Noting that the 6th Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) shows that women “remain shockingly underrepresented” in news content around the world, UN Women Executive Director and UN Under-Secretary-General Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka called for more stories that “reflect the diversity of women’s expertise and perspectives.”
In a foreword to...
No country or region in the world has achieved gender equality in terms of people portrayed as subjects and sources in news content, said feminist scholar Sarah Macharia, who shared the results of the 6th Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) during an online launch July...
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All things remaining equal, it will take at least 67 more years to close the average gender equality gap in traditional news media worldwide.
This was one of the key findings of the 6th Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP), the largest research and advocacy initiative in...
WACC and its partner La Sandía Digital have launched “Emergency Exits,” a new podcast about the lives and experiences of refugees and asylum seekers in Mexico.
The podcast, which features the voices and perspectives of people on the move, aims to strengthen their communication rights and...
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MEDIA ADVISORY
Results of the sixth and largest study on the portrayal and representation of women in the world’s news media will be released online on 14 July 2021 9 am (New York EST), 3pm (Brussels CET)
Please register through this link to attend the press briefing:...
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The 2021 Digital News Report from the Reuters Institute points to some promising findings for those who value independent and reliable news.
The Covid-19 pandemic appears to have increased trust in mainstream news – at least back to 2018 levels.
Three quarters of the survey...
