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Media and Gender Monitor: Issue 22
31 May 11
This issue of the Media and Gender Monitor, a World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) production, brings together the global and regional plans of action developed in the context of the Global Media Monitoring Project. The plans highlight specific actions for each set of change agents-media decision... [read more]
South Africa: No press freedom until women’s voices are equally heard
19 October 10
Regional relevance: Southern Africa (SADC)
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: Southern Africa (SADC)
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]
Profile of a communication rights activist
13 October 10
Regional relevance: Southern Africa (SADC)
Lavinia Mohr is the Deputy General Secretary and the Director of Programmes for the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC). A Canadian national, Lavinia joined WACC in 2003. [read more]
GEM Summit Radio - Gender and Media Content
01 October 10
The Protocol calls on Member States to encourage the media to give equal voice to women and men in all areas of coverage, including increasing the number of programmes for, by and about women on gender specific topics and that challenge gender stereotypes. [read more]
IFJ Calls on Unions to Confront Crisis of Gender Bias in the News
29 September 10
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has called for a debate in newsrooms about how to better report gender issues and has given its backing to a global campaign to combat sexist reporting. The IFJ says it is time for serious gender-sensitive reporting discussions inside the media and for action to... [read more]
Media - a hard nut to crack for women
03 March 10
Women are yet to make significant inroads into the media 15 years after the Beijing Platform of Action recognised its centrality in advancing women’s rights. Preliminary findings of the 2010 Global Media Monitoring Project conducted by the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) suggests that women... [read more]
Global Media Monitoring Project now in four languages and 100 countries
14 September 04
Regional relevance: Africa, Southern Africa (SADC)
Next years Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) will involve more countries than ever before and boast a number of other improvements, says Anna Turley, co-ordinator of the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC), the organizers of the GMMP. This time, the organisers hope the findings will be used as... [read more]
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