GAMAG

CSW 2018: Liberté de communication et égalité femmes/hommes
2018-03-15 10:00 - 22:15 UTC | UN Headquaters, Conference Room 12, 405 E 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10017, United States
Organisateurs: Réseau des Instances Africaines de Régulation de la Communication (RIARC -www.acran.org), Réseau des Instances de Régulation Méditerranéennes (RIRM- www.rirm.org), Réseau Francophone des Régulateurs des Médias (REFRAM – www.refram.org). En partenariat avec GAMAG.
Thème: La liberté d’expression et de communication représente pour les acteurs médiatiques un droit fondamental au même titre que la non-discrimination de genre. Ces deux principes, qui puisent leur fondement philosophique et portée pratique dans l’indivisibilité et l’interdépendance des Droits Humains, constituent le socle de toute avancée significative en faveur de l’égalité F/H dans et à travers les médias.
Objectifs

Questionner les concepts, approches et outils d’analyse et d’action permettant de mieux appréhender la question de l’égalité de genre, appliquée à un domaine spécifique et changeant, celui des médias.
Partager l’état de la réflexion et les expériences de terrain de régulateurs des médias, appartenant à des aires géographiques et culturelles diverses, en matière de règlementation, monitoring et accompagnement des opérateurs en vue de promouvoir la culture de l’égalité à travers les médias.

Panelistes

Olivier Schrameck, Président du Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel, France, et Président du RIRM
Gyan Kwasi Apenteng, Président de la National Media Commission, Ghana, et Président du RIARC
Abdourahamane Ousmane, Président du Conseil Supérieur de la Communication, Niger, Membre du REFRAM
Aimée Véga Montiel, IAMC, Mexique, Présidente de Global Alliance on Media and Gender (GAMAG)

Modération: Mme Amina Lemrini Elouahabi, Présidente de la Haute Autorité de la Communication Audiovisuelle, Maroc.

CSW 2018: The role of the media in advancing gender equality
2018-03-15 10:30 - 12:00 UTC | Church Centre for the United Nations, 10th Floor, 777 UN Plaza, New York, NY, 10017, United States
Description: An inquiry into the role that media can play in social change at the grassroots, national and international levels. Come ready to explore the following questions in an interactive dialogue:
What should be the role of media in society?
How can media lift up the voices of women globally?
Organisers: Bahai International Community

CSW 2018: Gender and Media - Policy dimensions and a research agenda (con interpretación)
2018-03-15 18:15 - 20:15 UTC | Salvation Army Auditorium, 221 E 52nd Street, New York, NY, 10022, United States
Organisers: Global Alliance for Media and Gender (GAMAG) and the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR)
Description: The panel will illustrate how the wider policy framework affects the gender equality dimensions in media and ICTs, including contents, women’s access to decision making positions, violence against women journalists online and offline, media and information literacy, freedom of expression, women media workers’ rights, women’s rights and security on digital platforms, and gender mainstreaming within the curricula of communication and journalism programs.
Expected outcome: Launch of a global-level policy-research project.
Pre-register here

CSW 2018: Empowerment of rural women - what can media do?
2018-03-16 08:30 - 10:00 UTC | 4W43 Building, Aqua Room., 4 W 43rd St, New York, NY, 10036, United States
Organiser: International Media Support, an NGO working with local media in countries affected by armed conflict, human insecurity and political transition.
Description: With best practices and challenges from Syria, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan and Zimbabwe, this panel will examine how media can involve women and girls in rural areas in the public debate and provide them with access to the information they need to claim their rights and make informed choices.

CSW 2018: Young professionals talk gender in the media
2018-03-16 18:15 - 19:45 UTC | Church Centre for the United Nations, 10th Floor, 777 UN Plaza, New York, NY, 10017, United States
Email yp@ngocsw.org to RSVP

CSW 2018. GAMAG general meeting
2018-03-21 13:00 - 16:00 UTC | UNESCO, 2 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY, 10017, United States

CSW 2018: Focus on Section J - Taking stock, looking forward (con interpretación)
2018-03-22 08:30 - 10:30 UTC | Church Center for the United Nations, 8th Floor, 777 UN Plaza, New York, NY, 10017, United States
Organisers: World Association for Christian Communication (WACC), Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) network and, GAMAG.
Description: The event provides a critical update of progress on gender and media resolutions from CSW 47 and Section J of the Beijing Platform for Action, drawing from research evidence, advocacy and practical experience. Progress in closing the gender inequality gap remains extremely slow: the needle towards parity has shifted by only 7 points in two decades; gender stereotypes remain firmly lodged in media contents; growing violence against women over digital platforms impedes women’s rights online. An interactive teaching and panel discussion approach will create knowledge about persistent gaps, emerging issues and suggestions for intervention by civil society, media professionals and industry bodies.
Expected outcomes: Renewed commitment to lobby for adoption and/or implementation of gender policies for the ICT, media and communication sectors, critical for sustaining any gains on Sustainable Development Goals 5, 16, regional and national gender equality agreements.
Presenters:

Marceline Nyambala, Association of Media Women in Kenya (AMWIK)
Sarah Macharia, Global Media Monitoring Project – WACC, Canada
Vilma Pena, Observatorio GEMA, Costa Rica

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CSW 2018: Safe Journalists, Strong Democracies
2018-03-22 10:00 - 11:15 UTC | UN Headquaters, Conference Room 12, 405 E 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10017, United States
Full title: A Dent in Democracy: how on and offline attacks on women journalists are hurting us all
Organisers: UNESCO with The Netherlands and Sweden
Description: The safety of women journalists has risen to become one of the pre-eminent issues for journalism in our digital era. During CSW, UNESCO will highlight and promote action on the safety of women journalists through a side event supported by The Netherlands and Sweden. Safe Journalists, Strong Democracies: How on and offline attacks on women journalists are hurting us all will discuss the many ways women journalists can be placed in vulnerable settings, both in the workplace, in the field and online, leaving them open to all kinds of harassment, intimidation and violence. Under the framework of the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and Issue of Impunity, panelists will share their first hand experiences of these threats and the consequences these actions have on the fundamental role that the press plays in strengthening democratic societies.

CSW 2018: Fundamentalismos en América Latina: Estrategias para una comunicación feminista
2018-03-22 14:30 - 16:30 UTC | Salvation Army downstairs, 221 East 52 Street, New York, 10022, United States
Asociación Civil Comunicación Para La Igualdad (Argentina), Red PAR (Argentina), Alianza Global de Medios y Género (GAMAG) Capítulo América Latina y Articulación Feminista Marcosur

CSW 2018: The Holistic Gender and Media Agenda (con interpretación)
2018-03-23 10:00 - 23:15 UTC | UN Headquaters, Conference Room 12, 405 E 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10017, United States
Organisers: UNESCO and the Global Alliance for Media and Gender (GAMAG)
Description: The panel will explore and debate the wide range of gender and communication issues hitherto omitted from past considerations of the CSW Review theme. The panelists will make the case for the centrality of communication in broader struggles for gender equality and women’s human rights, as well as for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. Issues such as gender equality in media decisionmaking positions, media policy, gender and freedom of expression and the rights of women media workers will be discussed, identifying key areas for action and practical recommendations for media and ICT companies, Member States, civil society and others. The session will explore a set of gender and media position papers prepared by GAMAG members, each proposing specific recommendations for governments, media organisations and civil society.
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GAMAG General Assembly
2019-07-08 09:00 - 13:00 (Europe/Madrid) | Complutense University Madrid, Avda. de Séneca, 2 Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid, 28040, Spain

Mujeres periodistas y libertad de expresión en Afghanistan
2021-08-19 16:00 - 18:00 UTC
https://web.facebook.com/LaCaderaDeEva. 4 PM GMT / 11 AM CDMX

CSW 2022. Gender in mechanisms for journalists’ safety and in media regulation
2022-03-16 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom – Virtual CSW
details coming soon!

Women's rights and freedom of expression and access to information in Iran
2023-02-08 16:00 - 17:30 (Europe/Brussels)
GAMAG invites you to a webinar about women’s struggles in Iran, featuring 2003 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Shirin Ebadi and speakers from Iran and the diaspora.
WHEN: Wednesday, 8 February at 4 PM CET.
REGISTER HERE: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GNG3fvpERqicnNZTQZs3eA
*You will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
The Webinar will also be livestreamed at https://web.facebook.com/GAMAGEurope.
Interpretation Farsi-English-Farsi will be provided.

Gender Equality and the Right to Freedom of Expression
2023-03-03 10:00 - 11:00 (Europe/Paris)
What: A side event at the 52nd session of the UN Human Rights Council. A panel will discuss how regulatory frameworks for legacy media and digital platforms could be more closely aligned to the rights to gender equality and to freedom of expression of women and girls.
When:Friday March 3, 2023 from 10 to 11 am CET
Where: Room XXII. Palais des Nations, UN, Geneva and online.
Register here
For online participants the link will be shared upon registration

Towards a new gender deal in media and communication
2023-07-08 10:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Paris) | Sciences-Po, Lyon, 14 Av. Berthelot, Lyon, 69007, France
What: Pre-conference at the 2023 International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), Lyon (France)
When: 8 July 2023. 10 am – 5 pm CET
Where: Online and In-person, Sciences-Po Lyon. Room 3.08
To register, email luciaglv@ucm.es

Description: How far have we come in fostering gender-aware education in our academic contexts? What directions, and methods, should critical analysis take to expose and address old and new forms of resistance to gender equality and gender mainstreaming? How have these forms of resistance been reshaped in the pandemic context and how are they currently operating across sectors, within and beyond academia? How can education, research and advocacy activities intersect (inform and respond to) ongoing efforts to foster a New gender Deal for the Media and the Digital?
The event reflects the shared concerns and willingness to collaborate, amongst different realities and networks, within and outside academia, in making feminist pedagogies, methodologies and educational practices a strategic pillar in forthcoming change-making initiatives for women’s communication rights and media gender justice.
The event will comprise keynote speakers, networking panel, and an interactive session, placing specific emphasis on identifying priorities for collaboration between research, education and advocacy towards the design, articulation and implementation of a ‘New Gender Deal’ in the field of media and communication.
Read more here: https://iamcr.org/lyon2023/new-gender-deal

Digital Communication Rights: Empowering women for the digital age
2024-03-12 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | KJCC Auditorium, NYU, 53 Washington Square South, New York, NY, 10012, United States
Where: in-person) New York University (NYU), KJCC auditorium.
53 Washington Square South, New York
(on Zoom):Registration REGISTER
When:12 March 2024, 10.00 AM – 12.00 PM
Old and new forms of unequal access, exclusion, discrimination, stereotyping and violence accompany women and girls’ tech-mediated communication experiences. Civil society, academic and professional associations should be organized transnationally and adequately equipped to intervene and contribute gender-transformative perspectives in relevant venues. The session anticipates input into the UN Summit of the Future in 2024, where a Global Digital Compact will be agreed upon by the international community, and the 20th anniversary of the World Summit for the Information Society (WSIS+20), venues that will require prior strengthening of transnational mobilizations in order to foster a gender-just vision of the digital realm.

GAMAG at WSIS+20: Gender Equality and Inclusion in Our Digital Future
2024-05-29 17:00 - 18:00 (Europe/Paris)
Join GAMAG, WACC and partners at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) High Level event.
Objective: To review the Global Digital Compact and to advocate for strengthening of gender equality in the global and national digital ecosystems.
Zoom registration: https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2024/Home/Registration#remote
Then select the session “Gender equality and Inclusion in our Digital Future”. 29 May at 5pm CET
Panelists from WACC, GAMAG, UNAM, IT for Change, META, UNESCO and the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences (Jordan)
Context: The Internet, its technologies, the global digital architecture and all elements of local and global tech ecosystems today are still far from being inclusive and empowering for women and girls. A key question raised at the WSIS plus 10 review in 2013 was why the digital space had not lived up to expectations. At the time, new configurations of power had resulted in an information society that was exclusionary, with little place for women and with new forms of misogyny. Gender advocates at the time noted the marginalization of women from the agenda and exclusion from Internet governance processes. The concerns persist today, with further marginalization of women’s rights activists by key global stakeholders from crucial decision-making processes. Women’s rights are being eroded, in an era where a Global Digital Compact (GDC) is proposed as a roadmap for key digital principles globally, to be agreed on during the September 2024 Summit of the Future. Power asymmetries today have exacerbated discrimination and violence against women on the Internet. The 2022 Gender Digital Divide Index Report attests to a deepening of the divide. The Internet, including Artificial Intelligence, have sharpened inequality between women and men. The divide is evident in issues of Internet availability and affordability, digital literacy, participation in online news media, STEM education, online privacy, safety, security and trust, legislation, policy, practices and decision making. In recent times, misinformation, harmful content and sexist hate speech against women, increasing of sexual exploitation and other forms of technology-facilitated gender-based violence against women and girls, undermine democracy and human rights.

J is for Justice
2025-01-16 13:00 - 2025-01-17 19:00 (Europe/Rome)
30 years fighting for Gender Equality in the Media
Celebrate, update and actualize Section J pertaining to the importance of achieving gender equality in and through the media (and media education)
Join us online https://unipd.zoom.us/j/84536876473#success.
For questions or clarifications, email claudia.padovani@unipd.it or lucia.rodriguez@ucl.ac.uk.

CSW: Beijing +30 review of Section J "Women & Media"
2025-03-11 18:30 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Church Centre for the United Nations, 8th Floor, 777 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY, 10017, United States
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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Women's Communication Rights in the Digital Era Conference
2025-09-18 | Lisbon, Portugal, Lisbon, Portugal
A Beijing+30 event.
Organized by ICNOVA – NOVA Institute of Communication with support of the ECREA Digital Culture and Communication Section.
· Dates: Thursday 18th & Friday 19th September 2025
· Location: Lisbon, Portugal
· Deadline for submission of papers: 31st January 2025
See conference website https://womcomrights25.fcsh.unl.pt for details.
