Suarez Toro, Maria

Mainstream media coverage of war often distorts or ignores women’s perspectives and experiences in armed conflict, and also their efforts to build peace. This article focuses on the work of FIRE (Feminist International Radio Endeavour/Radio Internacional Feminista), a women’s international Internet radio initiative produced by Latin American and Caribbean women in Costa Rica, which ‘uses […]

Oxfam’s ‘Women Linking for Change Conference’ aimed to make Southern women’s needs central to its programmes. This article explains how. The conference’s methodology was designed and implemented by Southern women. ‘Cycles’ to share information made the conference participatory rather then hierarchical. There were three cycles with clear objectives for each, as well as panel discussions, […]