This chapter contributes to our understanding of gender and media concerns by focusing on
an under-researched aspect: the policy dimension. It addresses the nexus between the …

The nexus between media gender inequalities and media policy has not been a central
concern for researchers, practitioners, media organisations and decision-making bodies …

Gender aware communication scholarship has been slow to engage with the domain of
media and communication policy: though preoccupations about women's equal access to …

Gender equality in the media is emphasised by the United Nations as one of the critical
issues for the future, specifically through the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action from …

'Gender mainstreaming'emerges in national, supranational and international processes of
governance of public policy with the aim of mainstreaming considerations about gender …

Issues of women's underrepresentation and invisibility in news content and limited access to
managerial and decision-making positions, as well as a gendered division of labour in news …

The goals set out in the 1995 Platform for Action of the Beijing World Conference on Women—
to achieve gender equality in and through the media—interrogate today's digital policies: To …

Gender inequalities have been at the core of debates and studies about media and
communication for a long time. The media–as meaning-making institutions, and as an …

The idea that journalism should be a mirror of society is widely embraced by both journalists
and audiences. One of the longstanding justifications for the lack of gender equality in the …

Preface........................................................................................................................... Executive
Summary...................................................................................................... Introduction …