Gender and Media Summit and Awards

Gender Links has received more than 200 submissions for the Gender and Media   Awards. These submissions, as well as input from the Summit, will feed into the GMDC’s upcoming journal, Gender and Media Diversity Journal, Issue 9: Taking stock.The Summit will be held in Johannesburg from 13-15 October 2010.

Gender Links is expecting about 150 participants from SADC,   other African countries and across the globe. There will be a series of parallel meetings held to enhance the Summit.

• 11 October: Work shopping GBV entry points into PON and UNAM curriculum
• 12 October (Morning): Media literacy planning
• 12 October (Afternoon): GMDC Advisory Group meeting
• 11-12 October: Gender policies in country facilitators
• 12 October: GL Opinion and Commentary Service
• 12 October: Sixteen days planning
• 16 October:GEMSA General meeting

To view the entire draft schedule, click here.
To visit the Summit webpage, click here.

Ahead of the Summit, the GMDC will host its biannual Advisory Group Meeting on 12 October 2010 at the Birchwood Hotel in Johannesburg. The theme of this meeting is also “taking stock” of the GMDC by looking at its mandate and progress to fulfill it since the inception of the GMDC in 2007. The meeting will include an analysis of the original GMDC concept and the first Advisory Group minutes, will be reviewed and assesed. This meeting will help continue to shape the direction of the GMDC.

For previous Advisory Group minutes and information on partnership, click here.

Download : 12100_fourth_gem_summit_programme_at_a_glance-draft.doc