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Momodou
Denmark
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 Posted - 07 Sep 2006 : 02:02:16
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The following is culled from Commonwealth News and Information Service Newsletter
'GENDER FOR JOURNALISTS' ONLINE TRAINING TOOLKIT LAUNCHED
It's 'homemaker', not 'housewife'; 'domestic worker', not 'maid'; and 'flight attendant', not 'stewardess'. These are some of the guidelines offered to journalists in a new online training toolkit focusing on the coverage of gender-related issues.
Compiled by British media consultant Trish Williams, the toolkit, 'Gender for Journalists', was unveiled on 31 August 2006 as a learning resource produced by the Commonwealth Press Union (CPU).
"Journalists play an important part in defining what people think and what their place is in society," said Ms Williams.
"I realised that if fully briefed about gender issues and gender-sensitive reporting, journalists would be able to present a clearer and more accurate picture of the contribution that both women and men make to the development and prosperity of their societies."
'Gender for Journalists' includes eight chapters focusing on gender-related media trends and research resources such as 'Gender Violence', 'Women's Inequality', 'Gender Tools' and 'Gender Agenda'.
The toolkit can be accessed on http://www.cpu.org.uk/cpu-toolkits/.
The CPU is an association whose members are newspaper groups, newspapers and news agencies in 49 countries of the Commonwealth. It organises training events, works to improve facilities and monitors press freedom in its member countries.
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