Carmen Sarmiento

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Carmen Sarmiento
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Carmen Sarmiento (2017)
BornAugust 30, 1944
NationalitySpanish
Website https://carmensarmiento.org/

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.

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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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  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.
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  8. "Carmen Sarmiento". EL PAÍS (in Spanish). 1985-05-11. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
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  10. "Cartas al director". EL PAÍS (in Spanish). 1984-11-04. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
  11. 1 2 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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