By Jane Godia,Director, Africa, Women in NewsToday is International Women’s Day – it’s a moment to think about how much better our news diet could be if inequities were eliminatedIn 1995, when the curtains fell in one of the largest meetings that have ever brought women together to discuss women in development, it was noted that women and media remain key to development.Twenty-six years later, the relevant “Article J” of the Beijing Platform for Action, remains unfulfilled. Its two strategic objectives with regard to Women and Media have not been met. They are: To increase the participation and access of women to expression and decision-making in and through the media and new technologies of communicationTo promote a balanced and non-stereotyped portrayal of women in the media.Today, as we mark International Women’s Day, it’s an indictment on both media owners and civil society that women remain on the periphery of news-making. They cannot claim equal space in […]
The women you see in the news matter. Here’s why
