23 Mar 2020 When mainstream media get it right
Interesting to see the media's largely positive role in helping to combat the coronavirus crisis. According to Forbes Magazine (March 16), the World Health Organization (WHO) is becoming the planet’s most important social media influencer.
16 Mar 2020 Public service broadcasting: It’s political
Attacks on the independence of the BBC are multiplying. The principle of public service broadcasting – or, in these days of digital convergence, public service media – ought to be sacrosanct. The question then becomes one of the need for unbiased oversight and financial autonomy.
09 Mar 2020 Pushing the limits of media freedom in the interest of democratic protest
A report from Lebanon’s Maharat Foundation examines the role of freedom of expression and media during the 2019 uprising. Maharat’s aim is to create societal and political conditions that enhance freedom of expression and access to information both online and offline. It equips a progressive community in Lebanon and the region with the skills and knowledge necessary to bring about change.
02 Mar 2020 International digital taxation: It’s long overdue
“Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today.” Pulitzer Prize winning American author Herman Wouk may have written that, but it certainly seems to be true of some of the major tech companies whose profits include those from dubious digital surveillance techniques.28 Feb 2020 Feminist digital organizing to transform a world in crisis
Anna Turley Twenty five years ago at the parallel NGO Forum of the 1995 4th World Conference on Women, 30,000 feminists and women’s rights activists from hundreds of countries placed on the global stage our shared vision for women’s rights and gender equality. The collective action of...
28 Feb 2020 América Latina: Entre el feminismo y los sectores antiderechos
Sandra Chaher En América Latina se registran los últimos años algunos avances en políticas de comunicación y géneros en sintonía con la implementación de la Sección J de la Plataforma de Acción de Beijing (PAB) de 1995, aunque no han sido suficientes para modificar sustancialmente la...
28 Feb 2020 El doble reto de las periodistas
Lucía Lagunes Huerta El 14 de mayo de 2010, la recepción de un correo electrónico cambió por completo lo que hasta ese día era su práctica periodística de 15 años, “ya valiste, sobre tí ya está la muerte”, era el contenido del mensaje que venía de...
28 Feb 2020 Beijing + 25 : Persistance des stéréotypes et inégalités de genre
Adeline Nsimire Représentation significative, faible visibilité, image stéréotypé… tels sont les qualificatifs résumant la place de la femme et l’importance que lui accordent les médias en République démocratique du Congo Les femmes sont de plus en plus intéressées par la profession de journaliste en RDC. L’on note...
28 Feb 2020 Gender responsive media & ICT will accelerate the achievement of SDG 5
Marceline Nyambala Women’s voices and faces remain in short supply in mainstream/legacy media, although growing slowly over the 25 years since the 1995 Beijing conference, that put forward Article J on Women and Media among other articles. It would seem as if women’s voices in media have...