Gamag-Europe afgan women: journalists, judges and teachers

The win of the Taliban in Afghanistan and the withdrawal of international forces in August has put on hold the advances that the country and women and girls in particular have benefited from in the last two decades. And not only that, but they are in clear setback and danger.

Few people have been evacuated compared to all those left at the mercy of the new Afghan government, ruled by Sharia. This Government has abolished the Ministry of Women’s Affairs by the so-called Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice.

The education of girls, the minimal rights acquired by women, the lack of freedom of expression and the vulnerability of women in jobs directly linked to the rule of law such as the judiciary and journalism are in danger.

Faced with this situation, Gamag-Europe, in tune with the Global Alliance on Media and Gender (GAMAG), has decided to undertake specific actions to support women and girls and journalists, educators and judges in particular:

1.- In collaboration with the IFJ, try to help three Afghan women journalists to leave the country.

2.- On October 21, a webinar will be held at 12.00 (EDT) 16.00 PM (GMT) and 18.00 (CET)

Register in advance for this webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tdHC9HNpSLqWye_UW0kFUg

3.- Make an appeal to the European institutions.

4.-Actions at the national level with civil society organizations and unions.

Gamag-Europa calls on the European Parliament, the European Commission, the Council of Europe and the European Institute for Gender Equality to take the necessary measures to:

1) Put pressure from the competent international organizations on the Government of Afghanistan in the face of the abuse of rights of the population, women and girls and journalists, educators and judges in particular.

2) Promote the reception and international protection of refugees from Afghanistan.

3) Give support to women’s organizations and platforms or media that work online from within and outside the country

Castilla y León / Spain

GAMAG EUROPE (GE), with #SinEllasNoVoy (#I’mNotGoingWithoutThem)

We ask for your adherence to the Manifesto of the feminist journalists of Castilla y León so that the voice of women journalists is heard louder

• The program of the I International Congress of Journalism “Miguel Delibes” that is being held these days in Valladolid, Spain, only includes five women journalists compared to 19 men

• This distribution is unequal, does not represent the plurality of society and makes a good part of the sector invisible, which are women journalists.

Castilla y León, October 2, 2021

GAMAG-EUROPE (GE) supports the manifesto of the Association of Feminist Journalists of Castilla y León (APFCyL) in which it requests a rectification in the program of the I International Journalism Congress organized by the Miguel Delibes Foundation and the newspaper ‘El Norte de Castilla’ in Valladolid. The reason is the “pyrrhic representation left to women journalists in this congress.”

The APFCyL denounces the lack of parity “for reasons of proportionality and equity”, since the only women speakers who will attend the congress are: Mamen Mendizábal, Mara Torres, Lucía Méndez, Marisa R. Palop and the correspondent for Xinhua (China), Feng Junwei. The rest of the 19 participants are men, which is “a form of symbolic violence that undermines the achievements and contributions of so many good professional women (…) and the expectations of future women journalists who see that their referents are second-rate ”.

An unfair distribution that does not represent plurality and makes invisible a good part of the sector. In the Faculties of Journalism and Communication there are more than “60 per cent of female graduates” and “the newsrooms and press offices have an increasing proportion of female workforce”, says the association in the manifesto.

The feminist journalists of Castilla y León have launched a campaign on social networks under the hashtag #SinEllasNoVoy (#I’mNotGoingWithoutThem) for public institutions to withdraw their sponsorship of the I Congress of International Journalism until the panel of participants is rectified and “give women journalists the prominence they deserve”.

GAMAG-EUROPE (GE), in accordance with its principles of promoting equality in and through the media, shares and supports the APFCyL‘s protest about the underrepresentation of women journalists at the I International Journalism Congress organized by the Miguel Delibes Foundation.

GE is the European regional chapter of the Global Alliance on Media and Gender (GAMAG), made up of a thousand people and groups, including the Association of Feminist Journalists of Castilla y León.

At GAMAG-EUROPE we believe in the strength of networks to give strength to local proposals in favor of equality in the media and professionals in the sector and so that global actions reach the smallest places.

Castilla y León / España

GAMAG EUROPE (GE), con #SinEllasNoVoy

Pedimos vuestra adhesión al Manifiesto de las periodistas feministas de Castilla y León para que la voz de las periodistas se oiga con más fuerza

• El programa del I Congreso Internacional de Periodismo “Miguel Delibes” que se celebra estos días en Valladolid, España, solo incluye a cinco mujeres periodistas frente a 19 hombres
• Este reparto es poco equitativo, no representa la pluralidad de la sociedad e invisibiliza a una buena parte del sector que son las mujeres periodistas

Castilla y León, 2 de octubre de 2021

GAMAG-EUROPE (GE) apoya el manifiesto de la Asociación de Periodistas Feministas de Castilla y León (APFCyL) en el que solicita una rectificación en el programa del I Congreso Internacional de Periodismo organizado por la Fundación Miguel Delibes y el diario ‘El Norte de Castilla’ en Valladolid. El motivo es la “pírrica representación que dejan a las periodistas en este congreso”.

La APFCyL denuncia la falta de paridad “por razones de proporcionalidad y equidad”, ya que las únicas ponentes que acudirán al congreso son: Mamen Mendizábal, Mara Torres, Lucía Méndez, Marisa R. Palop y la corresponsal de Xinhua (China), Feng Junwei. El resto de los 19 participantes son varones, consiguiendo que se produzca “una forma de violencia simbólica que mina los logros conseguidos y las aportaciones de tantas y buenas profesionales (…) y las expectativas de las futuras periodistas que ven que sus referentes son de segunda categoría”.

Un reparto poco equitativo que no representa la pluralidad e invisibiliza a una buena parte del sector. En las facultades de Periodismo y Comunicación hay más de “un 60 por ciento de alumnas egresadas” y “las redacciones y los gabinetes de prensa cuentan cada vez con una mayor proporción de mano de obra femenina”, afirma la asociación en el manifiesto.

Las periodistas feministas de Castilla y León han lanzado una campaña en las redes sociales bajo el hashtag #SinEllasNoVoy para que las instituciones públicas retiren su patrocinio del I Congreso de Periodismo Internacional hasta que no rectifique el panel de participantes y “dé a las periodistas el protagonismo que se merecen”.

GAMAG-EUROPE (GE), conforme a sus principios de promoción de la igualdad en y a través de los medios de comunicación, comparte y apoya la protesta de la APFCyL sobre la escasa representación de mujeres periodistas en el I Congreso Internacional de Periodismo organizado por la Fundación Miguel Delibes.

GE es el capítulo regional europeo de la Global Alliance on Media and Gender (GAMAG), integrado por un millar de personas y colectivos, incluida la Asociación de Periodistas Feministas de Castilla y León.

Desde GAMAG-EUROPE creemos en la fuerza de las redes para dar fuerza a las propuestas locales a favor de la igualdad en los medios de comunicación y las profesionales del sector y para que las acciones globales lleguen a los lugares más pequeños.