Carmen Sarmiento

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.

Carmen Sarmiento
Carmen Sarmiento (2017)
Born	August 30, 1944 Madrid
Nationality	Spanish
Website	https://carmensarmiento.org/

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]}

Bibliography

• La mujer, una revolución en marcha, Madrid: Sedmay, 1976. ISBN 9788473800914, OCLC 892239734
• Sánchez Albornoz, cuarenta años después Madrid : Editorial Sedmay : Distribuidora Maydi, 1976. ISBN 9788473801102, OCLC 2374490
• Los marginados Ed. Ser. de Publ. del Ente Público RTV, 1985. OCLC 912643388
• Viajes a la marginación, Madrid Mondadori, 1990. ISBN 9788439717065, OCLC 254249214
• Cuaderno de viaje de Los Excluidos,
• Los excluidos. Cuadernos de viaje de Carmen Sarmiento, Barcelona : Oásis, 2000. ISBN 9788479016036, OCLC 44626115

References and sources

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

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