IAMCR was represented at the first meeting of the International Steering Committee of the Global Alliance for Media and Gender (GAMAG) by its president, Janet Wasko, and vice-president, Aimée Vega. The meeting, which took place in Geneva on 4 and 5 November, called on UN member states to include strong provisions on gender, media and ICTs in the post- 2015 Sustainable Development Goals.
“We cannot talk about equality, good governance, freedom of expression and sustainability when women are effectively silenced in and through the media, and where new technologies are used to undermine the human rights of women and women journalists”.
Coordinated by UNESCO, GAMAG is a network of 500 media and media development, unions and civil society organisations across the globe. It seeks to harness new opportunities, and address new challenges, for gender equality and women's empowerment in and through media in an information society context which has radically transformed media architectures.
IAMCR is a member of GAMAG's International Steering Committee.
Download the press release issued following the meeting in PDF format. More information will be distributed soon about IAMCR's role in the research activities of the alliance.
Download the book Media and Gender: A Scholarly Agenda for the Global Alliance on Media and Gender, co-edited by UNESCO and IAMCR.