Pacific Region Gender & Media Advocacy Training
Contacts:
Sharon
Bhagwan Rolls
femLINKPACIFIC-Media
Initiatives for Women Ph/Fax:
679 3307207 Mobile
# 679 9244871 |
Sarah
Macharia World
Association for Christian Communication Fax:
+1-416-691-1997 |
PACIFIC REGION GENDER AND MEDIA ADVOCACY TRAINING WORKSHOP
TO BE HELD IN
The results of GMMP 2005 show that women are dramatically
under-represented in the news. Only 21% of news subjects are female and women’s
voices are rarely heard in the topics that dominate the news agenda. In stories
on government and politics, women make up only 14% of news subjects and in
economics and business news only 20%. When women do make the news it is
primarily as ‘stars’ or victims. Unfair and imbalanced representation of women
and men in the media perpetuates stereotypes about gender that form the basis of
practices of exclusion and marginalization in everyday life
situations.
The workshop is designed to equip participants with the skills and
knowledge to carry out gender and media advocacy work. It is an opportunity for
groups working on gender and media issues in the Pacific region to network and
share their experiences with a view to working together in the future to develop
advocacy campaigns.
Representatives from the National Councils of Women and women’s
media organizations from