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Caribbean Action Plan for Gender and Media Advocacy |
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13 May 2008
The World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) and Women’s Media Watch (WMW) held a 3-day Regional Training Workshop on Gender and Media Advocacy from 10 to 12 April, 2008 in Kingston, Jamaica. The event was attended by media representatives from ten Caribbean countries and members of civil society.
The workshop was a follow-up to the Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP 2005), which mapped the representation of women in the news media in 76 countries. The results of the study showed that women are seriously underrepresented in the media – making up less than a quarter of the news subjects, and less than a fifth of news subjects related to government, politics and economy and business. In the Caribbean media specifically, sexism, gender bias and insensitive coverage of violence pervade.
The workshop resulted in an Action Plan of six projects to be carried out at the national and regional level, including awareness campaigns, workshops, training, research and gender integration in communication courses. The workshop equipped participants with the skills and knowledge to carry out effective gender and media advocacy.
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