13 March, 2020 – New York, USA
On March 13th, 2020, join the GFMD Women in Media Working Group for a panel discussion on the effects of gender-equal reporting on the role of women in society. The event, co-organised by GFMD, CFI, Fondation Hirondelle, Free Press Unlimited, IMS, and Sembramedia, with support from Fojo Media Institute, is taking place as an NGO parallel event at the 64th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (NGO CSW64).
WOMEN IN MEDIA: BALANCE THE IMBALANCE
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On International Women’s Day 2020, GFMD and over thirty other media organisations from around the world call upon all media leaders and journalists around the globe to take action against the skewed balance and representation of gender in the news – both in terms of numbers and in portrayal.
REFLECT REALITY: INCREASING WOMEN’S VOICES IN THE NEWS
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On March 2, United for News launched Reflect Reality, a digital manual to help newsrooms include more authoritative female and diverse voices in their stories. Led by Internews in collaboration with the World Economic Forum, Reflect Reality incorporates proven strategies and lessons learned to address this disparity.
WORKING TOGETHER TO BUILD AND REGULATE A GENDER INCLUSIVE WEST AFRICAN MEDIA ENVIRONMENT
11-13 February, 2020 – Saly, Senegal
Panos Institute West Africa’s “Building and Regulating a Gender Inclusive West African Media Environment Together” symposium aims to facilitate a shared and critical review of gender mainstreaming in the media environment (political, legal, and professional) as a condition for the production of gender sensitive and inclusive content.
APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR IWMF’S KIM WALL MEMORIAL FUND 2020
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Deadline: 17 December 2019
Funding Opportunity The International Women’s Media Foundation are searching for a journalist whose work embodies the spirit of Kim Wall’s reporting while covering subculture and what Kim described as “the undercurrents of rebellion.”
BREAKING DOWN SILOS: CROSS-SECTOR APPROACHES TO COMBATTING ONLINE GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
10 December 2019 – Washington, D.C.
As part of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence (GBV), ARTICLE 19 and the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) are hosting a multi-sector discussion and day-of-action to combat online gender-based violence against women.
WAN-IFRA WOMEN IN NEWS AFRICA ACCELERATOR 2020
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Deadline: 15 December 2019
Call for Applications The WIN Accelerator is an intensive, 9-month long career and leadership programme for women journalists and editors from Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe who wish to develop their leadership skills.
THE WOMEN’S VOICE AND LEADERSHIP FOR MYANMAR FUND
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Deadline: 8 December 2019
Funding Opportunity The WVL Myanmar funding programme provides flexible, core, long-term funds and organisational strengthening support to women’s rights organisations to empower feminist movements to deliver change for Myanmar women and girls.
IWMF COURAGE IN JOURNALISM AWARDS
22/10 DC – 30/10 NY
The IWMF will honour the brave journalists who report on taboo topics, work in environments hostile to women, and share difficult truths at the Courage in Journalism Awards.
APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR HOWARD G. BUFFET FUND FOR WOMEN JOURNALISTS
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Deadline: 05 September 2019
Call for Applications Applications are now open for the Howard G. Buffett Fund for Women Journalists, the first funding initiative of its kind which supports the production of ambitious projects and underreported, globally important stories produced by women journalists internationally.
THE GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR SOCIAL AND BEHAVIOUR CHANGE SIDE EVENT AT WOMEN DELIVER 2019
The Global Alliance for Social and Behavior Change will organise a side event at Women Deliver 2019. The event, titled “The Power of Communication for Gender Equality”, aims to illustrate how members of the Global Alliance for Social and Behaviour Change use media, communication, and social and behaviour change to challenge and redefine gender relations.
THE WORLD NEWS MEDIA CONGRESS 2019
1-3 June 2019 – Glasgow, Scotland
The World News Media Congress is the annual meeting of news executives, including publishers, editors and owners, of newspapers from all over the world. It is hosted in a different city each year. The 2018 Congress in Portugal drew around 900 people from over 60 countries for three days of conferences, executive meetings, networking and social events. This year, WMNC will look at the many ways to reconnect newsbrands with the people that will influence future societies.
RJI TO HOST WOMEN IN JOURNALISM WORKSHOP 2019
3-5 May 2019, Columbia, Missouri
The RJI at the University of Missouri is hosting their annual “Women in Journalism Workshop” in May 2019 at the Smith Forum. The two-day workshop will focus on self-care and first-aid training, as well as virtual reality and preparing for violent breaking news coverage.
GFMD AND PARTNERS CO-HOST PANEL DISCUSSION AT NGO CSW63
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On March 21st a side-event was organized during the Commission on the Status of Women in New York by GFMD, Fondation Hirondelle, Free Press Unlimited, International Media Support (IMS), Internews, IREX, and the Media Diversity Institute (MDI).
“DOES THE ONLINE SPACE ALLOW WOMEN IN MEDIA TO CHALLENGE STEREOTYPING AND MISREPRESENTATION?”
21 March 2019 – New York, United States
GFMD will be co-hosting a media development panel as part of NGO CSW63 to explore the ways in which women are harnessing online spaces to challenge the stereotyping and misrepresentation in the media.
63rd SESSION OF THE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN
11-22 March 2019 – New York, United States
The sixty-third session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 11 to 22 March 2019.
DIVERSITY IN THE MEDIA: FROM THE PERIPHERY TO THE THE CENTRE
7 March 2019 – New York, United States
Join BBC’s Razia Iqbal, Anita Anand & Buzzfeed’s Elizabeth Pears for a discussion on aspirations, breaking stereotypes, creating spaces, survival skills and opening up possibilities.
GFMD AND PARTNERS TO CO-HOST PANEL AT THE NGO CSW 2019
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On 21 March 2019, GFMD will co-host a media development panel as part of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) NGO Forum. The event titled, ‘Does the online space allow women in media to challenge stereotypes and misrepresentation?’ will explore the ways in which women are harnessing online spaces.
GENDER BALANCE IN NEWS MEDIA AND MEDIA DEVELOPMENT SECTOR
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International Women’s Day is not just a day to celebrate women’s rights; it’s an important chance to reflect on whether we, the media industry, are doing enough to promote gender balance. That’s why, for the first time, WAN-IFRA is not just supporting awareness campaigns; we’ve launched one of our own.
GFMD MEMBERS CALL FOR GENDER EQUALITY IN THE MEDIA
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This International Women’s Day 2019, GFMD members are calling upon media leaders around the globe to stand up and protect the rights of women journalists. Media must hire a diverse workforce and adopt gender equality policies in order to stand by women journalists and produce stories that are relevant to all groups in society.