March 2025 – GAMAG

CSW: Beijing +30 review of Section J “Women &…

Title: Safeguarding Women’s Communication & Digital Rights

When: March 11, 2025. 6.30-8.00 pm EST

Where: CCUN 8th Floor, 777 UN Plaza, NY. and on Zoom https://bit.ly/SectionJ_Media

Description
The Beijing Platform for Action’s Section ‘J’ called attention to the centrality of media and digital technologies for gender equality and women’s empowerment. 30 years later, indicators of change evidence a mix of snail’s pace progress on some measures, stagnation on others and regression in yet others. The parallel event is a space to evaluate the current context, to highlight areas for a gender and communication agenda and contribute to the Beijing+30 review.

The specific objectives are to:
• Review the implementation of Section J of the Beijing Platform for Action and its strategic objectives.
• Propose guidelines for an action agenda on gender and communication to promote gender equality in and through the media in the post-2030 agenda.

Organizers: WACC & GAMAG

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Beijing +30: Upholding commitments on “Women and the Media”

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Beijing +30: Upholding Commitments in Section J on “Women and the Media”

Global Alliance on Media & Gender (GAMAG), March 3, 2025. Communication rights – particularly those of women and marginalized groups – are under severe threat world wide.

This year, 2025, marks the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action. Section J of this landmark gender policy blueprint enshrined commitments to increase women’s participation in media decision-making, promote balanced and non-stereotypical portrayals of women, and ensure women’s access to and use of communication technologies.

Commitments made in Beijing are under attack. One driver is the rise of far-right governments and conservative movements across the globe, offline and online. A second is the increasing hostility towards gender equality evident in statements and actions by the current political administration in the United States of America. Nation states, the private sector and other entities are backpedaling on promises to advance and uphold women’s rights and gender equality. Action to address the escalating threats is urgently required.