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With its original slogan, "gender equality in and through the media" GL is credited with creating a gender and media movement in Southern Africa and championing this cause across the globe.
From the original Gender and Media Baseline Study, GL's cutting edge gender and media research portfolio has covered the full range of media education; institutional composition of the media; media content and audience response. GL's advocacy on gender and the media has included being a founding member of the Gender and Media Southern Africa (GEMSA) Network; co-hosting the biannual Gender and Media Summit and several research and book launches. Policy work includes pilot projects to develop gender policies with media houses; pilot projects to develop gender policies and codes of ethics with regulatory authorities and the Media Action Plan on HIV and AIDS and Gender that aimed to ensure that 80 percent of all newsrooms have HIV and AIDS and Gender policies by the end of 2010. Training includes the training tools that GL has developed; ongoing in-service training conducted with media training institutions; the pilot project to mainstream gender in media education, and the Virtual Resource Centre of Case material for trainers. GL has also established a Gender and Media Diversity Centre, a partnership based on "connection, collection and collaboration" between media development NGOs and knowledge institutions.
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Mainstreaming or malestreaming? Gender@work in organisations
11 April 12
Regional relevance: Southern Africa (SADC)
This note concerns a learning group discussion on gender mainstreaming in DFID partner organisations led by Gender Links (GL), a Southern African PPA and GTF grantee (see list of grantees for both at Annex A). GL leads the gender sub–group within the inclusion learning group of the PPA. [read more]
Diversity Exchange, Issue 25, February 2012
08 March 12
Regional relevance: Southern Africa (SADC)
The major highlight for the month is International Women's Day (IWD) that is celebrated annually on the 8th of March. The theme this year is "Connecting Girls, Inspiring Futures." From April 23 to 25, Gender Links will hold the regional Third Gender Justice and Local Government Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa.... [read more]
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If you jump into a combi during the next couple of weeks, you may just be greeted with something a bit different from the usual fare of thumping Kwaito and house beats. Launched 4 December at Ekurhuleni Municipality, Tjoon’in is an audio CD designed specifically for playing in public transport as part of 16 Days... [read more]
Hundreds of SADC media houses launch HIV and AIDS policies
28 November 08
Regional relevance: Southern Africa (SADC)
On 1 December 2008 over 130 media houses in 11 countries in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) will publicly launch HIV and AIDS policies as part of commemorations to mark World AIDS Day. The climax of a three-year Media Action Plan (MAP) on HIV and AIDS and Gender, simultaneous launches will take... [read more]
Information through media is power
24 November 08
Regional relevance: Southern Africa (SADC)
In many ways, the media has been an effective way to reach and get information to women who are experiencing gender-based violence (GBV) and any other form of gender inequality. Moreover, the 16 Days of Activism against GBV underlines the importance of reaching women with these information campaigns. [read more]
Media can help bring 365 days of no violence
19 November 08
Regional relevance: Zimbabwe
As a gender activist, you know it is that time of the year again when suddenly every journalist starts calling to talk about gender-based violence (GBV). For many writers, the annual 16 Days of Activism campaign held from 25 November to 10 December has become a seasonal beat whose only challenge is how to come up... [read more]
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