09 Feb 2014 Every child’s right to be heard
A resource guide on the rights of the child general comment no.12 published by Save the Children UK on behalf of Save the Children and UNICEF (2011).
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09 Feb 2014 Media in the Great Lakes Region foster social dialogue
Fostering dialogue in societies torn apart by ethnic conflicts is a contribution to peace-building processes in general and to reconciliation, trauma healing and positive changes in particular. This article lifts up some of the media initiatives of organisations in the Great Lakes Region that...
09 Feb 2014 A summary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is a human rights treaty setting out the civil, political, economic, social, health and cultural rights of children. The Convention defines a child as any human being under the age of eighteen, unless...
09 Feb 2014 Media Development 2014/1 pdfs
Media Development 2014/1 The Family in the Information Age 2014 marks the twentieth anniversary of the IYF, providing an opportunity to focus on the role of families in society today, to review current challenges, and to recommend new directions. And in today’s information and knowledge societies, the...
28 Nov 2013 Media Development 2013/4 pdfs
Media Development 2013/4 Building alliances for gender and media Gender stereotypes are one of the most persistent causes of inequality between women and men in all spheres, impacting both their professional and private lives. Media content influences the way people perceive reality and contributes to shaping gender...
17 Nov 2013 Bosnia and Herzegovina is beginning the struggle for gender equality in the media
Bosnia and Herzegovina is a nation that still maintains dominant stereotypes about women stemming from its patriarchal tradition. Women are generally perceived as inferior to men and often viewed only as sex symbols. This kind of misrepresentation of women is amply demonstrated...
17 Nov 2013 Media monitoring is a catalyst for transformation
The Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) has been a mechanism for transforming the media over the past 19 years and an anchor for gender reporting in many media houses. This article looks at its influence in some of the patterns and changes...
17 Nov 2013 Policy-making: Where are women’s voices?
At the end of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) process, which culminated in two international gatherings at Geneva (2003) and Tunis (2005), Annabelle Sreberny lamented “the tension between WSIS and the ‘real world’ politics of gender where the ongoing...
17 Nov 2013 La insoportable gravedad del androcentrismo mediático
Cada cinco años desde el 1995, centenares de personas a través del planeta nos hemos dado cita para analizar cómo se representa a la mujer en las noticias de radio, prensa escrita, televisión y (en el monitoreo de 2009/10) en internet. Cada vez lo hacemos...
17 Nov 2013 Construyendo comunicación no sexista
Los y las periodistas tienen la posibilidad y la responsabilidad, desde su tarea cotidiana, de contribuir a la modificación de estereotipos e imágenes negativas, mutando a construcciones que permitan ver a todas las personas como ciudadanas con iguales derechos y como protagonistas...