Women’s media: Challenging the status quo

While there is a need to challenge mainstream media to improve their portrayal of women in contemporary Pacific society, there is also a need to counter factors affecting and inhibiting women’s engagement with that media. This not only requires the incorporation of gender equality policies in mains...

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Autor principal:	Sharon Bhagwan Rolls
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Asia Pacific Network 2007
Materias:	gender development Development communication empowerment media policy Communication. Mass media P87-96 Journalism. The periodical press, etc. PN4699-5650
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/962e7234b6ce47bea64fd18d35b21da4
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:962e7234b6ce47bea64fd18d35b21da42021-12-02T09:09:40ZWomen’s media: Challenging the status quo10.24135/pjr.v13i2.9011023-94992324-2035https://doaj.org/article/962e7234b6ce47bea64fd18d35b21da42007-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/901https://doaj.org/toc/1023-9499https://doaj.org/toc/2324-2035 While there is a need to challenge mainstream media to improve their portrayal of women in contemporary Pacific society, there is also a need to counter factors affecting and inhibiting women’s engagement with that media. This not only requires the incorporation of gender equality policies in mainstream media policy but by ensuring that women are able to develop, produce and distribute alternative information and communications. For such advocacy to be successful, this commentary argues for capacity building and training for young women and rural women to make the connection with policy makers through their local programme productions so they can challenge personal, institutional and systematic barriers to their development and empowerment. Sharon Bhagwan RollsAsia Pacific NetworkarticlegenderdevelopmentDevelopment communicationempowermentmedia policyCommunication. Mass mediaP87-96Journalism. The periodical press, etc.PN4699-5650ENPacific Journalism Review, Vol 13, Iss 2 (2007)
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description	While there is a need to challenge mainstream media to improve their portrayal of women in contemporary Pacific society, there is also a need to counter factors affecting and inhibiting women’s engagement with that media. This not only requires the incorporation of gender equality policies in mainstream media policy but by ensuring that women are able to develop, produce and distribute alternative information and communications. For such advocacy to be successful, this commentary argues for capacity building and training for young women and rural women to make the connection with policy makers through their local programme productions so they can challenge personal, institutional and systematic barriers to their development and empowerment.
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Women’s media: Challenging the status quo

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