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Media News Woman Empowerment A video on women & development, women's empowerment & world conditions. Watch the video on the website of [Women News Network] Foreign Correspondents and Sexual Abuse A report in the Columbia Journalism Review reports on the rising level of sexual abuse among female foreign media correspondents. "Women have risen to the top of war and foreign reportage. They run bureaus in dodgy places and do jobs that are just as dangerous as those that men do. But there is one area where they differ from the boys-sexual harassment and rape. Female reporters are targets in lawless places where guns are common and punishment rare. Yet the compulsion to be part of the macho club is so fierce that women often don't tell their bosses. Groping hands and lewd come-ons are stoically accepted as part of the job, especially in places where western women are viewed as promiscuous. War zones in particular seem to invite unwanted advances, and sometimes the creeps can be the drivers, guards, and even the sources that one depends on to do the job. Often they are drunk. But female journalists tend to grit their teeth and keep on working, unless it gets worse." Read the entire report [here] Young, female journalists cover the ongoing crisis in Sudan In daily newspapers across the world, stories are filed from foreign correspondents on assignment in war-torn Darfur in Western Sudan while London or New York analysts propose solutions to a conflict they'll never see. But on the ground, from Khartoum to Kordufan to the center of Darfur in El Fasher, local female journalists are telling the story to their own people. With an influx of female university graduates in all fields from agriculture to engineering, journalism is open to them as long as they can pass the national journalism accreditation exam. With new newspapers starting up across the country, both supporting and criticizing the government, there are more opportunities for young women in the field than ever before... Read the full article [here] First Online Magazine on Women and Sports in Iran The very first issue of Shirzanan went online at the beginning of May this year. Shirzanan literally means "lion women" and refers to strong women who dare to undertake difficult challenges and responsibilities, including economic ones. Professional sports, especially for women in Iran, are only accessible to members of the middle class who can afford to participate. Arab Media Outlook Report Highlights Participation of Women The Arab region's public bodies continue to play a large role in overseeing and controlling media channels as well as setting the parameters for their reporting, says the Arab Media Outlook 2007-2011 Report, which was officially unveiled yesterday. The report, which was released on the second day of the two-day Arab Media Forum, clearly states that governments in many countries also control information dissemination through ownership of media organisations or by giving them subsidies. The report also highlights that the participation of women in the Arab media is quite disproportionate, and adds that historically, the Arab media has been a male bastion. While the participation of women in media studies programmes was a good 70 per cent in Tunisia and over 50 per cent in Egypt, the report cites their participation in the media workforce was typically low. Everywomen - A Program on Al Jazeera The arabic television station airs this weekly program for women. It is planned that each week, important themes of interest to women will be discussed. This may include the situation of female migrant workers and workers' rights. For more information visit the [Al Jazeera Website] Website for Information on Gender and Information & Communications Technology GenderIT.org emerged from the Association for Progressive Communications Women's Networking Support Programme's advocacy work in information and communications technologies (ICTs). The need to have examples of national policy, gender-sensitive language, tools for lobbying, and an understanding of the impact of poor or positive policy all within easy access has been expressed by ICT advocates and policy makers alike. The website is the result of months of researching, classifying, interpreting and monitoring ICT policies which affect women around the world, but specifically in four regions – Africa, Asia-Pacific, Central Eastern Europe and Latin America. Learn more at the [Website] Who Makes the News? Since 1995, journalists, activists and media professionals have been monitoring the portrayal of gender in the news media as a part of the "Global Media Monitoring Project." In 2005, the project culminated in a Global Report, in which 76 countries participated. The results of the report have empowered many groups to challenge the media in their countries for a more balanced portrayal of the sexes. Learn more on the project's [Website] Ladyfest: A Global Grassroots Creative Forum Originally started in 2000 in Olympia, Washington in the USA, this feminist and queer festival has spread to cities across the entire world. The festivals include art, literature, music and workshops and are organized independantly from one another, relying, of course, on the Web. In Germany, Ladyfests have taken place in Berlin, Bielefeld, Dresden, Essen, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Leipzig, Mannheim, Stuttgart and Trier. For an overview of all Ladyfests including links to local sites visit [Ladyfest.org] Women's Demands at the World Summit on the Information Society Access to information and communication technology is deeply divided: among rich and poor countries, among men and women. Women make up the "information poor´" all across the world, despite catching up in Western countries. The UN World Summit on the Information Society (2003-2005) focused on questions of participation by women, the poor and minorities. GLOW collected links and material on women's activities and demands during the now completed World Summit process. See [World Summit] (Archive) Aktualisiert: 18.09.2007, meb |