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Pretty Liar: Television, Language, and Gender in Wartime Lebanon
Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press (2018), 325 pp.
"Pretty Liar" explores the rise of language and gender politics on Lebanese television to tell the untold story of the co-evolution of Lebanese television and its audiences and how the civil war of 1975-1991 affected that co-evolution. The shift in public interest in television has been widely ackno
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"This practical guide on gender sensitivity and inclusivity is designed specifically with the working journalist in mind and to prompt the practitioner to make conscious decisions about the use of words and visuals as a means of enhancing professionalism. In our everyday life, we encounter countless
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Harnessing Community-Led Innovations: The Role of Participatory Media in Addressing Gender-Based Violence
Development in Practice, volume 28, issue 3 (2018), pp. 345-357
"Gender-based violence (GBV) remains a key development challenge. In Papua New Guinea, a country with one of the highest rates of GBV, the issue has been prioritised in the national development agenda. The programme Yumi Kirapim Senis (Together Creating Change) was created to support the development
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Potential for Social Media to Challenge Gender-Based Violence in India: A Quantitative Analysis of Twitter Use
Gender & Development, volume 26, issue 2 (2018), pp. 325-339
"Gender-based violence (GBV), a global issue that disproportionately affects women, is especially pervasive in India and reinforced by existing gender norms. Starting late 2012, India experienced increased GBV-related media attention, when a young Delhi woman was fatally gang raped. Public outcry en
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Attacks and Harassment: The Impact on Female Journalists and Their Reporting
International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF); Troll-Busters.com (2018), 50 pp.
"Survey respondents stated that online attacks have become more visible and coordinated in the past five years, particularly with a rise of nationalism around the world and the use of digital networks to thwart political processes. Extremists, online manipulators and antagonists use online channels
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Mapping Study on Cyberviolence
Strasbourg: Council of Europe (2018), 151 pp.
"While cyberviolence may be targeted at any individual or group and may entail a wide range of acts, this mapping study focuses in particular on children and women, who are often the victims of cyberviolence. The experience and solutions with regard to these victims should modus modendi be applicabl
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"We found that knowledge around digital security amongst women in Kampala is quite low. A high proportion of women have been victims of cyberbullying without any obvious routes to seeking justice against perpetrators. There is an urgency for law enforcement and government to hand down stricter penal
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Violence Against Women Within the Rohingya Refugee Community: Prevalence, Reasons and Implications for Communication
London: BBC Media Action (2018), 16 pp.
"To inform the development of a new radio drama for Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, BBC Media Action carried out a small scale qualitative research study that sought to understand more about Rohingya men and womens’ understanding and attitudes towards child marriage, intimate partner violence
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Breaking the Silence: Digital Media and the Struggle for LGBTQ Rights in Iran
Small Media (2018), 118 pp.
"In this report, we highlight the incredible resilience, bravery and ingenuity of Iran’s LGBTQ citizens in the face of sustained state persecution and continued societal hostility. We map out the urgent media development needs of the LGBTQ community, share examples of existing community initiative
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Negotiating Dissidence: The Pioneering Women of Arab Documentary
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press (2018), vii, 238 pp.
"In spite of harsh censorship, conservative morals and a lack of investment, women documentarists in the Arab world have found ways to subtly negotiate dissidence in their films, something that is becoming more apparent since the ‘Arab Revolutions’. In this book, Stefanie Van de Peer traces the
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Comunicación, subalternidad y género: Experiencias comunicativas comunitarias de mujeres afrodescendientes e indígenas en América Latina
Sevilla: Universidad de Sevilla, Doctoral Thesis (2017), 421 pp.
"En esta investigación se analizan las potencialidades del acceso al ejercicio del derecho a la comunicación a través de radios comunitarias en América Latina por parte de mujeres afrodescendientes e indígenas, poblaciones históricamente excluidas del acceso y representación en los medios de
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Turn Up the Volume: Empowering Women Through Media. Lessons from BBC Media Action’s Governance Programming
London: BBC Media Action (2017), 26 pp.
"This practice briefing sets out what BBC Media Action has learned about how media can provide a platform for both men and women to hold their leaders to account, while empowering them to participate in their own communities. Unpicking the challenges faced and the solutions found, it will bring toge
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Beyond the Stereotypes? Images of Boys and Girls, and Their Consequences
Deep Insights
Göteborg: Nordicom; International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media (2017), 254 pp.
Shine a Little Light: Celebrities, Humanitarian Documentary, and 'Half the Sky'
"'Half the Sky' is an ambitious humanitarian documentary about the global crises in gender discrimination. Based on Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn's book (Kristof and WuDunn 2010), the nearly four-hour documentary visits six countries to explore six issues: gender-based violence in Sierra Leone,
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Digital Development and the Digital Gender Gap
Brighton: Institute of Development Studies (IDS) (2017), 11 pp.
"This rapid literature review collates findings from recently published papers on digital development and gender, highlighting some of the most commonly discussed discussions related to economic, social and political development. As the scope of this query is very large, this review provides an illu
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Digital Tools and Changing Behaviour in Relation to Violence Against Women
Birmingham: University of Birmingham, GSDRC (2017), 23 pp.
"Campaigns are likely to be more successful when they include messages about legal penalties for non-compliant behaviour and fresh information, and when they reach a large proportion of the intended audience. Digital campaigns must therefore work alongside laws and policies. Legislation can be a key
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"The Woman You Want to Be": The Changing Face of Fairlady Magazine, 1985–2005
African Journalism Studies, volume 38, issue 2 (2017), pp. 115-140
"Feminine identity has always been complicated by race and class in South Africa. The history of beauty pageants, like sporting contests, demonstrates the extent to which culture and contemporary politics intertwine. Examining the cover model choices of women’s magazines offers a fruitful means of
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