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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The settlement of Maruso nestled between Digawana and Molapowabojang in the Southern district has no spark. The habitat that consists of members of one family, mostly the Mooketsis, got its name from the abundant vegetable leruso that the early elders discovered in the area's river. The vegetable has a sour taste... [read more]
Botshabelo north is one of the poorest locations in the copper mining town of Selibe Phikwe. It is home to 28 year old Mpho Ditshotlo, whose house is just a stone's throw away from the busy BCL Mine. The young woman lives with her three children in a yard with three one roomed mud huts. Rising from the fire where... [read more]
A 30 year old woman of Sese was certified dead on arrival at Jwaneng Mine Hospital on Monday night after she was stabbed with a knife. The suspect, a 28 year old man who is alleged to be the womans boyfriend is currently in police custody while investigations continue. [read more]
An increasing number of young people are being exposed to sex crime over internet says leading criminologist Rudolph Zinn. His warning follows a case before court of a 22 year old student accused of raping a woman of the same age. Allegedly after becoming friends on Facebook and meeting a Strand nightclub. [read more]
Chantign "we love sluts" and holding signs like "Jesus loves sluts" about 2000 protesters marched on Saturday around the Bosten Common as the city afficially became the latest to join an international series of protest known as "SlutWorks".
The protest movement sparked by a Toronto police officer's remark that... [read more]
It used to be that the board room was very definitely a male domain. But that's slowly changing, at some companies more than others. Kraft Foods which last year took over the Cadbury empire is a good example. The global food gaint's board is led by chairman and chief executive Irene Rosenfeld and supported by three... [read more]
Three wives, one ex-wife and one wife to be. This was the line up at the wedding of President Zuma's daughter Duduzile Zuma in the Eastern Cape a week ago. It's the woman second from the right in this picture taken at the big occasion who attracted the attention.
She is Nonkululeko Mhlongo, the mother to the... [read more]
Top Women in Business and Government (TWBG) is a magazine that promotes women who have made it in the top management positions across different fields. It is about women who are challenging assumptions and pre-conceived notions as they dominate the public sphere. Women from sectors such as banking, renewable energy,... [read more]
While women are more likely to feature in advertising than in news content, they are also more likely to be seen than heard. They are often portrayed in ways that perpetuate blatant and more subtle forms of gender stereotypes. The advert in question is a car advert published in the Sowetan (South Africa) newspaper... [read more]
Aspring councillor Bonita Elvira Hufkie is to stand against herself in a Cape Town ward during the upcoming municipal elections.
Hufkie appears as the ward 48 candidate for the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC) as well as the National Party of South Africa. Ward 48 covers Belgravia, Belgravia Estate,... [read more]
