{"id":12961,"date":"2025-04-24T16:30:29","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T20:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whomakesthenews.org\/?p=12961"},"modified":"2025-04-24T16:30:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T20:30:31","slug":"meet-gmmp-costa-rica-coordinator-genesis-r-cruz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whomakesthenews.org\/es\/meet-gmmp-costa-rica-coordinator-genesis-r-cruz\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet GMMP Costa Rica Coordinator G\u00e9nesis R. Cruz"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Name<\/strong>: G\u00e9nesis R. Cruz
GMMP Coordinator for<\/strong>: Costa Rica<\/a>
Since<\/strong>: 2025<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Why are you the GMMP coordinator? What motivated you to lead the GMMP?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have been a volunteer with the radio monitoring team for the GMMP since 2019 and was selected as the new national coordinator for the GMMP in 2025. I took on the role of GMMP coordinator because of my deep commitment to gender justice and inclusion in the media. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My background as an audiovisual communicator and international journalist has given me first-hand knowledge of gender inequalities in media coverage. My motivation to lead the GMMP stems from the urgent need to transform these dynamics and ensure that women and other gender minorities are represented fairly and equitably in the media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


How do you use (or have you applied) the GMMP methodology, tools, and\/or results? How have any of these dimensions of the GMMP influenced the work of your organization, institution, or network?<\/strong>
At the educational communication center Voces Nuestras<\/a>, we have used GMMP data and analysis to design communication strategies that make women and other gender minorities visible as experts and leaders.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have implemented training workshops for young people, human rights defenders, journalists, and communicators that focused on community communication for the defense of human rights and promoting equitable, feminist, and non-stereotypical gender representation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, GMMP results have been crucial to our awareness campaigns addressing the urgent need to change traditional narratives in the media. 

What positive changes has the GMMP brought about in your context? What contribution has it made to the process of promoting equality between women and men in or through the media?<\/strong>
The GMMP has been instrumental in highlighting gender disparities in media coverage in Costa Rica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although our country stands out for having a smaller gap in women’s representation in the media, the treatment of news remains discouraging, with a tendency toward victimization and a lack of equitable representation. Thanks to GMMP data, we have been able to promote the inclusion of women’s voices as experts and leaders in the media of the organizations we work with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have also led public and political advocacy processes to update radio and television legislation, seeking a legal framework that promotes the human right to communication and prevents the monopolization of speech.

Looking ahead to the GMMP’s 30th anniversary in 2025, why do you think it is essential that it continue?<\/strong>
The GMMP is essential because it provides high-quality data and analysis that are critical to understanding and addressing gender inequalities in the media. The lack of diversity of voices in the media perpetuates patriarchal structures and serves the economic interests of large commercial media outlets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the world rebuilds, it is crucial that the media reflect accurate, inclusive, and empowering representation of women and other gender minorities. Continuing the GMMP means continuing to push for structural change in the media industry, ensuring that the narratives that are constructed do not perpetuate harmful stereotypes but instead promote equality and justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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G\u00e9nesis R. Cruz is president of Voces Nuestras<\/a>, an educational communication center. She is co-founder of the Latin America and the Caribbean chapter of the Brave Movement<\/a> and the movement\u2019s ambassador in Costa Rica. A multimedia communicator and journalist, she reports for the Latin American Association for Communication and Popular Education (ALER)<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Conozca a la Coordinadora del GMMP para Costa Rica, G\u00e9nesis R. Cruz<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

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Nombre: <\/strong>G\u00e9nesis R. Cruz
Coordinadora del GMMP para: <\/strong>Costa Rica<\/a>
Desde: <\/strong>2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00bfPor qu\u00e9 es usted el\/la coordinador\/a del GMMP? \u00bfQu\u00e9 le motiv\u00f3 a dirigir el GMMP?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He sido voluntaria del equipo de monitoreo de radio para del GMMP desde 2019 y fue seleccionada como la nueva coordinadora nacional del GMMP en Costa Rica en 2025. Asum\u00ed el rol de coordinadora del GMMP debido a mi profundo compromiso con la justicia de g\u00e9nero y la inclusi\u00f3n en los medios de comunicaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mi trayectoria como comunicadora audiovisual y periodista internacional me ha permitido conocer de primera mano las desigualdades de g\u00e9nero en la cobertura medi\u00e1tica. Mi motivaci\u00f3n para liderar el GMMP proviene de la necesidad urgente de transformar estas din\u00e1micas y garantizar que las mujeres y otras minor\u00edas de g\u00e9nero sean representadas de manera justa y equitativa en los medios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00bfC\u00f3mo utiliza (o ha aplicado) la metodolog\u00eda, las herramientas y\/o los resultados del GMMP? \u00bfC\u00f3mo ha influido alguna de estas dimensiones del GMMP en el trabajo de su organizaci\u00f3n, instituci\u00f3n o red?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

En el centro de comunicaci\u00f3n educativa Voces Nuestras<\/a>, hemos utilizado los datos y an\u00e1lisis del GMMP para dise\u00f1ar estrategias de comunicaci\u00f3n que visibilicen a las mujeres y otras minor\u00edas de g\u00e9nero como expertas y l\u00edderes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hemos implementado talleres de formaci\u00f3n para j\u00f3venes, personas defensoras de derechos humanos, periodistas y comunicadores\/as, enfocados en Comunicaci\u00f3n Comunitaria para la defensa de los Derechos Humanos, promoviendo la representaci\u00f3n equitativa, feminista y no estereotipada del g\u00e9nero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adem\u00e1s, los resultados del GMMP han sido cruciales para nuestras campa\u00f1as de sensibilizaci\u00f3n que abordan la necesidad urgente de cambiar las narrativas tradicionales en los medios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00bfQu\u00e9 cambios positivos ha producido el GMMP en su contexto? \u00bfQu\u00e9 contribuci\u00f3n ha hecho al proceso de promoci\u00f3n de la igualdad entre mujeres y hombres en los medios o a trav\u00e9s de ellos?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

El GMMP ha sido instrumental en visibilizar las disparidades de g\u00e9nero en la cobertura medi\u00e1tica en Costa Rica. A pesar de que nuestro pa\u00eds se destaca por tener una menor brecha en la representaci\u00f3n de las mujeres en los medios, el tratamiento de las noticias sigue siendo desalentador, con una tendencia a la victimizaci\u00f3n y una falta de representaci\u00f3n equitativa. Gracias a los datos del GMMP, hemos podido promover la inclusi\u00f3n de voces femeninas como expertas y l\u00edderes en los medios de comunicaci\u00f3n de las organizaciones con las que trabajamos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asimismo, hemos liderado procesos de incidencia p\u00fablica y pol\u00edtica para actualizar la legislaci\u00f3n en materia de radio y televisi\u00f3n, buscando un marco legal que promueva el derecho humano a la comunicaci\u00f3n y evite la monopolizaci\u00f3n de la palabra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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De cara al 30\u00ba aniversario del GMMP en 2025, \u00bfpor qu\u00e9 cree que es esencial que contin\u00fae?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

El GMMP es esencial porque proporciona datos y an\u00e1lisis de alta calidad que son fundamentales para comprender y abordar las desigualdades de g\u00e9nero en los medios. La falta de diversidad de voces en los medios perpet\u00faa estructuras patriarcales y responde a intereses econ\u00f3micos de los grandes medios de comunicaci\u00f3n comerciales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A medida que el mundo se reconstruye, es crucial que los medios de comunicaci\u00f3n reflejen una representaci\u00f3n precisa, inclusiva y empoderadora de las mujeres y otras minor\u00edas de g\u00e9nero. Continuar con el GMMP significa seguir presionando por cambios estructurales en la industria de los medios, asegurando que las narrativas que se construyen no perpet\u00faen estereotipos da\u00f1inos sino que promuevan la igualdad y la justicia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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G\u00e9nesis R. Cruz es presidenta del Centro de Comunicaci\u00f3n Educativa Voces Nuestras<\/a>. Embajadora en Costa Rica y cofundadora del Movimiento de Valientes (Brave Movement) LATAM<\/a>. Comunicadora multimedial y periodista, es corresponsal de la\u00a0Asociaci\u00f3n Latinoamericana de Comunicaci\u00f3n y Educaci\u00f3n Popular (ALER)<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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