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Latest items for WAM-PRACTICE-1

Nov. 16, 2024, 10:07 p.m.
Countries: Somalia
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1

"Somalia’s only all-female media team, Bilan, is launching the country’s first TV current affairs show to be hosted by a woman. The debate show, which plans to address some taboo subjects, will also be the first programme on Somali television to have a panel of at least 50% women, and the first to broach contentious topics, such as a critical shortage of female teachers and the challenges faced by women trying to get into politics, as well as environmental issues" (para 1-2). "Bilan [Somalia’s only all-female media team] was established in 2022 with support from the United Nations Development Programme, with six journalists led by Nasrin Mohamed Ibrahim, one of...more
Nov. 16, 2024, 9:46 p.m.
Countries: Taiwan
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1

"It took the Taiwanese Netflix series “Wave Makers,” released this year, to give us the script. In a pivotal scene, two women working for a political party reflect on how to handle a case of sexual harassment. Reaching agreement, they repeat to each other, 'Let’s not just let it go this time'" (para 7).
Nov. 16, 2024, 4:04 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1

"The Tehran Metro Company had already announced that “in line with the demands of the noble people of Iran on the issue of hijab”, it was launching a verbal reminder project in Tehran and suburban metro stations. But the latest pictures on Iran state TV show metro staff barring women trying to pass through the ticket barrier without a hijab" (Para 5)
Nov. 16, 2024, 4:02 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1

"My niece was just 4 years old when she turned to my sister-in-law in a packed movie theater in Mumbai and asked about gang rape for the first time. We were watching the latest Bollywood blockbuster about vigilante justice, nationalistic fervor and, of course, gang rape. Four male characters seized the hero’s sister and dragged her away. “Where are they taking Didi?” my niece asked, using the Hindi word for “elder sister.” It was dark, but I could still make out her tiny forehead, furrowed with concern" (Para 1-2). "Society and government institutions often excuse and protect men from the consequences of their sexual violence. Women are blamed for being...more
Nov. 12, 2024, 1:32 p.m.
Countries: Latvia
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1

"The Committee is...concerned: at the fact that discriminatory gender stereotypes and patriarchal and sexist messaging in the media and by politicians, as well as calls for adherence to traditional roles and values for women, persist in the State party...The Committee recommends that the State party: [r]aise awareness among media enterprises of the need to combat gender stereotyping and encourage them to portray positive images of women as active participants in political and economic life, with a particular focus on the most disadvantaged groups of women" (7).
Nov. 5, 2024, 1:06 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2, WAM-PRACTICE-1

"On Xiaohongshu, a Chinese video-sharing social media app, divorce parties and inspiring content about the lives of newly single women are gaining thousands of likes" (para 5).
Nov. 5, 2024, 1:02 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1, ATFPA-PRACTICE-2

"[There are] deeply negative images of single mothers often found in Chinese film, television and literature that reflect long-held patriarchal beliefs about heteronormative family structures" (para 12).
Oct. 16, 2024, 3:21 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1

"The Tehran Metro Company had already announced that “in line with the demands of the noble people of Iran on the issue of hijab”, it was launching a verbal reminder project in Tehran and suburban metro stations. But the latest pictures on Iran state TV show metro staff barring women trying to pass through the ticket barrier without a hijab" (Para 5)
Oct. 16, 2024, 3:14 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1

"My niece was just 4 years old when she turned to my sister-in-law in a packed movie theater in Mumbai and asked about gang rape for the first time. We were watching the latest Bollywood blockbuster about vigilante justice, nationalistic fervor and, of course, gang rape. Four male characters seized the hero’s sister and dragged her away. “Where are they taking Didi?” my niece asked, using the Hindi word for “elder sister.” It was dark, but I could still make out her tiny forehead, furrowed with concern" (Para 1-2). "Society and government institutions often excuse and protect men from the consequences of their sexual violence. Women are blamed for being...more
Oct. 15, 2024, 12:28 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1

"A mum-of-five who used donor sperm to have her children is worried about 'accidental incest' after discovering her kids have at least 43 half-siblings...Her story will air on Tuesday night's episode of SBS's 'Inconceivable: The Secret Business of Breeding Humans'. The one-hour documentary, based on journalist Sarah Dingle's search for her biological father, reveals the 'deeply unethical and pathologically secretive business' of the fertility industry in Australia" (1, 31-32).
Oct. 9, 2024, 7:59 p.m.
Countries: Belize
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1

"Programs designed to enhance women’s enjoyment of rights are presented through public launches, national talk shows and press releases. Sensitization takes place in a range of settings such as public events and health fairs" (11). "The National AIDS Commission, the Office of the Special Envoy and the Ministry of Human Development supported the Life and Let Live Campaign launched in 2020. This community-led campaign highlights persons with lived experiences of discrimination particularly women, people living with disability and LGBTQI+ persons. It raises awareness about rights through public service messages in English, American Sign Language, Ketchi, Mopan and Spanish on tv channels, radio, and social media. It is one of the...more
July 18, 2024, 6:38 p.m.
Countries: Guatemala
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1

"Between 2012 and 2020, the National Registry Office opened and monitored 47 auxiliary offices located in hospitals belonging to the national network. Between 2017 and 2021, the Office’s awareness-raising campaigns reached 278,108 people, 254,499 of them women, with the aim of educating the public about the importance of timely registration and of preventing and eradicating underregistration. Owing to COVID-19, awareness-raising campaigns are being conducted virtually with medical and administrative personnel and civil society. Workshops were held for auxiliary civil registration operators, civil registrars and government institutions (Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Ministry of Social Development, Supreme Electoral Court, National Institute of Forensic Science, National Adoption Council, National Council for...more
July 18, 2024, 6:36 p.m.
Countries: Guatemala
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1

"With regard to the prevention of violence, the Ministry of the Interior conducted campaigns on preventing violence against women during lockdown. The Presidential Secretariat for Women conducted a communications campaign on the prevention of violence against women and other crimes in order to raise awareness, provide information and foster a culture of reporting cases of violence against women. With regard to the generation of information and statistical data, the National System of Information on Violence against Women brings together the institutions that generate information related to violence against women. The System is composed of three working committees (lobbying, information technology and content) that guide the data recording systems of the...more
April 30, 2024, 8:19 p.m.
Countries: Israel
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1

"Israel’s laws have not been amended to reflect the concessions, but some fear that the changes are already coming, at the expense of women. The Israeli news media has been full of reports in recent months about incidents seen as discriminatory" (para 11).
April 19, 2024, 3:06 p.m.
Countries: Serbia
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1

"[T]he use of misogynistic language referring to women in public statements and media reporting [is not monitored]" (7).
April 12, 2024, 5:14 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1

"The beating of women, especially on a Friday night after a drunk husband returned from the pub, was so common it was scarcely talked about. It certainly wasn't an issue the media thought worth covering. On the first day of Elsie, an ABC reporter asked me to agree that 'nagging wives' often brought this on themselves. The police called them 'domestics' and only interfered if things looked like they might get 'out of hand'" (para 42-43).
March 30, 2024, 2:46 p.m.
Countries: Lithuania
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1

"[T]he gender stereotypes [in textbooks and other education materials] have an impact on vocational choices and career opportunities among girls and promote unequal pay" (6). "[There is a] persistence of discriminatory gender stereotypes and patriarchal and sexist messaging, as well as calls for adherence to traditional roles and values for women, including in the media" (6). "[W]omen, including representatives of women’s non-governmental organizations, [are not involved] in the evaluation and development of the content of radio and television programmes to encourage the media to portray positive images of women as active participants in public and private life" (7).
Jan. 29, 2024, 5:50 p.m.
Countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1

"[there is a] persistence of sexist portrayals of women in the media… [T]he use of sexist and misogynistic language and hate speech in public discourse and sexist portrayals of women in the media [is not monitored]" (7).
Jan. 19, 2024, 12:06 p.m.
Countries: Central African Rep
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1

"Local authorities, community and religious leaders and civil society organization leaders took part in an awareness-raising workshop on gender-based violence. Participants were given posters with messages and T-shirts to increase the visibility of the activities" (26). "[M]easures to prevent sexual violence are organized through the training of actors involved in combating gender-based violence and mass awareness-raising campaigns on public and private radio" (26).
Jan. 16, 2024, 6:33 p.m.
Countries: Botswana
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1

"Media programmes (radio, TV, print) aimed at disseminating information on women’s rights and the laws that promote gender equality are also ongoing. These have served to facilitate public engagement on gender issues and prominence in the national agenda. The CEDAW Convention has been translated into Setswana which is a language that is spoken predominantly in rural areas. Translation of the CEDAW into Setswana is a commendable development that will allow for the Convention to be widely publicized" (12). "The Legal Aid programme was piloted from 2011 to 2013 in collaboration with four civil society organisations. The Legal Aid Act was passed by Parliament in 2013 and the legal aid programme...more
Jan. 4, 2024, 10:41 a.m.
Countries: Singapore
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1

"[T]he Government intensified the 'Break the Silence' [] through free-to-air television, radio and online advertisements to raise awareness on family violence and encourage victims and witnesses to report abuse and violence" (3-4). "The experiences, contributions and achievement of women are highlighted alongside those of their male counterparts as content examples [in the school curriculum]. [S]tudents have opportunities to discuss issues related to women’s development, particularly in the languages and humanities subjects at the secondary and pre-university levels" (15). "Equal visibility is also given to women who are candidates or elected representatives as media in Singapore is non-discriminatory against women" (18).
Dec. 21, 2023, 10:10 a.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1

"The aspiring poet and activist understood also that she risked provoking the country’s infamous morality police by then posting photographs of herself at Persopolis’s ground wearing a fake wig and beard"(para 2). "A pair of Iranian film-makers have made an award-winning documentary about her but shining a light on her plight has not improved it. Answering questions often in an epigrammatic style, she admits to being broken by the system"(para 16).
Dec. 20, 2023, 11:14 a.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1

"On Sunday, Iranian women and activists took to social media to dismiss talk of disbanding the force as a propaganda tactic by the government to distract from the larger demands of protesters for an end to the Islamic Republic’s rule. The concession would be too little, too late, many said"(para 12). "Before the unrest, women’s rights activists had managed to carve out some flexibility around the hijab, defying the law by exposing their hair in social media videos or in the street. But last year, after the election of a hard-line president, Ebrahim Raisi, the government cracked down"(para 24). "In the months before the protests began, videos of the morality...more
Dec. 20, 2023, 10:43 a.m.
Countries: France
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1

"Women are being targeted by new forms of harassment including online violence, verbal abuse on social media and pornography with 'barbaric' content, it said" (para 2). "The survey also detected a male 'backlash' across French society to the #MeToo movement, with 'macho raids' on social media seeking 'to reduce women to silence or discredit them'. It stated that situations of 'discrimination, violence and harassment' have reached 'alarming proportions'” (para 3). "Those questioned also spoke of a lack of confidence in official measures to combat sexism and respond “to a situation that is getting worse with new phenomenon: online violence, increased virulence on social networks, barbarity in many pornographic industry productions,...more
Nov. 28, 2023, 1:28 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1

"An online post about a newlywed in China, who was rung up by her local government asking if she was pregnant… [M]any netizens saying they had experienced similar calls" (pp 1).
Nov. 28, 2023, 12:49 p.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1

"Anti-feminists have taken to social media and online communities to spread their belief that Korean feminists are radical man-haters. One YouTube channel with more than 500,000 subscribers uploads videos that target feminists as 'mentally ill' radicals who promote feminist chauvinism" (pp 9).
Nov. 22, 2023, 5:13 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1

"Devi Asmarani, publisher of Magdalene, an online women’s magazine in Jakarta, captured the broader public resonance of the jilbab issue: 'No other women’s rights stories, from rapes to #MeToo rallies, from celebrities’ profiles to our long features, can compete with jilbab stories'" (14).
Nov. 6, 2023, 11:49 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1

"The history of women’s struggle for equal rights to education has been introduced into the textbook on the history of China, and the various equal rights that women enjoy have been included in the textbook on morality and the rule of law" (12). "In order to facilitate the promotion of equality between men and women in the mainstream media and develop public support for respect for women and gender equality, China has continuously strengthened gender-responsive regulatory mechanisms in the field of media and widely disseminated the concept of gender equality through new media" (12).
Nov. 2, 2023, 2:18 p.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1

“Celebrating the early results on Sunday evening, Salvini said on Twitter, ‘Center-right in clear advantage both in the House and in the Senate! It will be a long night, but already now I want to say THANK YOU’” (para 8). Salvini's entire Twitter contributions from election night are not included in this article. However, it seems as though he claims the entire alliance's victory as his own victory, ignoring the female-led party which won 26% of votes compared to his party's 9% of votes (ET - CODER COMMENT). “‘Undoubtedly we cannot, in light of the data seen so far, not attribute the victory to the right dragged by Giorgia Meloni....more
Oct. 4, 2023, 6:58 a.m.
Countries: Angola
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1

"[There continues to be a delay] in the completion of the revision of school textbooks and curricula and teacher training materials to remove discriminatory gender stereotypes of the roles and responsibilities of women and men" (11). This indicates that women are still beign stereotyped to the confines of the home (MV-coder comment).