… media – More often in the media) runs training course for women experts, to give them an understanding of how news is … made, and how gender imbalances develop. The courses teach women how to build a media profile, how to approach media … but also builds up long-lasting relationships between women experts and media professionals, which both sides …
… effects of pre-1990 gender equality polices persist, and women occupy many high-level positions, both editorial and … visits each day. Conscious of the restricted range of women’s contributions in its pages, Trud decided to go out … in the topics on which they write. The presence of more women’s voices acts as a monitoring system for the …
… Rundfunk (ORF), investigated the position of women in its organisation and found a widespread gender imbalance. While women make up 42% of its workforce, they are concentrated in … and 22% of central heads of department. There are no women at all on the executive board. Conversely, they make up …
… In 1997 it launched its online Expert Database to improve women’s visibility in the media and their access to … media organisations. The database now lists nearly 1,200 women from all areas of society. They include scientists and researchers, business women and managers, politicians, journalists and figures from …
… In brief The Journalistinnenbund, an association for women journalists in Germany with around 500 members, exists to support women journalists and improve their career opportunities and … so far run through seven cycles and mentored more than 70 women. The programme is targeted at younger women, although …
… Télévisions employs some 11,000 staff, of whom 43% are women. They are over-represented in areas like human … there has been a noticeable increase in the number of women appearing in expert roles in some programmes. In order … for cinema. It employs some 11,000 staff, of whom 43% are women. Women are over-represented in certain jobs (i.e. human …
… Although Romanian civil society is sensitive to women’s issues, this is not reflected in the way media … appoint staff nor in their editorial policies. Few women rise to top jobs in the media, and media organisations pay little attention to gender. In fact women play a subordinate role in public life generally, and …
… journalists working in Belgium, surveyed the position of women in the French-language media in Belgium. This study … that only 28% of people interviewed in the media were women, and that only 26% of newspaper articles and 29% of … campaigns in the future, to amplify its impact. One women in two is not seen or heard Belgium's French-speaking …
… – meaning that half of the experts interviewed should be women. It has been able to do this at no great financial … of the production staff. First of all, there are fewer women in highly visible occupations such as politics, so … staff have to go out actively to find them. Secondly, women are habitually less confident about airing their …