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Modernising an old-fashioned media

… In brief Gender imbalances permeate the Romanian media landscape. Gender stereotypes, influenced by … to women’s issues, this is not reflected in the way media organisations appoint staff nor in their editorial … of electronic course books. The courses reached 80-100 professionals from print, radio, television and online media. …

Training media-savvy women experts

… In brief VIDM ( Vaker in de media – More often in the media) runs training course for women experts, to give them … long-lasting relationships between women experts and media professionals, which both sides appreciate. The result is …

Making Belgium aware of its media’s gender imbalance

… surveyed the position of women in the French-language media in Belgium. This study formed part of a global study carried out under the auspices of GMMP, the Global Media Monitoring Project. The study found that only 28% of people interviewed in the media were women, and that only 26% of news­paper articles …

French media sign up for equal airtime

… In brief In 2013, key French media organisations representing 61 TV channels, radio … prepared by the Commission on the Image of Women in the Media, which was set up by the secretary of state for … media and regulators, but also educators, lawyers, health professionals and NGOs. The commission monitors compliance …

Using the media to encourage women to work

… nista’ means ‘I can’. It was the name of a €1.3 million media awareness-raising campaign run in 2010-2012 to promote … in female employment participation during and after the media campaign. The example has good transferability … by a multi-disciplinary consortium of experienced professionals, including the ETC and other key experts in …

A database of gender-aware journalists

… a way to ensure that the messages it sent to the Spanish media were acted upon rather than ignored, as they tend to be … the global objective of improving the gender balance of media contents and bringing media attention to bear on … journalists, and increased gender awareness among media professionals in general. They are thus better able to take a …

Actively Searching for Women’s Opinion on Male-Dominated Subjects

KVINFO Expert Database

… Expert Database to improve women’s visibility in the media and their access to high-level positions in media organisations. The database now lists nearly 1,200 … and culture. Though women are very visible in the Danish media and fill prestigious roles such as news anchors, war …

Using web 2.0 to promote debate on the relationship between men and women

… created in 2008 to make the way women are presented in the media a matter of public debate, and to give media publishers direct feedback on the way they portray … which has been engaged many Italian journalists and media professionals over the last few years may have made some of …

Mentoring for Germany’s women journalists

…   In Germany a significant gender gap still exists in the media – both in the representation of women within media organisations and in content. Women lack access to … facilitate this. The great majority of decision-makers in media organisations are still men. The majority of top …

Learning from the experts

…   The UK shows considerable gender gaps in the media in terms of women’s representation and employment. For … 7 September 2012). Women’s poor representation in the media has led to the launch of some campaigns in the UK to increase women’s representation in the media. In February 2012, the Broadcast magazine launched an …

Union survey reveals widespread discrimination against woman journalists

… repeatedly shows that women get a bad deal in Britain’s media. Though women media professionals tend to be highly qualified, they also tend to …