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Gender Links takes forward research work through advocacy. The Gender and Media Summits and awards held every two years are part of Gender Links advocacy initiatives. Gender Links held the fourth GEM summit in October 2010. GL produced daily newspapers and conducted cyber dialogues at Beijing+10 and Beijing+15 at the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York. In 2011 GL brings stakeholders together to debate on the 20th Anniversary of the Windhoek Declaration on media freedom in the run up to the Africa Media Summit in Cape Town in September.
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Fourth Gender and Media Summit Awards - Citations
22 October 10
Regional relevance: Regional
The Gender and Media Summit, held on 13-15 October 2010, brought together media practitioners, trainers, gender activists and media regulators. The winners of the Media awards are listed below. [read more]
GEM Summit Newsletter, 15 October 2010
16 October 10
Regional relevance: Regional
As the African Decade for Women is launched in Nairobi today the Fourth Southern African Gender and Media (GEM) Summit has called on the media to "get in step" with the march to gender equality. [read more]
GEM Summit Newsletter, 14 October 2010
15 October 10
Regional relevance: Regional
I was reminded today while listening to a series of presentations on how the print and broadcast media in some Southern African countries are implementing gender policies, that there was a time when men and women entered journalism to use the pen and the microphone to report on community and social justice issues.
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GEM Summit Newsletter, 13 October 2010
14 October 10
Regional relevance: Regional
Taking stock, what does it mean to take stock? This week marks the fourth Gender and Media Summit and the fourth time media practitioners, regulators, editors and others have come together from across the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to discuss, share and debate everything related to media in... [read more]
Media Resources for the GEM summit
11 October 10
Regional relevance: Regional
Download resources for the GEM Summit by clicking on the documents below. [read more]
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South Africa: No press freedom until women’s voices are equally heard
19 October 10
Regional relevance: Regional
There can be no press freedom in South Africa until women's voices are equally heard in the media, Gender Links has said in a statement to mark National Press Freedom Day. [read more]
Summit decries gutter journalism; urges media to "get in step" with the Africa-wide march to gender equality
15 October 10
Regional relevance: Regional
As the African Decade for Women is launched in Nairobi today the Fourth Southern African Gender and Media (GEM) Summit has called on the media to "get in step" with the march to gender equality. [read more]
Activists condemn Ugandan tabloids' homophobic violence
15 October 10
Regional relevance: Regional
On the 2nd of October 2010, a newly formed illegally operating tabloid called The Rolling Stone in Uganda published a story in its front page titled "100 pictures of Uganda's Top homos leak". [read more]
Fourth Gender and Media Summit, 13-15 October 2010
11 October 10
Regional relevance: Regional
Approximately 160 participants from 13 Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) countries will gather at Birchwood Hotel and Conference Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa from 13-15 October for the fourth Gender and Media Summit. [read more]
GEM Summit Radio - Portuguese and French
01 October 10
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