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Global media monitoring day a resounding success! Print E-mail

  

Many congratulations to all who took part in WACC’s fourth Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP)!

On November 10, hundreds of women and men in over 120 countries watched television, listened to radio, and read newspapers and news on the internet for the cause of gender equality in the world’s news media.


Volunteers from women’s rights organizations, universities, media associations, and church groups monitored the representation of gender in the media as part of a collective global research and action initiative to change the portrayal and representation of gender in the news media.

A closely guarded secret, the fact that monitoring day had arrived became apparent when WACC began posting snippets of news here and on WACC's web site . Monitors all over the world were invited to send messages of encouragement. Others telephoned, sent SMS text messages and ‘SKYPED’ the WACC global office with news of the day’s events. Read more...


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WACC promotes communication for social change. It believes that communication is a basic human right that defines people's common humanity, strengthens cultures, enables participation, creates community and challenges tyranny and oppression.

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