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The media are potentially powerful channels of information in a society. The messages they transmit can change or reinforce social mores and behaviours, and mobilize citizens to take progressive actions. While, ideally, the media should strive for accuracy and impartiality, in reality there are often imbalances in coverage, including in terms of women and their perspectives. Women politicians, for example, may be under-represented in news before and after elections. 

Podcast: newspaper coverage of women in politics

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January 25, 2022

Podcast: newspaper coverage of women in politics

Researcher Tracy Lucht analyzes how five trailblazing women in politics of different races, ethnicities and regions were written about after the 19th Amendment was ratified.

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Podcast: newspaper coverage of women in politics - Credits: Journalism History

Researcher Tracy Lucht analyzes how five trailblazing women in politics of different races, ethnicities and regions were written about after the 19th Amendment was ratified.

Primera ministra de Barbados, Mia Mottley, en la XVI Conferencia Raúl Prebisch en Ginebra, Suiza, 10 de septiembre de 2019. Foto en Flickr de Timothy Sullivan, UNCTAD (CC BY-SA 2.0).
January 14, 2022
Barbados prime minister calls a snap election, the first poll for the island as a republic

For the first time in the island’s history, women leaders will take Barbados’ two major political parties into the arena as the island prepares for a snap general election.

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January 12, 2022
Are we there yet? In Ireland, the Good Information project focuses on gender equality

Just before Christmas, a government report highlighted that over half of the Irish population believes the most important role for a woman is to take care of her home and family. The most important role for a man, according to a significant proportion of the popu

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December 27, 2021
Botswana: journos drilled on women in politics media coverage

Democracy Works Foundation (DWF) in conjunction with Botswana Editors Forum Botswana recently held a two-day workshop to train journalists on how media can play a supportive role in advancing meaningful participation of women in politics.

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The chilling effect: hate, misogyny and the digital information disorder

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The chilling effect: hate, misogyny and the digital information disorder

Although the digital space continues to extend the promise of extraordinary opportunities for expanding the voice and agency of women, girls and ma

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November 25, 2021
Advocates worry online misogyny will keep women out of office

Advocates are worried that rising online misogyny will leave more women unwilling to run for office, a concern highlighted by a video posted by Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) showing him killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.).

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2021 Report by the OSCE PA Special Representative on Gender Issues highlights surge in violence against women journalists and politicians

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November 8, 2021

2021 Report by the OSCE PA Special Representative on Gender Issues highlights surge in violence against women journalists and politicians

Special Representative on Gender Issues Hedy Fry (Canada) issued the 2021 Report today with a thematic focus on “Violence against women journalists and politicians: a growing crisis,” shedding light on intensifying and widespread offline and online violence against women in two public f

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Special Representative on Gender Issues Hedy Fry (Canada) issued the 2021 Report today with a thematic focus on “Violence against women journalists and politicians: a growing crisis,” shedding light on intensifying and widespread offline and online violence against women in two public f

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