Feminist International Radio Endeavor (FIRE) (also known as Radio Internacional Feminista) is an international women's internet radio station based in Costa Rica. Scholars have said that by providing a channel for female voices and giving alternative accounts of war and conflict, that it has performed important feminist media work supporting peace and social justice. It was founded in 1991 by an international group of women including journalist María Suárez Toro.
References
- ^ Thompson, Margaret E., María Suárez Toro and Katerina Anfossi Gómez. "Feminist Media Coverage of Women in War: 'You Are Our Eyes and Ears to the World.'" Gender and Development. Vol. 15, No. 3, (Nov., 2007), pp. 435-450.
- Gies, Heather; Mychalejko, Cyril (19 April 2013). ""The Capacity not to Stop Dreaming": An Interview with María Suárez Toro". Upside Down World. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
External links
- Documentary: Fire - Feminist International Radio Endeavour. (1995) Produced by Feminist International Radio Endeavor; Radio for Peace International.
- Suárez, Toro M, Dalya F. Massachi, Debra Cedeño, and Nancy Meredith. Women's Voices on Fire: Feminist International Radio Endeavour. Austin, Tex: Anomaly Press, 2000. Print. ISBN 9780967291208