Whose News? Whose Views? southern Africa: Gender in Media Handbook

For too long, the media in Southern Africa has potrayed women as victims of violence or objects of beauty – not as human beings with hopes and visions, dreams and aspirations. The media itself, purporting to reflect society, is unrepresentative of that society. On average, only about twenty percent of journalists in Southern Africa are women. Les than 5 percent are managers or owners of media houses…
Can the media make a difference? Should the media make a difference? "Whose views, whose voices: A Southern Africa Handbook on Gender in Media" lights the way…

Publisher: Gender Links
Year of Publication: 2009