it was decided to establish a regional AMARC-office in Europe.
This helped the Women’s Network under AMARC-Europe to initiate its efforts to strengthen women’s
representation in community radio and to promote more programs about women, our experience,
knowledge and visions.
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Women Grab the Microphone!

Women put more dynamism in radio and the Women's International Network
in Community Radio shows how.....

by Bianca Miglioretto

Women come from everywhere, go everywhere and talk about everything. So let's grab the
microphones and occupy the airwaves. Because if we look at mass media and at radio in particular,
the presence of women in every sphere of society and life is just not reflected. There are fewer women
than men heard over the radio and if women are projected on radio it is often in a very voyeuristic and
sensational or traditional way, full of stereotypes that are far from our realities.

Community radio or participatory radio, as they are also called, offer the best opportunity to women
to grab the microphone and talk about the issues that interest them, play women's music seldom
heard elsewhere, raise the consciousness on gender issues, inform women about their rights.
Women have a lot to say and what they have to say shows a completely different, powerful, diverse,
and active picture. This in turn shows the big contribution of women to society and their important
participation in changing the world.

Women Grab the Microphone

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Women's Radio Programs
http://www.feministezine.com/feminist/music/Womens-Radio.html

Amazon Radio - "Women's Music for all who color outside the lines." Heard on WPKN in Bridgeport, CT. This site is home
to the National Women's Radio Archives, playlists, events, women's music links and more.

Face the Music - Airing Thursdays 8-9:30 p.m. on WCUW Worcester 91.3 FM, Face The Music is the second longest
continuously running lesbian/feminist music program on Community Supported Radio in the United States.

Her Infinite Variety, WORT-FM 89.9, Madison, WI - Sunday 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM Her InfiniteVariety showcases women
in all genres/styles of music. Includes feminist and lesbian music, other music made by women, interviews, comedy,
poetry, community announcements. Hosts: Sue Goldwomon, Tara Ayres, Mary Waitrovich.

Her Turn - WORT Radio, Madison WI Sunday 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM News and information by and about women in a
magazine format. Includes shorter news stories and in-depth features produced by the Her Turn Women's Collective.

KRCL Community Radio - "Woman to Woman" and "The Second Decade" are just two of the women's radio programs
at this station based in Salt Lake City.

Outbeat Salon - an LGBTIQ radio show at KRCB, Santa Ros. Airs Sunday nights from 8-9pm PT (or online at krcb.org).


Sirens Muse - Sundays from 1-3 pm Eastern time on WPVM 103.5 FM in Asheville NC - Sirens' Muse offers the 2 hours of
the best in contemporary women's music - local, national, international - the show streams live on Sundays and the latest
show can be listened to anytime from the WPVM archive page.

Something About the Women - Something About the Women is perhaps the longest-running women's music radio show
in the United States, if not the world. On the air since 1975, this collectively-run show features music by women artists
spanning all genres, from folk and rock to jazz and world music. The show airs on the Tufts University radio station,
WMFO 91.5 FM in Medford, Massachusetts on Saturdays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The show is streamed live on the
Internet at http://www.wmfo.org/or you can listen to and download previous shows from the archives at
http://www.satwomen.com/archives.htm

WERU-FM Community Radio in Maine: 89.9 Blue Hill & 102.9 Bangor. Lots of folk music here and two programs
specifically about women: Womenfolk Tuesday Evenings at 9 a.m. and Women's Windows Sunday 8 p.m.

Womanotes KBCS.FM Bellevue Community College, Wednesday, 7 PM
Enjoy music by women of the past 75 years with hosts Mary Brabec, Teresita Heiser, Christine Linde, Kristin Walsh
and Tracey Wickersham.

Women in Music with Laney Goodman - Women in Music with Laney Goodman is a weekly, one-hour radio series with
an eclectic mix of the best music of female artists from around the world. Women of Note hosted by Fern Saturdays,
8-11 a.m. You can get more information, and listen online at The River, WRSI in Western Massachusetts and Southern
Vermont.

The Women's Independent Music Show - An internet radio show that showcases women's music, especially the
independent female artist. Hosted by Diane Ward.


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http://www.womensradiofund.org/femradio.htm

WINGS thanks the Sister Fund for the research funding for this outline.

ANATOMY OF RADIO 101:
An outline for choosing and funding radio projects