Fwd: FW: GMMP Press Conference 12:30 Nov 23rd

[Adiat Junaid]

Greetings Ecumenical Communicators,

It's been a while since I've been in touch with this group. I hope you are all very well and happy.

I'm contacting you today in my capacity as a member of the North America Executive of the World Association for Christian Communication (waccglobal.org). An important part of WACC's ongoing work is the Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) into the portrayal and representation of women in the media.

The fifth and largest GMMP study will be the subject of a news conference being held at the United Nations in New York next Monday, November 23rd at 12:30PM ET. There is also an opportunity to view the news conference live.

For details of the news conference, web cast and how to get a copy of the report please see the media advisory below.

Best wishes,

Adiat

@AdiatJunaid

 

 

 

Press Conference Advisory

 

United Nations Press Briefing Room S-237

12:30 pm, 23 November 2015

 

Report launch: Progress for women in news media grinds to a halt

Results of the fifth and largest study on the portrayal and representation of women in the news media will be released on 23 November 2015 at 12:00 am (midnight) EST (5:00 am UCT/GMT).  Key findings include continued severe disparity between representation of women and men in news media, a global glass ceiling for female reporters in TV and newspapers and significant regional differences.

GMMP is the world’s largest and longest-running research and advocacy initiative for gender equality in and through the news media. Since its inception in 1995, every five years the GMMP has documented changes in relation to gender in news media content.

The 2015 report includes data from 114 countries and provides analysis and case studies at global, regional and national levels, including trends detected since the first GMMP was conducted 20 years ago. The results are based on data gathered by volunteer teams in 114 countries, who monitored 22,136 stories published, broadcast or tweeted by 2,030 distinct media houses, written or presented by 26,010 journalists and containing 45,402 people interviewed and/ or subjects of the stories.

In addition to tracking trends in traditional news media, GMMP 2015 for the first time will include comprehensive data on gender portrayal and representation in digital media forms.

The GMMP is a project of the communications advocacy agency WACC, with support from UN Women.

Speaking:

Rev. Dr Karin Achtelstetter, General Secretary, World Association for Christian Communication (WACC)

Dr Glory Dharmaraj, United Methodist Women, GMMP US Coordinator

Nanette Braun, Chief of Communications and Advocacy, UN Women

 

To attend the press conference,  media will need UN media accreditation ( info at  http://www.un.org/en/media/accreditation/).

The press conference  will also be webcast live at www.unwomen.org and http://webtv.un.org/

 

For more information, see www.whomakesthenews.org or contact Sara Speicher, s...@waccglobal.org, +44 7821 860 723  or +44 7985 276 515.