Towards Equality
2021 Edition
Ahead of the Generation Equality Forum, Sparknews invited 15 news outlets from around the world to join forces and shed light, with a solutions-oriented approach, on today’s most pressing gender equality challenges.
On June 18, 2021, they published 27 news stories, shared in 10 languages, reaching more than 70 million people.
To kick off the first media alliance of the Towards Equality program, Sparknews hosted a live-streamed event featuring prominent journalists and international key opinion leaders paving the way towards gender equality.
Here’s a look at some of the stories shared by our media partners as part of the first edition of the Towards Equality media alliance, in English:
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Eleonor Faur, feminist sociologist: “In a world that neglects so much, caring for others is revolutionary”
By elDiarioAR 🇦🇷 A pioneer in the study of the care industry through a gender lens, the specialist analyses the pandemic’s impacts, the community-oriented organisations led by women in popular sectors, and the need to rethink our entire economic systems and distribute care responsibilities in a more balanced way.
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“Elles aussi” campaigns for real parity in the French political landscape
By Arte 🇫🇷/🇩🇪 When the country banned female genital mutilation in 2011, few expected this traditional practice to migrate to underground clinics.
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In Italy, school textbook publishers scrap gender stereotypes
By Corriere della Sera 🇮🇹 An interview of gender expert Irene Biemmi, who has been working as an advisor on a publication project aiming to give an equal representation to men and women.