GAMAG

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.
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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: 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: Leaving No One Behind for Planet 50/50 by 2030
2018-03-15 10:00 - 15:00 UTC | 630 Second Avenue, 630 2nd Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
An inter-sectional and inter-generational conversation on what it will take to leave no rural woman or girl behind in the quest for a 50-50 planet.
12:05-13:00. Setting standards. Bridging the gap between rhetoric and reality. Respondent on minimum standards for media
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CSW 2018: Core issues of the Women and Media agenda: Violence against women journalists, Gender mainstreaming in media and ICT policy and Violence against women in media and digital contents
2018-03-14 11:30 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | UN Headquaters, Conference Room 12, 405 E 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10017, United States
The Beijing Platform for Action (1995) and Section J, “Women and Media”, laid the foundation for a global agenda on gender and communication. Subsequently, the 47th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women in 2003 adopted this as its core theme. This was followed by an increasing series of international initiatives that have shown the holistic nature of the agenda and the need to improve gender equality in and through the media – for example, the Global Alliance on Media and Gender (GAMAG), launched by UNESCO and more than 500 organizations, the UNESCO UNITWIN on Gender, Media and ICTs, the UN Women Global Compact ‘Step it up for gender equality in the media’, the Council of Europe (CE) Recommendation CM/Rec(2013)1 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on gender equality and media adopted in July 2013, the Recommendation CM/Rec(2017)9 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on gender equality in the audiovisual sector, drafted by international experts from the CE member states and Mexico, and adopted in September 2017, and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal number 5 on gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls.
The impetus provided by feminist scholars, activists and media workers has been significant. However, these initiatives have not been always accompanied by the coordinated action of governments or by the firm commitment of media and ICT industries to end discrimination against women. As a consequence, there has been little documented progress and, in some areas, even regression. Three areas are of particular concern: violence against women journalists, lack of gender mainstreaming in media and ICT policy, and violence against women in media and digital contents.
Evidence shows there has been a severe increase of violence against women journalists, both offline and online. This is happening in a number of countries, but mostly in conflict and post-conflict countries where the human rights of women journalists have become more precarious. On the other hand, despite the clear importance of policies to improve gender equality in media and telecommunication companies, recommendations made by the above initiatives have been disregarded. Finally, although ending violence against women and girls in media content is fundamental to the BPfA Strategic Objective J.1, instead of decreasing, sexism and misogyny in media have risen dramatically. In addition, the new digital environment has enhanced some existing problems and presents new challenges that need to be addressed – such as sex trafficking in social networks, easily accessible violent pornography, online intimidation and silencing of women, and more.
An urgent response from member states is needed, in coordination with UN agencies, universities, NGOs, regulatory bodies, unions, practitioners and media and ICT sectors. The purpose of this Side Event is to bring into CSW the debates around these three issues, and a set of guidelines that could serve as a catalyst for an international coordinated action.
Key message: As stated at the 47th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women Recommendation in 2003, States should take a lead advocacy role with respect to media and ICT and gender equality. To mark the occasion of Women and Media as the Review Theme for CSW 2018, the purpose of this Side Event promoted by the Mexican Government in partnership with the Global Alliance on Media and Gender (GAMAG), is to promote a review of the advances and challenges posed today by the recommendations made in 2003, and the development of an action plan for the 21st century. The aim is to open up a multistakeholder debate around three of the central issues of the agenda – violence against women journalists, gender mainstreaming in media and ICT policy and violence against women in media and digital contents – in order to devise an agreed international coordinated action to improve gender equality in and through the media and ICT.
Format and participation: The side event will bring together different stakeholders that will include Government representatives, the UN system, civil society, scholars, women’s and youth organizations and the media sector. The debate will start with a 10 minutes presentation by panelists followed by an interactive dialogue among multiple stakeholders.
Participants:

Lorena Cruz, National Institute of Women President
Aimée Vega Montiel, Global Alliance on Media and Gender (GAMAG) Chair / National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) Researcher
Gülser Corat, UNESCO Director of the Division for Gender Equality
Oisika Chakrabarti, UN Women
Liri Kopaçi-Di Michele, Council of Europe Head of the Equality Division
Maria Edström, Swedish Delegate to CSW / University of Gothenburg
Rosa Monteiro, Protuguese Delegate to CSW/ Vice Minister of Citinzenship and Equality

Moderator: Carolyn Byerly, Howard University Researcher
Language: English / Spanish (simultaneous translation)
This event will be streamed at UN.tv
Download the concept note and speaker bios here

CSW 2018: Violencia Contra Mujeres Periodistas
2018-03-13 16:30 - 18:30 UTC | Armenian Convention Center, Vantar Hall, 630 2nd Ave, New York, NY, United States
Red Internacional De Periodistas Con Visión De Género (RIPVG) con Comunicación e Información de la Mujer, A.C. (CIMAC), Red Nacional de Periodistas de México (RNP) y GAMAG

CSW registration deadline
2018-01-27 08:00 - 17:00 UTC
http://www.unwomen.org/en/csw/ngo-participation/registration

2018 Congress AMMPE-BBC-GAMAG Europe
2018-01-01 08:00 - 17:00 UTC
2018 Congress AMMPE-BBC-GAMAG Europe. Contact. Teresa C.

Internet Governance Forum
2017-12-01 08:00 - 17:00 UTC
Internet Governance Forum. Date TBC. Contact: Anita Gurumurthy. Dates TBC

Réunion du Comité d’orientation du RIARC
2017-11-24 08:00 - 17:00 UTC
Réunion du Comité d’orientation du RIARC, réseau africain, à Rabat. Amina Lemrini

Assemblée générale du RIRM
2017-11-17 08:00 - 17:00 UTC
Assemblée générale du RIRM, réseau méditerranéen, à Marseille. Jusqu’àu 17. Amina Lemrini
