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Synopsis
Gender Links (GL) in its capacity as secretariat for the SADC Gender Protocol Alliance is calling for stories to be published as part of its the Sixteen Days of Activism news series. GL will pay $100 for innovative and in-depth stories in print, radio or video that can be uploaded online.
Key dates
Submit your story idea or pitch using this link | Friday 30 November. |
Submit your story to media@genderlinks.org.za. Further instructions can be found below. |
Date to be assigned by the editor |
GL is looking for stories that focus on the following areas:
Process
Phase One: Pitching your story idea
Phase Two: Submitting your full article
Criteria for gender sensitive SRHR reporting
Examples of SRHR stories
Medium | Theme | Description of the story | Link |
Age of sexual consent | Mmegi: The story covers a motion in Parliament to increase the age of sexual consent to 18. Activists are concerned that the increased age stipulation will make young people engaged in sex below the age of 18 criminals. | Double-Edged Sword In Sexual Consent Bill | |
Television | Rape and justice | The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC): Reverend Omotoso raped several young as head of his church. The story raises concerns about the one of the key witnesses Cheryl Zondi was treated by the accused’s legal counsel. | Omotoso trial to resume in SA |
Radio | Coverage of the 22nd Global HIV and AIDS conference and the increases in infections in young women | Radio 702: Eusebius Kaiser interviewing Deputy Executive Director, Wits Institute for Sexual and Reproductive Health, HIV and Related Diseases (WHI) Professor Francois Venter about the rate of infections in SADC and about young women’s vulnerabilities. | SA sees 44% drop in new HIV infections |
Online | Safe and legal abortion | Daily Maverick: Mercedes Sayagues writes about the Mozambique approving Legal Abortion in October 2014 and their commitment to women’s rights. | Progressive new abortion law shows Mozambique’s commitment to women’s reproductive rights |
Background
The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is a global campaign that takes place annually from the 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, to 10 December, Human Rights Day. The 2020 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence occurs in the shadows of COVID-19. The COVID-19 pandemic resulted increased economic insecurity, unemployment, food shortages, school closures and increased forms of violence against women and girls.
The global theme for the campaign in 2020 is “Orange the World: Fund, Respond, Prevent, Collect!” The theme builds from the UN Inter-Agency Statement on Violence Against Women and Girls in the context of COVID-19.
The theme includes the following key areas:
Fund; Prevent; Respond; Collect Read more…
Comment on Call for stories on Sexual Reproductive Health Rights