Women in Grassroots Communication

PART ONE: FRAMEWORK Women's Participation in Communication - Pilar Ria[squiggly line above the n]no Elements for a Framework Gender in Communication - Pilar Ria[squiggly line above the n]no Women's Contributions PART TWO: WOMEN AS COMMUNICATIVE SUBJECTS: THE SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY DIMENSION Reinforcing Existing Indigenous Communication Skills - Penina Mlama The Use of Dance in Tanzania Cultural Distinctions in Communication Patterns of African-American Women - Susan Y Dyer-Bennem A Sampler Notes for Reflection - Sonia Mu[squiggly line above the n]noz Popular Women and Uses of Mass Media Understanding Women's Grassroots Experiences in Producing and Manipulating Media - Maria Protz PART THREE: WOMAN AS MEDIA PRODUCERS: DEVELOPING MEDIA COMPETENCES Process Video - Jennifer Kawaja Self-Reference and Social Change A Process of Identity De-Construction - Clemencia Rodriguez Latin American Women Producing Video Stories Losing Fear - Carmen Ruiz Video and Radio Productions of Native Aymara Women in Bolivia Shards of Remembrance - Dorothy Kidd One Woman's Archeology of Community Video Being Women in Latin American Popular Radio - Maria Mata PART FOUR: WOMEN AS SOCIO-POLITICAL ACTORS: BUILDING ORGANIZATION AND STRATEGIES OF COMMUNICATION The WEDNET Initiative - Rose Mensah-Kutin A Sharing Experience Between Researchers and Rural Women Communicating for Empowerment - Sharon Taylor Women's Initiatives to Overcome Poverty in Rural Thailand and Newfoundland Speak Magazine - Libby Lloyd Breaking Barriers and Silences Women as Social Agents of Communication - Rosa Maria Alfaro Social Maternity and Leadership