Keyword: Women

• 25 years after Beijing Declaration, ‘we still don’t have an equal world’: UN report

  
  While life today is better for a 15-year-old girl in a developing world, she will nonetheless have to keep fighting against tremendous odds because progress made in the last 25 years “though important, has been incremental, uneven and insufficient,” says a new reportlaunched by UN Women March 8, International Women’s Day.
  Marites (Tess) Sison

  Posted: March 11, 2020

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• Gender equality: Some progress, but still a long way to go

  
  WACC Global’s quarterly journal, Media Development, has published its first issue of the year, which examines how women around the world are faring 25 years after the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, and five years since the launch of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
  By: Staff

  Posted: March 03, 2020

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• Giving voice to Georgia’s Generation Z

  
  One hundred students from four public and one private school in Georgia are now providing weekly broadcast and blogs on issues that matter to them, including human rights, gender equality and bullying, thanks to a WACC-supported project.
  By: Staff

  Posted: November 19, 2019

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• States must ensure safety of women journalists who cover gender-based violence

  

  Women journalists who ethically cover stories about gender-based violence ethically are “human rights defenders in their own right,” and often face challenges, including misogynistic attacks online and offline, as a result of their work, says Sarah Macharia, Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) coordinator and WACC manager for gender and communication.  

  By: Staff

  Posted: November 12, 2019

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• GMMP seeks country coordinators for parts of Asia and Eastern Europe

  

  The Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP), scheduled for 2020, is still in need of volunteer national coordinators for several countries in Asia and Eastern Europe.

  By: Staff

  Posted: July 16, 2019

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• Global Media Monitoring Project 2020 needs volunteers

  

  Do you have a passion for either gender equality, women’s rights, human rights, or ethical journalism? Are you curious about how to unpack and analyze media content from a gender perspective? 

  Marites (Tess) Sison

  Posted: April 02, 2019

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• ‘New window’ opens for Delhi’s migrant women, girls

  

  When the most devastating flood in Bihar’s history came in 1987, Renu Devi recalled that the rampaging waters and landslides had swept away people who were sleeping, along with their beds.

  Marites (Tess) Sison

  Posted: March 14, 2019

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• Media key to achieving gender equality, WACC tells Commission on Status of Women dialogue

  

  The global commitment to end gender inequality will not advance unless attention is also given to achieving gender parity in media and communication, WACC’s Sarah Macharia told a high-level dialogue at the 63rd session of the Commission on the Status of Women at the UN headquarters in New York City March 13.

  By: Staff

  Posted: March 13, 2019

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• Communication rights must go beyond freedom of expression, says WACC honorary life member

  
  
  Acknowledging that “achieving communication rights for all is a long process,” Julienne Munyaneza says WACC’s work remains as important today as when it was founded 50 years ago. By: Staff

  Posted: February 22, 2019

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• Press for Progress on gender equality in the media

  

  The proportion of stories that clearly challenge gender stereotypes has hardly changed since 2005.

  By: Staff

  Posted: March 06, 2018

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