The Virtual Resource Centre (VRC) is an online resource centre for trainers, educators, journalists, gender and media activists and students. The VRC includes media alerts and highlights of media products such as news, features, opinions, editorials , advertisements etc.
Media alerts and highlights 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 Media alerts and highlights database click here. You can search for clippings; case studies or both by ticking the relevant boxes.
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World-known celebrities and artists will attend the Life Ball event to raise funds for HIV and AIDS activities. While this is news of a good cause, it is the image used for the article that provokes debate. The picture of Janet Jackson in a bra, striking a sexually explicit pose trivialises the important message... [read more]
L’article parut dans Le Défi Plus du 7 Mai 2011 fait part de l’incident dont a été victime un étudiant de 21 ans, notamment Jusuf, originaire de France et étudiant en médecine à Maurice. Alors qu’il sort d’un casino, après avoir remporté Rs22,000, il se fait aborder par une travailleuse du sexe,... [read more]
Judge Terrence Rannowane has convicted a 27 year old woman who strngled her two month old infant to death, to murder with extenuating circumstances.Judge Rannowane said he accepts that Atamelang Lesole was intoxicated at the time she committed the offence." I will accept therefore that she was intoxicated at the... [read more]
Déclaration du Ministre du Transport Intérieur, Anil Bachot, en se basant sur les conclusions du Central Monitoring Committee (CMC) qui a été mis en place lors de l’Introduction du transport gratuit afin de régler les problèmes majeurs de ses bénéficiaires. Ce comité est composé de représentants de la... [read more]
One of the hot topics during the run-up to South Africa's local government elections was the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) iconic poster. Unlike other election posters, the DA had three women's faces gazing at the masses: namely the party's Western Cape mayoral candidate, Patricia de Lille, the party's spokesperson... [read more]
Where were women's voices during South Africa's local government elections? Six months before the local elections, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela made a plea to the ANC to include more women in leadership positions. In the first weekend of May, Madikezela-Mandela made another bold critique of the ANC – that it has lost... [read more]
The history of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been characterised by anguish since its independence from Belgium in 1960 after 75 years of colonial rule. The astonishing figure of 5.4 million deaths since 1998 has become widely used since it was publicised by the International Rescue Committee, a private... [read more]
The Democraric Republic of Congo has been called the worst place on earth to be a woman. A study released this week shows its even worse than previously thought: 1 152 women are raped every day, equal to 48 an hour. The rate is 26 times more than the previous estimate of 16 000 rape reported in one year by the UN. [read more]
Seve Mahlangu strides into his small tavern in Kwathema Springs. He's wearing a long coat with shine high shoes leather Italian boots. When Mahlangu talks about homophobia, his anger is aparent in the way he raises his eyebrows.
Even so Mahlangu praises Kwathema as one of the better places to be openly gay in South... [read more]
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]
The Virtual Resource Centre (VRC) is an online resource centre for trainers, educators, journalists, gender and media activists and students. The VRC includes media alerts and highlights of media products such as news, features, opinions, editorials , advertisements etc.
