Tagged with: Gender
Posts (6)
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Seven lessons from scaling up mHealth in India
Sara Chamberlain, Radharani Mitra, Anna Godfrey
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Media Action
We take a deeper dive into what we learned from Kilkari, Mobile Academy and Mobile Kunji– our mobile health communication projects for frontline healthcare workers and families in India - following on from our exciting series in BMJ Global Health.
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Why women in journalism need to be considered in pandemic and conflict recovery
Julie Boutros
Project manager, Eastern Europe
With public interest media under threat around the world, we are committed to continuing our efforts to ensure that women’s voices are meaningfully represented - throughout media organisations, and in the content they produce – to properly reflect the audiences they serve.
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Online violence against women and girls in Nepal: what we have learned
Anju Bhatt and Manju Gautam
Research manager and research officer, Nepal
Cases of online abuse against women and girls have spiked in recent years. However, the legal and policy initiatives to address it do not seem to delve deep enough into the grave and changing dynamics of online violence in Nepal, or how this perpetuates gender-based violence in the offline world.
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How can digital technology empower women without worsening inequality?
Sara Chamberlain
Digital project director, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Media Action India
How can we harness the digital revolution to empower women – socially, economically and politically - without creating deeper social and gender divides? Our Digital Women's Economic Empowerment learning in India is examining this question, with fascinating insights.
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Researching women in Afghanistan
Katy Williams
Research Editor, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Media Action
International development organisations need to understand the viewpoints and experiences of women and girls if they are to improve opportunities for them. We speak to Ahmad Tamim Sharifzai, the organisation’s senior research officer in Afghanistan about some of the challenges...
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A dramatic end to violence against women?
Josephine Casserly
Governance and Rights Adviser
In the UK and South Africa, two dramas illustrate how stories can help people better understand gender-based violence. Yet despite early signs of promise, we need more evidence on how effective media programmes are at changing patterns and perceptions of violence against women and girls.
