Women and the Media & Beijing +20

Johannesburg 28 April: During May 2015, as part of the UNESCO and Global Alliance on Media and Gender (GAMAG) partnership, GAMAG Chair-Gender Links and GAMAG partners will promote awareness on issues related to Women and the Media as part of the Beijing +20 Review. All GAMAG members are invited to join efforts, resources and creativity to turn this initiative into a vibrant campaign that will address critical issues and challenge us to discuss a wide range of gender and communications matters.

The campaign will address the following themes each week of May:

4- 10 May: Education, Training and Research.
11-17 May: Public Awareness and Media Content.
18-24 May: Policy and regulation.
25-31 May: Employment and Women’s Participation in Media.

All GAMAG members are invited to send resources and materials. GL and the Gender Links News Service will be participating by releasing a podcast each week discussing these topics and what GL is doing in the Southern African region to advance gender equality in and through the media.

Feature one or more women on your homepage

We invite you to participate in the theme “Women and the Media” by featuring the images of women at all levels of society on the homepage of your website:

• Write a clear and simple caption for the image
• Link a strong paragraph to the image describing the person selected
• Keep your chosen image above the scroll (on the upper half of the homepage)
• Add “share” buttons to it
• Tell UNESCO about your actions by completing this short form:
  http://www.unesco.org/new/en/form

Download more information in English and French.

Join GAMAG and Gender Links on Facebook. You can also follow us on twitter @GenderLinks and GAMAG(@twit_gamag and use the hashtag #gendermedia.

Download : Women in the News - English
Download : Women in the News - French