Our History

The radio program Women Speak Up was the first radio program produced by CEMINA. Launched in 1990, it soon became a national reference. Due to its innovative format and content, the Women Speak Up program became a model for other radio programs related with the topic of defense of the women rights in Brazil. The program has been, since then, a reference for its audience and an achievement for all those involved in social movements in the national arena.

Throughout the 12 years of its broadcasting, the Women Speak Up program played an important role in the democratization of communication, raising the voices and the themes that are not always spread in the major means of communication. The success of the program was due not only to the content and objective of informing about the citizens rights of women and men, but also due to the way it was presented – loose, colloquial and dynamic, considered, therefore, a pioneering approach in the State of Rio de Janeiro.