unwomen.org – Adjusting the frequency: Women on the airwaves
As World Radio Day is observed globally, we highlight how UN Women and the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters are raising awareness of critical issues through a series of co-productions for the Beijing+20 anniversary.
An intruder breaks into a mechanical engineering class at Montreal’s École Polytechnique…
He orders the men to leave the room and asks the women if they know why they are here…
These women are future engineers…
But to the killer, these are feminists who need to be fought…
He pulls out his rifle and kills 14 women…”
This mournful and gruesome scene pulls the audience into the radio podcast Feminisme d’hier, égalité d’aujourd’hui? (Yesterday’s feminism, today’s equality?), aired in French on Montreal radio station CIBL 101.5. Three high-ranking professional women in construction, politics and the business secto) discuss that question and assess Quebec’s societal progress 25 years after the massacre. The discussion revolves around key questions: how has the women’s causes changed; are women accessing decision-making roles; are they more equal today?
