FIRE
Feminist International Radio Endeavour/
Radio Internacional Feminista

August 2006


Press release

FIRE marathon broadcast "Voices of Resistance"
features women's perspectives on Middle East conflicts

 

by FIRE/RIF

August 2, 2006

 

Women’s voices and perspectives in reaction to the military aggression in Lebanon, Palestine and Israel will be the focus of a marathon live broadcast via Internet entitled, “Voices of Resistance” on Friday, August 4, produced in Spanish and English by FIRE – Feminist International Radio Endeavour/Radio Internacional Feminista in Costa Rica.   

 

The 8-hour live broadcast, which begins at 10 am (Costa Rica/RMT) will be repeated three times during a 24-hour streaming schedule.  Listeners may tune in by going to the FIRE website at:  www.radiofeminista.net

 

FIRE is also inviting audience members to write or call during the program to express solidarity with women in the Middle East conflicts.  For each email, FIRE will send $5 to women’s organizations that work in those conflict zones; and $10 for each phone call.  In collaboration with MADRE (www.madre.org), the contributions will be sent women-to-women in organizations that work for peace and justice.  Additional donations may also be made by audience members to be sent to these same organizations. 

 

The schedule of the FIRE marathon broadcast (Costa Rica/RMT) on Friday, August 4 includes:

10 am-12:  Spanish

12 – 2 pm: English

2 – 4 pm:   Spanish

4 – 6 pm:   English
These eight hours will be repeated twice in the following hours, for a total of a 24-hour broadcast

 

Listeners may write or call anytime during this 24-hour cycle.  To call FIRE during the broadcast, dial:  506-249-3084  (in Costa Rica) and at: 506-249-1319 to leave messages on voicemail.

 

To send email messages write to:  kata@radiofeminista.net and oficina@radiofeminista.net.

 

 

 

   The “Voices of Resistance” marathon broadcast is designed:

 

  • To amplify and multiply the voices and perspectives of women who are faced with armed conflict using radio and the internet

  • To express mourning for the hundreds of victims of the armed conflicts including many women and children

  • To call for a ceasefire and initiation of peace negotiations. 

  • To support women’s resistance to the armed aggression in Palestine, Israel and Lebanon

  • To support actions for peace taken by women in the middle of the armed conflicts.

  • To expose and denounce patriarchal militarism.

  • To strengthen solidarity among women and give visible, vocal and economic support for women’s peace movements, and other political and social movements that struggle for peace, human rights and a just solution to the conflicts.

 

 

 For more information about “Voices of Resistance” go to:  www.radiofeminista.net or write to:  kata@radiofeminista.net or oficina@radiofeminista.net.

 

FIRE/RIF is an international women’s Internet radio produced by women in Costa Rica that offers the voices and perspectives of women on all issues through a combination of “voices, technologies and actions.”. 

 

 

Sound files and photos:  Feminist International Radio Endeavour (FIRE)
You may use the information from FIRE (www.radiofeminista.net ) citing FIRE as the source