The Virtual Resource Centre (VRC) is an online resource centre for trainers, educators, journalists, gender and media advocates and students. The VRC includes case studies and clippings of media articles.
The VRC case studies and clippings may be searched using the following criteria: * Country * Theme * Skills * GEM classification (The GL Gender and Media classification system highlights whether an article illustrates a blatant or subtle gender stereotype; is gender aware or gender blind. Click here read more on the GEM classification. )
Both the media clippings and case studies have a description of the article. The case studies are written as training resources and include an analysis of the articles from a gender and journalistsic perspective and links to other training resources. The media article is attached as a jpeg to the case studies and clippings.
To search the VRC database click here. You can search for clippings; case studies or both by ticking the relevant boxes.
If you would like to contribute to the Virtual Resource Centre or comment on a case study please email gmdcofficer@genderlinks.org.za
...Rude and embarrassing treatment by passport officials over religious dress upsets local Muslims
Muslim woman has lodge a complaint with the department of home affairs after officials at the passport control section of OR Tambo International Airport allegedly told two of her daughters that they needed to remove... [read more]
It is the lifestyle of the rich and famous: top of the range cars; holidays in exquisite resorts and lots of women. They enjoy the fun irrespective of the media scrutiny. In some cases, they never seem to learn from their weaknesses. Former United States president Bill Clinton was a well-known womaniser. From a... [read more]
A former professional wrestler has been sentenced to 32 years in prison for having sex with women without telling them he had tested positive for the virus that causes Aids. Andre Davis, 29, was sentenced on 14 counts of felonious assault. As a wrestler he used stage names including Gangsta of Love and Sweet Sex... [read more]
Allocating enough resources to women's empowerment endeavours at national level is one important step to achieving gender equality in a country. It is imperative for government to have a gender responsive budget to adequately address the different needs of women and men. This media highlight analyses a newspaper... [read more]
The 50/50 campaign in decision making by 2015 articulated in the SADC Protocol on Gender and Development has brought mixed feelings, views and opinions regarding women’s empowerment. For some quarters the campaign has brought with it the renewed hope that could improve women’s empowerment, but others feel that... [read more]
Girls Child Net-work director Betty Makoni yeaterday caused a furore on a social nertworking site, facebook after posting comments that seemed to insinuate that the current noise about the rape of men and trade in semen should be ignored. Makoni said she does not understand how women could rape men and demanded that... [read more]
Budgeting is perhaps one of the most fundamental aspects in the life of a human being, organisation or country. Budgets are an element of an organization’s financial management that addresses the overall fiscal integrity of an organization and is an ongoing process. Budgeting entails the allocation of resources... [read more]
Some 200 schoolgirls will no longer have to skip school because they lack sanitary pads, The pads were donated by Procter and Gamble at Singobile Primary School and Louisville Combined School in Mpumalanga this week.
“Many impoverished young girls miss days of school each month because they lack basic sanitary... [read more]
Discussions around sexual propriety always make me cringe, and thanks to our dear sports minister and his recent sex scandal. I've been cringing quite a lot lately. The problem is not with people voicing opposing views, not at all: the issue is afar more fundamental. Listen to enough o these discussions and you... [read more]
A small church house shelters a dozen Masaai girls escaping female circumcision and early marriages, age-old customs of the Kenyan tribe now frayed by health risks and new laws. While Masaai elders strongly defend their culture, some men have turned their backs on it, and in the town of Narok, west of the capital,... [read more]
