Open Media Watch

Gender in the Media

Following are articles from other sources related to gender issues in media. The opinions and views expressed in these articles are not necessarily those of Internews.

Women’s Voices from Conflict Zones,The International Rescue Committee, March 31, 2008
The International Rescue Committee is working with women's advocate Ann Jones to help women in war zones — survivors of conflict, displacement and sexual and domestic violence — use photography to make their voices heard.

The Benefits of Blogging for Bangladeshi Women, Rising Voices, March 15, 2008
Kathy Ward describes how Nari Jibon got its start and how they’ve been incorporating blogging and citizen media into their English and computer training classes to give women in Dhaka, Bangladesh a stronger voice and community online.

Iranian Bloggers on international women's day, Global Voices, March 14, 2008
Women's rights have been severely restricted in the last two years in Iran. Some women activists have been jailed, and Zanan Magazine, a leading women's magazine was banned. Many others have been victims of security forces violence for the way they dress.

Nepal’s ASMITA Brings Women Powerful Advocacy, Women News Network, January 10, 2008
In Nepal, a group that goes by the name ASMITA — which means literally, “dignity” and “identity”— has, for the past 19 years, done just that. ASMITA has many media forms. It acts as a print magazine, a media campaign for women’s rights, a research group, a media watchdog, a TV and radio producer and a publisher of educational literature.

A voice for rural women of China, Los Angeles Times, January 2, 2008
Fervent activist and magazine editor Xie Lihua aims to convince maltreated wives and daughters that they are men's equals.

Iraqi Reporters Run Risks to Cover Women's Angle, Women's eNews, November 1, 2007
Six women from McClatchy's Baghdad bureau took on the high-risk assignment of covering the war. Sometimes working in secrecy, they reported the sweeping changes facing their homeland and worked to put women's stories on the record.

Malawi: Fairer cyberwaves, female journalist bloggers, Global Voices Online, November 4, 2007
A recent phenomenon in the Malawi blogosphere has been the growing presence of women journalists setting up blogs. Not too long ago a search on Blogger.com for Malawian blogs turned up virtually no women bloggers from Malawi. That has since changed.

Radio Quyaash in Afghanistan: female, free and here to stay, UNESCO, June 11, 2007
An Internet café at Radio Quyaash in Afghanistan helps building ICT and media capacity for women.

An Appeal for Sajida, Index for Free Expression, August 2007
Threatened by extremists for her work as a journalist and her support for grassroots women’s rights in Basra, Iraqi mother of three Sajida al Ebadi today faces another – different, but no less deadly - threat to her life.

WOMEN JOURNALISTS BECOMING TARGETS IN CONFLICT AREAS, IFEX, June 13, 2007
Two Afghan reporters and an Iraqi journalist who received numerous death threats for her work covering sectarian violence were killed last week, in a string of attacks against women journalists in conflict areas, report ARTICLE 19, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF) and the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR).

AIR’s 14 radio stations in Madhya Pradesh run daily episode on the issue of women's health, The Hoot, May 14, 2007
Ten percent of maternal deaths in India take place in the state of Madhya Pradesh. Maternal death audits as undertaken by the state reveal that how timely medical attention still is a challenge for many pregnant women. Media and civil society are helping to raise concern and create awareness on the issue. All India Radio with its vast network in the state particularly in rural Madhya Pradesh contributed its bit by using air waves for the cause by addressing issues of immediate concern to its audiences.

Media Experts Debate on Media Role and Women, News Yemen, 20/03/2007
Press lead figures, chief editors and journalists held a debate on Sunday on the situation of official and partisan media and the stand of each towards women issues.

Risking Her Own Life to Defend Women and Children, Mexican Journalist Lydia Cacho Ribeiro to Receive Ginetta Sagan Human Rights Award, Amnesty International USA, March 8, 2007
A leading defender of the rights of women and children in Mexico, journalist Lydia Cacho Ribeiro risks her life to shelter women from abuse and challenge powerful government and business leaders who profit from child prostitution and pornography. In recognition of her human rights work, Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) announced on March 8, International Women's Day, that Cacho will receive the 2007 Ginetta Sagan Award.