Femme globale: gender perspectives in the 21st century women contesting the information society: from Beijing to Geneva, Tunis and beyond

The information society and African women

By: Wanyeki LM
Published by: African Women's Development & Communication Network, 2007
Via: Eldis

How successful were the strategies for improving the gender-responsiveness of the media with respect to the content of the media and representation within the media, outlined in the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action? This paper examines why, ten years on, the coverage and representation of African women remains a concern. The author finds that the need for free, independent and pluralistic media at the service of development and social change and the need for self-regulation by the media, with women's full participation in the development of codes of conduct and self-regulatory mechanisms remain relevant objectives today.

(http://www.femnet.or.ke/documents/femme%20globale%20women.pdf)