[cr-india] Women's International Day -- Third Annual Internet Broadcast

[George Lessard]

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From: AMARC
Sent: February 22, 2007 8:47 PM
Subject: March 8th-8 Mars-8 Marzo

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Contribute to March 8th Broadcast!
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On March 8th, the Women's International Network of the World Association of
Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC-WIN) will celebrate Women's
International Day with a Third Annual Internet Broadcast.  The 24 hour
broadcast will be dedicated to the United Nations Security Council
Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security. The audio marathon will be
broadcasted at http://www.march8.amarc.org

Community radio producers from Asia-Pacific, Middle East, Africa, Europe,
North America and Latin America and the Caribbean will dedicate this day to
highlight the effort of women working for peace and security. The programs
featured will include documentaries, interviews, debates, poetry and music
and much more.

This multilingual broadcast campaign mobilizes community radios around a
global issue and encourages them to use new communication technologies such
as the Internet to extend the reach of their words.

Radio stations around the globe are invited to download the audio files from
the AMARC March 8 website and broadcast them in their radio stations during
the whole month of March 2007.

Share your radio programs; contribute to this years March 8 radio marathon.
AMARC WIN is looking forward to your pre-recorded material that focuses on
women, peace and security. Material on other subjects will also be welcomed.
The language, length and format of the audio programs are discretionary.
Please send us your material in MP3, OGG or WAV format. For the broadcast on
March 8 we need it by March 2, any material sent later will also be posted
on the website throughout the whole month of March 2007. For more
information visit: http://www.march8.amarc.org or contact Sophie Toupin at
sophie(at)amarc(dot)org.

AMARC is an international non-governmental organization serving the
community radio movement, and linking more than 3,000 community radios in
over 110 countries. AMARC aims to support, defend and promote the interests
of community broadcasters through solidarity and international cooperation.

The AMARC Women's International Network is a large assembly of women
communicators working to ensure women's right to communicate through and
within the community radio movement.