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Gender and the Media

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 12/05/2008 - 16:40
Publisher: 
University of Cape Town (UCT)
Publisher / Organization Main page URL: 
http://www.uct.ac.za
Author: 
Desiree Lewis and Barbara Boswell
Published Date: 
2002
Abstract: 

Statistics around the way women are portrayed in the media reflect a dismal story.  In 1995 women made up 17% of news subjects, five years later the Global Media Monitoring Project 200, which involved teams collecting data across the world, revealed that this figure increased to only 18%.  This was despite considerable intervention, including the adoption of the Beijing Platform of Action.

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