"Invisible Women shows us how, in a world largely built for and by men, we are systematically ignoring half the population. It exposes the gender data gap - a gap in our knowledge that is at the root of perpetual, systemic discrimination against women, and that has created a pervasive but invisible
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bias with a profound effect on women's lives. Award-winning campaigner and writer Caroline Criado Perez brings together for the first time an impressive range of case studies, stories and new research from across the world that illustrate the hidden ways in which women are forgotten, and the impact this has on their health and well-being. From government policy and medical research, to technology, workplaces, urban planning and the media, Invisible Women reveals the biased data that excludes women. In making the case for change, this powerful and provocative book will make you see the world anew." (Back cover)
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"Emerging literature highlights that in the Pacific, the use of participatory video (PV) is a new trend in research and community action. It can be employed as a tool to empower communities to have agency over their media outputs, meaning that they have full control of the content creation, producti
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on and distribution processes. But to date there is still a dearth of studies that fully explore its potential use in different contexts, especially within diasporic networks. To address this gap, a pilot project was undertaken where PV methodologies were tested in collaboration with a diasporic Pacific community group based in West Auckland, New Zealand. This report feeds back on the overall process of developing the pilot project." (Abstract)
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"This article discusses the trial of visual research methods in a socio-economic research and development project with women subsistence farmers and their families in two regions of Papua New Guinea. It reports on the benefits and challenges of three visual research methods (drawing, participatory p
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hotography, and picture elicitation) to explore the agricultural practice of women subsistence farmers and their families. The paper discusses the potential of these methods for enhancing community engagement, reducing the power imbalance between researchers and participants, and promoting dialogue and reflection to better understand the needs and practices of subsistence farmers." (Abstract)
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"Islamische Gesellschaften haben zwei Gesichter: Nach außen führen die Menschen ein freies und normales Leben. Aber unsichtbar, in den von den Vätern beherrschten Häusern, in den von religiösen Fanatikern kontrollierten Dörfern und in den Gefängnissen der staatlichen Geheimdienste, werden die
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Menschen - meist Frauen und Mädchen - grausam unterdrückt. Die Journalistin Betsy Udink hat sich in Pakistan, dem"Land der Reinen", das sich als ideales muslimisches Gemeinwesen versteht, an diese sonst kaum sichtbaren Schauplätze begeben. Sie berichtet von der ständigen Angst von Frauen und Mädchen, von ihren Vätern oder Ehemännern im Namen des Korans und der Familienehre mißhandelt, verstümmelt oder getötet zu werden. Sie erzählt vom sexuellen Mißbrauch kleiner Jungen, den brutalen Folgen der Gesetze gegen Gotteslästerung und von einem Frauengefängnis, in dem selbst kleine Kinder wie Vieh gehalten werden. Das wunderbar lakonisch geschriebene Buch besteht aus Miniaturen über das Leben in Pakistan, die sich zu einer großen Erzählung über das Leben der Frauen im Islam zusammenfügen. An keiner Stelle werden Pakistan oder der Islam pauschal angeklagt. Die Autorin behält immer die Distanz der Beobachterin." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"This guide seeks to familiarise journalists and media personnel with the Sabido methodology for social change using entertainment-education format serial dramas broadcast over mass media channels (such as radio and television). The main area of focus is for HIV and AIDS prevention, especially among
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women and girls. The guide book is part of UNFPA's aim to reinforce the capacities of journalists at the country level to prepare them to be agents of gender- and culturally-sensitive HIV prevention programmes. The training guide gives detailed explanation of the eight-step Sabido methodology of "entertainment with proven social benefit."It is focused on the social-content (educational) portion of an entertainment-education programme. The guide is based on the assumption that the writers received previous training in drama and have experience in writing melodrama. The author also includes at the end of the guide an exploration of the theoretical underpinnings of the Sabido methodology." (ELDIS).
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"Appuyer la production díune information de qualité dans les médias africains sur les conflits et assurer sa diffusion à travers la région et à un niveau international, sont les principaux objectifs de líInstitut Panos Paris dans le cadre de ses programmes MPA Médias pour la Paix en Afrique
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centrale et DRIM Droits et Renforcements Institutionnels des Médias. Au cours de l'anné 2004, l'Institut Panos Paris, en collaboration avec l'agence de presse InterCongoMedias (ICM), a soutenu la production díarticles de cinq journaux congolais : Le Potentiel, La Référence Plus, Uhuru (Kinshasa), Le Peuple Souverain (Goma) et Mukuba (Lubumbashi) sur les origines et les développements des conflits en Afrique centrale et tout particulièrement sur la place des femmes dans la guerre, la résolution des conflits, la démobilisation des ex-combattants et des enfants soldats, les médias dans la guerre et les actions en faveur de la paix. Afin d'engager une réflexion régionale sur ces situations conflictuelles, les journaux Arc-en-ciel (Burundi) et The Khartoum Monitor (Soudan) ont été associés à cette série de reportages. Cette publication des Cahiers des médias pour la paix propose une sélection des meilleurs articles publiés par ces journaux." (Dos de couverture)
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"Volume 1 looks at the introduction, adoption, and utilization of ICTs at the community level. In various contexts – geographical, technological, socioeconomic, cultural, and institutional – the book explores the questions of community participation. It looks at how communities in sub-Saharan Af
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rica have reacted to the changes brought about by the introduction of these new ICTs and, in detail, presents both the opportunities and the challenges that ICTs present for community development. The book will be useful for both researchers and development practitioners active, or just embarking upon, an “ICT for development” program. It will also be a very useful reference tool not only for academics but also for policymakers, decision-makers, and development professionals interested in the issue." (Publisher description)
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