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To
mark the International Women's Day, March 8, UNESCO
is launching for the fifth time the global initiative
Women Make the News 2006. In order to give prominence
to and to celebrate the professional achievements
of women journalists, UNESCO's Director-General,
Koïchiro Matsuura calls on the media worldwide
to hand over editorial responsibility to women
to cast the news for a day.
The
global initiative Women Make the News, seeks to
promote equal professional chances and equal access
to decision-making positions for both men and
women in media newsrooms.
Women
Make the News 2006 seeks to promote a genuine
dialogue and reflection on topics such as: Where
are women currently fitting into newsrooms? Are
opportunities for women in newspaper, TV and radio
newsrooms equal to those of men? What does it
take for women to climb the ranks and why the
media "glass ceiling" remained intact?
Women
Make the News 2006 aims to provide a platform
for learning from each other's experiences and
challenges with a view to develop partnerships
to design effective responses to persisting ingrained
preconceptions that women are not fit for media
executive and leadership positions.
UNESCO
is dedicating the month of March to collecting
stories and features about outspoken women media
personalities, who have made a critical difference
in journalism, about their ability to move an
agenda and their effectiveness in securing gains
for the society at large and for women, in particular.
We
invite you to support this initiative by inscribing
on our website: http://www.unesco.org/march8
You
can participate in the campaign. Here's how:
- By
giving women editorial responsibility in your
media to mark International Women's Day
- Sign
up and tell us of your plans. If you support
this initiative, spread the word — only
a few more days remain to March 8!
- By
sending us your article, feature, interview
and comments about female reporters, newsmakers
and editors who have made it to the top.
There
are only two kinds of journalism — good and
bad. Good journalism involves fair and accurate
representation and a search for diversity and
balanced reporting in subject matter, perspectives
and view points, including those of women.
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