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Breaking the Silence: Community Radio, Women, and Empowerment
Community Development Journal, volume 56, issue 2 (2021), pp. 338-355
"The article argues that community development work, in the form of feminist pedagogy and community radio, can engage more women in technological roles, aid women’s confidence and mental health and possibly, improve diversity in mainstream media. In UK media, corporations are heavily criticized fo
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"At the global average level, mainstream news media are currently at the midway point to gender parity in subjects and sources. Between 2015 and 2020, the needle edged one point forward to 25% in the proportion of subjects and sources who are women. The single point improvement is the first since 20
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The Routledge Handbook of Gender and Communication
London; New York: Routledge (2021), xxvi, 686 pp.
"Comprising 39 chapters by a team of international contributors, the Handbook is divided into six general themes: Gendered identities; Visualizing gender; The politics of gender; Gendered contexts and strategies; Gendered violence and communication; Gendered advocacy in action These sections examine
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Strengthening Gender Sensitive Practices and Programming in Community Radio
Key Guides
Hyderabad: UNESCO Chair on Community Media, University of Hyderabad (2021), 98 pp.
"[This publication] is a manual aimed at enhancing women’s participation and reducing gender inequalities in all aspects of the operations of community radio stations in India. This gender-sensitivity manual is an outcome of a project granted by the International Programme for Development of Commu
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Connecting Empowerment: How Social Network Expansion in Women’s Collectives Helps Bridge the Gender Digital Divide
London: BBC Media Action (2021), 9 pp.
"This report, based on research conducted with women's empowerment collectives (self help groups, co-operatives, rights-based groups, trade unions) in India in late 2019, explores the relationship between the expansion of women's social networks in collectives, their growing empowerment, and their a
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Women organising in fragility and conflict: Lessons from the #BringBackOurGirls movement, Nigeria
Gender & Development, volume 29, issue 2-3 (2021), pp. 313-334
"Public protests, including women-led struggles, are increasingly gaining a foothold in many parts of the world in response to multiple crises and growing exclusion, in a context of fragility. In the global South, most public protests involve temporary, informal coalitions where people come together
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FrauENTscheiderinnen bewegen die Welt
Weltzeit (Deutsche Welle), issue 1 (2021), 43 pp.
Women, ICT and Emergency Telecommunications: Opportunities and Constraints
Geneva: ITU (2020), x, 80 pp.
"In the 1991 cyclones that hit Bangladesh, 90 per cent of the 140 000 victims were women. In the deadly heat waves that hit France in 2003, most fatalities were elderly women. During the 2005 Hurricane Katrina emergency in New Orleans, most of the victims were Afro-American women and their children.
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"L’éventail des actions que les partenaires sociaux et les autres acteurs du secteur peuvent mettre en oeuvre pour promouvoir l’égalité des sexes et la diversité est vaste. Il couvre aussi bien des stratégies coordonnées et à long terme que des actions à plus petite échelle qui ont un i
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Good for Business: Creating Inclusive Media Businesses in Myanmar
Deep Insights
New York: Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) (2020), [31 pp.]
"Our inclusion survey, conducted with 35 private media outlets operating in Yangon and in seven ethnic states and five regions, provides up-to-date inclusion and gender data about the sector. Among the findings: while many women work in media (they represent 33% of the combined staff of the 35 outle
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Igualdad de género y diversidad en el sector audiovisual europeo: Manual de buenas prácticas
Comité de Diálogo Social Europeo del Sector del Audiovisual (2020), 77 pp.
"Las buenas prácticas presentadas en este informe han demostrado su eficacia. Las enseñanzas extraídas de su aplicación pueden servir de inspiración, si no de referencia, en otros contextos nacionales. Se ha demostrado el alto valor de la producción periódica de estadísticas y análisis cual
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Gleichstellung der Geschlechter und Förderung der Vielfalt im europäischen audiovisuellen Sektor: Handbuch bewährter Praktiken
Association of Commercial Television in Europe (ACT); Verband der europäischen Radios (AER), Europäische Rundfunkunion (EBU), Europäischer Verband für audiovisuelle Produktion (CEPI), Europäischer Journalistenverband (EFJ), Internationaler Verband der Schauspieler (FIA), Internationaler Verband der Filmproduzentenverbände (FIAPF), Internationaler Verband der Musiker (FIM), UNI Europa - Medien, Unterhaltung & Kunst (EURO-MEI) (2020), 79 pp.
"Das Spektrum der Maßnahmen, die Sozialpartner und Interessenvertreter des audiovisuellen Sektors ergreifen können, um die Gleichstellung der Geschlechter und die Vielfalt zu verbessern, ist breit. Von ehrgeizigen Strategien und Plänen bis hin zu kleineren Initiativen, die sich direkt auf die Arb
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Radio Journalism and Women's Empowerment in Niger
Journalism Studies, volume 21, issue 10 (2020), pp. 1344-1362
"The significance of radio as a provider of essential news and information in conflict-affected and fragile countries cannot be underestimated nor can its role in contributing to shifts in critical consciousness, changes in behaviour, and raising awareness amongst marginalised groups. This is partic
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"For the past decade, internet connectivity has been praised for its potential to close the gender gap in Africa. Among the many benefits of digitalization, digital tools enable groups that are marginalized across the intersections of gender, race, sex, class, religion, ability and nationality to pr
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Report Women! Female Reporters Leadership Programme (FRLP): Impact Assessment Survey Report
Lagos: Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ); Free Press Unlimited (2020), 14 pp.
"Findings from the survey revealed that the Report Women FRLP has achieved its goal exceptionally. It equipped the fellows with knowledge and capability for leadership with evidence of increased visibility for the fellows as leaders in their newsrooms. It opened opportunities for personal and profes
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Life in Lulu: How Can Radio Drama Shift Peoples’ Perceptions Around Violence and Support Women to Resolve Disputes?
London: BBC Media Action (2020), 11 pp.
"There is evidence that [the radio drama series] 'Life in Lulu' had a strong impact on women’s attitudes and inspired female listeners to resolve conflicts non-violently and encourage others to do the same. This seems to be driven by having characters that are engaging to women and storylines that
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Achieving Gender Equality and Promoting Diversity in the European Audiovisual Sector: Good Practice Handbook
Association of Commercial Television in Europe (ACT); Association of European Radios (AER); European Broadcasting Union (EBU); European Audiovisual Production Association (CEPI); European Federation of Journalists (EFJ); International Federation of Actors (FIA); International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF); International Federation of Musicians (FIM); UNI Europa – Media, Entertainment & Arts (EURO-MEI) (2020), 70 pp.
"The range of actions that social partners and audiovisual stakeholders can take to improve gender equality and diversity is broad. From ambitious strategies and plans to smaller-scale initiatives that have a direct impact on the organisation of work. The good practices presented in this report have
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Reflect Reality Handbook
Key Guides
Internews; United for News Coalition (2020), 107 pp.
"Reflect Reality is a resource and toolkit for newsrooms, journalists and business professionals to increase women as sources in the news media. It includes strategies and best practices from more than two dozen individuals and organizations working around the world to amplify women’s expert and a
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Promoting Freedom of Religion or Belief and Gender Equality in the Context of the Sustainable Development Goals: A Focus on Access to Justice, Education and Health. Reflections from the 2019 Expert Consultation Process
Copenhagen: Danish Institute for Human Rights (2020), 107 pp.
"Rights related to freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) and gender equality are often seen to be in contradiction with one another. Underlying this (mis) perception of a normative clash between the two is very often an understanding of FoRB as a right that protects religion – and often conservativ
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