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.
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Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant has condemned the case of a woman being forced to take off her clothes....To that she wasn't a man! The woman, Precious Msibi (51), is a single mum of two grown-up children. She said the manager of a wholesaler in Mbombola, Mpumalanga, forced her to strip naked in full view of her... [read more]
Global Health Council statistics put women aged 15-25 (sexually active group) as one-and-half times more likely to contract HIV than young men. We need to find alternative ways that can enable and empower women to protect themselves from contracting the virus. One initiative has been advocating the use of the female... [read more]
A 5.6% increase in the number of women murdered last year shows that law enforcers still have a daunting task to make sure that women's right to life is protected. This calls on the police to provide enough security and making sure that justice takes its course on everyone infringing upon this right. On the... [read more]
"DON'T stay silent on woman and child abuse," deputy minister of health, Dr Gwen Ramokgopa, told the Atteridgeville community yesterday. She was referring to a case where a man allegedly burnt to death a woman and her two daughters, aged 14 and 18, last week at their home in the Tsunami informal settlement.
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Sex workers are agitating for government to enact a law that will recognise and govern their profession. They called for dynamism of government enclave arguing that the public coffers stand to be boasted by taxes from the trade.
They contended that the statutory recognition of their trade would also enable them to... [read more]
The latest advertisement for the popular dark beer Laurentina Preta shows a headless and legless black woman, generous hips and bosom, tiny waist, clad in tight bodysuit with the Laurentina logo right on her pubis. A popular myth in Mozambique is that dark beer enhances sexual potency, hence the brand's association... [read more]
Police in Tutume are investigating a case in which a man is alleged to have killed his girlfriend by cutting her throat with a sharp instument.
Acording to Supt.Vusimusi Jorowe , the badly decomposed body of the lady, 23, from Manyapedza ward, in Matobo, was dicovered by a worshipper who had gone to the bush to... [read more]
Women continue to challenge the stereotype that a woman's place is in the kitchen by breaking boundaries in the workplace. Many choose "unusual" career paths that tend to be dominated by men. While there might be challenges to working in these jobs, women prove that they excel in these positions. They make... [read more]
Acting President of ZANU-PF, Joice Mujuru, has called for concerted efforts in uplifting women as they are key in contributing to economic growth and sustainable development in Zimbabwe. Mujuru said gender justice and gender balance was key in the development of any country. The lack of women represented in various... [read more]
On Monday 22 August, a Daily Sun headline on a lamp post shouted: “MY HUGE BUM – PIC”. The news behind this headline is about the angst that a woman with a large behind experiences on a daily basis. While there is merit in highlighting the health condition of a woman and how it impacts her life in order to... [read more]
