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03 January 2006 | Media Justice | Ernesto Aguilar

GLOBAL WOMEN SCRUTINISE WORLD MEDIA

On 16 February 2005, the world’s news media came under scrutiny when hundreds of people in over 70 countries monitored the representation and portrayal of women and men in the news on television, radio and in newspapers.

This third ‘Global Media Monitoring Project’ (GMMP) is organised by the Women’s Programme of the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC). The Global Media Monitoring Project findings will be released 15 February, 2006, to launch WHO MAKES THE NEWS? (Three Weeks of Global Action on Gender and the Media) from February 16 to March 8, 2006.

Described as ‘one of the most extraordinary collective enterprises yet organised within the global women’s movement’, GMMP is a unique part of the ongoing struggle to promote gender equality in the media.

The GMMP 2005 will

* Produce an up-to-date research study useful for gender-sensitisation, media literacy, education and training purposes.
* Examine any changes in the coverage and participation of women and men in the world’s news since the 1995 and 2000 studies.

* Provide a tool for activists to lobby for more gender-sensitive communication policy and media reform.

The new website becomes available on www.whomakesthenews.org at the end of January 2006. The survey, targeted at journalists worldwide, is part of the WHO MAKES THE NEWS? Campaign and hopes to identify factors in career advancement for journalists. All responses are recorded anonymously.

Additional instructions for taking the survey are provided at the start of the survey. Survey findings will be made available once the results have been analyzed. If you are a journalist and would like to take part in this survey, please go to: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=872551491092

The survey takes 5 to 8 minutes depending on your answers. Thank you for your participation!

Myriam Horngren WACC Network and Advocacy Coordinator 357 Kennington Lane London SE11 5QY United Kingdom Direct line: 44 (0) 207 587 3018 Fax: 44 (0) 207 735 0340
web: www.wacc.org.uk www.whomakesthenews.org
email: mh@wacc.org.uk

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