Carmen Sarmiento Explained

Carmen Sarmiento
Birth Date:August 30, 1944
Birth Place:Madrid
Website:https://carmensarmiento.org/
Nationality:Spanish

Carmen Sarmiento (born 30 August 1944) is a Spanish journalist and television presenter specializing in international and social issues especially relating to feminism and disadvantaged women. She was a pioneering woman in war journalism.

Biography

Carmen Sarmiento was born in Madrid on August 30, 1944. She started in Televisión Española in 1968 reporting in the International Information Services. Her early work was in programs such as Weekly Report, First page and Objective from 1979 to 1981. Sarmiento covered coups in Portugal, Argentina, Granada and Ghana. She was also a war correspondent in El Salvador, Nicaragua and Lebanon. Sarmiento interviewed Yasser Arafat, Fidel Castro and Rigoberta Menchú. She has won awards in recognition of her work.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

In 1984 she premiered a series of reports on Outcasts on Televisión Española (TVE) which continued to 1991. In 1994, she focused on problems women experienced in Africa and Latin America and in 2000 she created Los excluidos working with the NGO Manos Unidas.[12] [13] [6] [11]

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  1. Web site: Consejo de las Mujeres del Municipio de Madrid – Histórico . Consejo Mujeres . 2019-08-13 . es . 2019-12-19.
  2. Web site: Miembro de Honor SGE 2017 - Carmen Sarmiento . Sociedad Geográfica Española . 2018-02-01 . es . 2019-12-19.
  3. Web site: Gómez . Alberto . Premio Manuel Alcántara de Periodismo . Diario Sur . 2018-04-24 . es . 2019-12-19.
  4. Web site: Rtve . Prensa . Communication Awards 2018. RTVE.es . 2018-11-22 . es . 2019-12-19.
  5. Web site: Carmen Sarmiento . EL MUNDO - Diario online líder de información en español . es . 2019-12-19.
  6. Web site: elEconomista.es . Carmen Sarmiento reivindica la "auténtica identidad" de la mujer frente a los cánones del patriarcado . EcoDiario.es . 2009-03-06 . es . 2019-12-19.
  7. Web site: Carmen Sarmiento, candidata al premio Mujeres de Europa 1998 . EL PAÍS . 1998-11-14 . es . 2019-12-19.
  8. Web site: Carmen Sarmiento . EL PAÍS . 1985-05-11 . es . 2019-12-19.
  9. Web site: Carmen Sarmiento . EL PAÍS . 1984-11-08 . es . 2019-12-19.
  10. Web site: Cartas al director . EL PAÍS . 1984-11-04 . es . 2019-12-19.
  11. Web site: Marmol . Neus . Manresa . Júlia . Miró . David . Ferreres . Ekaizer . Ernesto . Carmen Sarmiento, la periodista que va portar el feminisme a la televisió . Ara.cat . 2019-03-03 . ca . 2019-12-19.
  12. Web site: La 2 estrena el próximo domingo la serie documental 'Los excluidos' . EL PAÍS . 2000-05-17 . es . 2019-12-19.
  13. Web site: EL INTERMEDIO - La lucha de Carmen Sarmiento para dar voz a las mujeres . LaSexta . 2018-02-27 . es . 2019-12-19.