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Baseline Study Report on Women Access to Information Through Mobile and Media Communication Services
"Out of a total 400 participants, 374 respondents, representing 93.5%, know how to use cell phones, while 26, representing 6.5%, have no knowledge whatsoever about cell phone usage. This finding is indicative of a relatively high knowledge of mobile phones utility. The result also indicates that Lon
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Der indische Online-Heiratsmarkt: Medienpraktiken und Frauenbilder im Wandel
Berlin: Frank & Timme (2014), 337 pp.
"In Indien wirft das Thema Eheschließung Fragen individueller und kultureller Identität im Spannungsfeld von gesellschaftlichem Wandel und Kontinuität auf. Am rasant wachsenden indischen Online-Heiratsmarkt lassen sich diese Fragen besonders eindrücklich im Zusammenhang mit der Medienentwicklung
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In Their Own Voice: Technologically mediated empowerment and transformation among young Arab women
Feminist Media Studies, volume 13, issue 5 (2013), pp. 881-890
"This feminist, qualitative study sheds light on how young Arab women used cyberactivism to participate in the wave of political and social transformations widely known as the Arab Spring. It argues that these activists leveraged social media to enact new forms of leadership, agency, and empowerment
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Llave para la memoria: Testimonios y vivencias. 40 años del Círculo de Mujeres Periodistas de La Paz
"Las mujeres periodistas somos protagonistas de la historia, defendimos la democracia durante las dictaduras, nos apresaron, torturaron y exiliaron. Mantenemos una posición crítica y de convicción en los principios de libertad, equidad y justicia. Llave para la memoria es una investigación restr
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Building alliances for gender and media
Media Development (WACC), volume 60, issue 4 (2013), 42 pp.
"Stereotyping is an attempt to diminish human dignity, reinforcing prejudice and ignorance, and weakening those structures that offer protection in society. In a mass mediated society, stereotypes, especially about women and men, can easily become ingrained, ultimately contributing to repression and
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Gender and Media = Genre et Médias
Africa Media Review, volume 21, issue 1-2 (2013), pp. 1-192
"The articles contained in this special issue build on the conversations initiated at the Cairo Symposium and try to make sense of the shifts and transformations in media and gender relations in Africa. Some bring new perspectives to bear on how traditional media (newspapers, magazines, radio and te
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Edutainment Radio, Women's Status and Primary School Participation: Evidence from Cambodia
Stockholm University, Department of Economics (2013), 49 pp.
"This paper investigates whether exposure to "edutainment" (education - entertainment) radio leads to improved women's status and primary school participation. Specifically, I examine a popular radio station focusing on gender issues in Cambodia. To identify the effect, I exploit plausible exogenous
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Las mujeres en las radios comunitarias: Construyendo condiciones de igualdad. Una propuesta de ruta a seguir
México, DF: AMARC México (2013), 32 pp.
"Este documento tiene el objetivo de ser una guía metodológica para promover y fortalecer el trabajo de las mujeres radialistas dentro de las radios comunitarias, desde una perspectiva de género, y con ello avanzar en la construcción de condiciones de equidad, igualdad y justicia de género." (P
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Dimitra Newsletter, Nr. 24
Brussels: FAO Dimitra (2013), 24 pp.
"For several years now, the FAO-Dimitra project has been supporting community listeners’ clubs (CLC), which facilitate a process for strengthening rural communities, with a special focus on women’s leadership. At this stage in the project’s progress, we think it is necessary to take the time t
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Community Radio, Gender & ICTs in West Africa: A Comparative Study of Women’s Participation in Community Radio Through Mobile Phone Technologies
Nokoko (Institute of African Studies, Carleton University, Canada), issue 3 (2013), pp. 71-95
"This case study analyses the intersection between radio, gender and information and communication technologies (ICTs) in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. Specifically, it examines whether recent improvements in radio broadcast coverage and the spread of SMS technology are increasing women’s acce
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"SMART" Photovoice Agricultural Consultation: Increasing Rwandan Women Farmers' Active Participation in Development
Development in Practice, volume 23, issue 4 (2013), pp. 496-510
"Through two case studies, this paper evaluates the value of the feminist visual methodology Photovoice as an interactive consultation tool with rural Rwandan women working in agriculture. This exploratory study suggests that it is possible, through an adapted Photovoice process, to engage and empow
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Gendering the "Arab Spring:" Arab Women Journalists/Activists, "Cyberfeminism," and the Socio-Political Revolution
"Any observer of the so-called Arab Spring, the massive wave of political revolt that has been sweeping the Arab region since 2011, could not help but notice the visible role that women have been playing in it. Hundreds of thousands of Arab women throughout the region, including in some of the most
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From Counting Women to Making Women Count: Focusing on Women in Media Development Programs
Washington, DC; Arcata, Calif.: Internews (2013), 28 pp.
"This paper argues that like other sectors, the media development sector needs to bring greater empirical rigor to its operations in order to bring about gender integration. It attempts to orient media development practitioners with both a historical and contemporary view of key policies, research a
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Using visual storytelling for women's empowerment
Media Development (WACC), volume 60, issue 3 (2013), pp. 25-29
"Communicators who work with photography and video in the development context know the power visuals can have in bearing witness to the reality people living in poverty face. When contextualized, visuals can transcend distance and create a global dialog around topics in need of deeper understanding
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Global Information Society Watch 2013: Women's Rights, Gender and ICTs
Association for Progressive Communications (APC); Hivos (2013), 240 pp.
"GISWatch 2013 shows that gains in women’s rights made online are not always certain or stable. While access to the internet for women has increased their participation in the social, economic and governance spheres, there is another side to these opportunities: online harassment, cyberstalking, a
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Gender Media Studies: Eine Einführung
Konstanz: UVK (2013), 224 pp.
"Die Autorinnen stellen theoretische Modelle der Geschlechterforschung vor und beschreiben ihre Anwendung in der Medienforschung. Zentrale Begriffe werden erläutert und Fragen zur methodischen Anlage von Gender Media Studies diskutiert. Zahlreiche Fallbeispiele verdeutlichen den spezifischen Ertrag
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Media Guidelines for Reporting on Gender-Based Violence in Humanitarian Contexts
Global Protection Cluster (2013), 8 pp.
"The guidelines are intended to ensure that all actors who play a role in facilitating or engaging in media reporting on gender-based violence (GBV) are aware of and able to prioritize the ethical and safety considerations that preserve the safety, confidentiality and dignity of survivors, their fam
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