GMDC Diversity Exchange, Issue 10: September 2010

Date: October 1, 2010

Diversity Exchange

Issue 10 | September 2010

Contents

Welcome note

Welcome to the Diversity Exchange newsletter, a product of the Gender and Media Diversity Centre. This newsletter assists us in delivering to you relevant information, breaking news and dialogues or debates taking place in thesphere of gender and the media. While we work globally,included are first-hand perspectives from the African continent, as well as reflections in the worldwide forum. We hope that you will use this platform as a tool to voice your own thoughts on media, gender and diversity issues in times to come. Thanks for reading!


		GMDC News

Gender and Media Summit submissions extended until September 3rd

Gender Links, MISA and GEMSA are extending the deadline for submission of the Gender and Media awards, Media, Diversity and Change, Taking Stock, 2010 to 3 SEPTEMBER 2010 following the overwhelming response from some countries and a slower response from others. The deadline has been extended in the interest of fairness and to ensure there is equitable regional representation in all categories. The awards include a cash prize and attendance at the summit. Read more…

Gender Links at MDG plus 10

Gender Links aims to bring citizens voices to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Ten Year Review Summit under the banner: Making every voice count – Citizens speak out on the MDGs. Among the projects Gender Links aspires to achieve during the review is a series of opinion peices, a 2 page supplemt paper, and cyber discussions. Read more…

Call for papers: Thinking Gender

Thinking Gender is a public conference highlighting graduate student research on women, sexuality and gender across all disciplines and historical periods. Deadline for Submissions: October 22, 2010, by midnight. This is open to Graduate students only. Read more…

Ear on radio

The Womens Radio Fund was founded in 2000 by Dorothy Abbott who is a multimedia producer and cultural activist, specialising in radio and print media with an emphasis on social justice and women’s culture. The mission of the Womens Radio Fund Mission is to build a support network for women radio producers and broadcasters worldwide. Read more…

Gender Links signs MOU with University of Botswana

On August 12th, 2010, Gender Links and the University of Botswana signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The aim of the MOU is to develop strategic partnerships for the regular exchange of gender, media and diversity information. In pursuit of this common purpose, the parties agree to explore cooperation opportunities for collection, connecting, collaboration and dissemination of information and knowledge products. Read more…

Rosemary Okello speaks out

Rosemary Okello, GMDC Advisory Group Member and member of the African Women and Child Feature Service speaks out about the Kenyan Constitution in her article, Women Want Fair Share of Constitution Spoils. Read more…

14 Aug: Launch of SADC Gender Protocol Barometer

Gender Links, coordinator of the Southern Africa Gender Protocol Alliance announces the upcoming launch of the SADC Gender Protocol 2010 Barometer on the 14th of August 2010 in Windhoek ahead of the SADC Heads of State Summit. Read more…

Eye on video

The video, Giant Footprints, is now available on Gender Links Website. With its headquarters in Johannesburg, South Africa, and Satellite Offices in Mauritius and Botswana, GL locates its mission within the broader framework of strengthening democracy in the region through ensuring the equal and effective participation of all citizens, especially women whose views and voices have been systematically marginalised. This video breifly demonstrates the work of GL. Read more…


		Seminars

GIME, GMPS and Glass Ceilings workshop. Johannesburg

Following the series of in-country workshops on the Gender in Media Education Audit (GIME), Glass Ceilings research and the Gender in Media Progress Study (GMPS), a workshop will be held in South Africa from September 8 to 9, 2010. The event will be held in Johannesburg and will be hosted at the Sunnyside Park Hotel. Read more…

GIME, GMPS and Glass Ceiling workshops

It is clear that to make lasting change in equitable gender representation in and through the media, it is not enough to look solely at education, audiences, or media personnel. One needs to look at all aspects of gender in and through the media, and bring together these different spheres to work on sustainable change. To accomplish this, Gender Links will host verification and advocacy workshops in 14 SADC countries to assess and follow up on the GIME and GMPS research. These workshops will analyse the findings of both the GIME and GMPS and plan ways forward. Read more…


		Upcoming Events

SANGONeT ICTs for Civil Society Conference

The 6th Annual SANGONeT ICTs for Civil Society Conference will be held in three parts from 1 to 6 September 2010. The two-day event will be held from 1 to 2 September 2010 in Johannesburg, followed by one-day seminars in Durban on 3 September 2010 and Cape Town on 6 September 2010. Read more…

Conference on Gender Equality in the West Nordic region, Greenland

Men in the West Nordic region and violence against women will be the topics for discussion at a conference held by the Danish Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers and the Greenland Department of Social Affairs in Ilulissat on Thursday 2 September. Read more…

African Same-Sex Sexualities and Gender Diversity: Practices, Identities and Communities

Call for abstract submissions for the Conference on African Same-Sex Sexualities and Gender Diversity: Practices, Identities and Communities. This conference will be held in Pretoria, South Africa, February 13-16, 2011. Read more…

International Gender and Education Conference

The Gender and Education Association is hosting the 8th International Gender and Education Conference, held at Exeter University from 27 to -30 April 2011.

The theme for the 2011 conference is Gender and Education: Past, Present and Future. A theme that was inspired by a special edition of the journal Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, published in 2008. In this special edition the guest editors sought to trace the changes that have occurred in the field of gender and education in recent years, to discuss the explosion of interest that has arisen.

The conference organising committee welcome a range of papers. Read more…


		GMDC Databases

Clippings

Giving condoms to prisoners would be suicidal_Midweek Sun

This clipping is an opinion/letter by J. C. Buru about Rev. Doctor John Seakgosing who is contemplating giving condoms to prisoners as a way of helping to curb the virus infection among inmates. Read more…

Mngxitama wrong on Microbicide-Sowetan

In his column in Sowetan on July 27 2010 (Research on HIV prevention gel put black lives at risk), Andile Mngixitama viciously attacks South African researchers who recently announced a huge breakthrough in the development of a microbicide, a gel that they hope women will be able to use to reduce the risk of their being infected with HIV from sex. Under the guise of black consciousness he distorts facts, takes an opinion on something he knows little about and makes statements that will cause life-threatening confusion. Read more…

Top ANC leader lashes leading party figures over sexism – Sunday Times

Thenjiwe Mtintso , ambassador to Italy and a member of the ANCs national executive committee, has lashed out at leading figures in the ANC who have made statements that may be perceived as sexist. Some ANC members and even leading figures have been fingered in gender based violence. The zero tolerance the ANC shows against any racism or racial connotations has not, in recent years, been as strong when it comes to sexism, she wrote in the partys online letter ANC Today. Read more…

Research

The construction and deconstruction of gender through sport reporting in selected South African newspapers

This study is strengthened by several studies that have suggested that the print media is biased towards male sports coverage at the expense of womens sport. The study aimed to analyse and critically reflect upon the constructions of gender through sports reporting in selected regional (Gauteng) newspapers. Read more…

Negotiating power: community media, democracy, and the public sphere

Given the centrality of communication to society, who owns the media, who gets to speak on behalf of whom, and to what end are critical issues. The regression of mainstream media from watchdogs of democracies to business ventures resulting in Habermasian refeudalisation of the public sphere is worrying. Community media re-engage communities on the periphery, opening possibilities for social change. The dominance of mainstream players in media governance, complicated by sustainability concerns of grassroots enterprises, result in legislation that impedes the potentiality of community media access and participation, as mapped in this paper with the case of community radio struggle in India. Read more…

No climate justice without gender justice: an overview of the issues

Both climate change itself and related policies are likely to have wide-ranging effects on gender relations, especially in developing countries. Poor women face many gender specific barriers that limit their ability to cope with and adapt to a changing climate; these must be removed in the interests of both gender equity and adaptation efficiency. Read more…

Case Studies

Raped daughter tried to frame son

The article is about man who fathered a child by his daughter. The daughter reported the assaults to the police in 2008. The 48 year old was found guilty of repeatedly raping his daughter now 21 years, between 2004 and 2006 while she was living with him in Alexandra, Johannesburg. The court accepted that the daughter was raped well into 2006, her child was born November 2005 which the DNA match that of the father. Read more…

Activist tries to stop stoning sentence-Mmegi

A veteran Iranian human rights activist has warned that Sakineh Mohammadie Ashtiani , a mother of two, could be stoned to death at any moment under the terms of a death sentence handed down by Iranian authorities. Only an international campaign designed to pressure the regime in Tehran can save her life, according to Mina Ahadi, Head of the International Committee Against Stoning and the death Penalty. Read more…

MaNtuli’s infidelity scandal

The case study is an analysis of three articles from three different newspapers. On 4 June 2010, newspapers in South Africa were awash with infidelity news of President Jacob Zuma’s second wife Nompumelelo Ntuli Zuma popularly known as “MaNtuli” with one of her bodyguards. Read more…

Publications

Building Alliances Globally to End Violence Against Women

This working paper is based on the proceedings of an international four-day dialogue entitled Building Alliances Globally to End Violence Against Women convened by Creating Resources for Empowerment in Action (CREA), held at the Bellagio Study and Conference Centre, Italy in July 2004. CREA convened this dialogue on issues of violence against women to bring together activists, from around the world, who have based their work on the understanding that women can be victims, survivors and perpetrators of violence and have used innovative strategies to deal with prevention and service. Read more…

So this is democracy? State of media freedom in Southern Africa

This 16th edition of So This is Democracy? documents numerous media freedom and freedom of expression violations that MISA recorded in Southern Africa during the course of 2009. The documentation and exposure of these media freedom alerts help turn the spotlights from around the world squarely on those responsible for human rights violations and this can make a significant difference as those who violate human rights often rely on the cover of darkness. Read more…

Listening to each Other: A Multigenerational Feminist Dialogue

This working paper is based on the proceedings of an international three-day dialogue entitled Listening to each other: A Multigenerational Dialogue on Activism and Womens Rights, convened by the Centre For Womens Global Leadership (CWGL), the Youth Coalition for Sexual and Reproductive Rights (YC) and Creating Resources for Empowerment in Action (CREA), held at the office of the CWGL at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA. This dialogue was convened to address multigenerational issues affecting feminist and womens human rights activism, movements, and organisations. Read more…


		Internships				Members

Internships

Mercilene Machisa

My internship with GL was quite an empowering and enlightening one. I got opportunity to improve my people skills and a feel of what working under pressure means. The experiences strengthened my personality and gave me new perspective. I got to better understand and appreciate social problems than I had done previously especially in the areas of gender inequality and violence against women. I began to feel that through my work within the Justice programme I could make a significant contribution towards social injustices that rake our communities on a daily basis. Read more…

Members

IAJ offers spring courses

The Institute for Advancement of Journalism is offering new courses from September 15 – October 7, 2010. These courses are geared towards journalists and incorporate new media, feature writing and social networking tools.

The Institute for Advancement of Journalism (IAJ) was set up in 1992 to help improve journalism just as South Africa entered a new democratic era. They place special emphasis on interactive learning. Read more…

If you would like to subscribe to this newsletter, click here.

If you no longer wish to receive these emails simply follow this link: Unsubscribe

This email was sent to by Gender Links on 2010-09-02
The email was sent using pMailer which may only be used for permission based email.
If you did not give permission to receive this email please notify us

Gender Links
9 Derrick Ave, Cnr Marcia St Cyrildene 2198, Johannesburg
(0)11 622 2877

GMDC Diversity Exchange, Issue 10: September 2010

Comment on GMDC Diversity Exchange, Issue 10: September 2010 Cancel reply

What’s New

Recent Comments