The webinar “Rooting out gender cyberviolence: An introduction to social media monitoring” on 8 December will give WACC members and partners the opportunity to take action against the harmful — and growing — phenomenon of online gender-based violence. During the 60-minute learning event, organized by WACC...
Seems like you can’t fight for recognition of women in discussions about diversity without being drawn into TERF wars. The TERF—trans-exclusionary radical feminist—label is increasingly being applied to disparage voices urging protection of the modest gains for women in the steep road to gender equality,...
As the Global 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence launch for 2022 on 25 November, WACC is calling on its members and partners to take action to end digital violence against women. The United Nations Population Fund (UNPFA) defines digital violence as violence that is...
The media can be both ally and threat to girls and women. The content media transmit or the conduct they enable on digital platforms can deny the right to live free from violence and discrimination. But local authorities are well placed to drive change, Sarah...
The public forum “A snapshot of equity in the media” explored the presence of women in the news and the role of women in media companies, as focal points of the media and gender agenda. The public discussion on 19 October 2022 was part of...
It is time to establish a new gender deal for media and digital communications, concluded participants at a conference co-convened by the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) and the Global Alliance on Media and Gender (GAMAG) and hosted by Complutense University of...
The news media “misrepresents reality when it comes to the actual progress of gender equality in the world,” according to a new book which draws on data from the Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP), the International Women’s Media Foundation and the European Institute for Gender...