The International Federation of Journalists’ gender expert tells us about the specifics of their new project “Rewriting the story: Gender, media and politics,” what sexist question a famous German politician was asked that shocked her the most, and how she sees the future of gender equality in the news.

15/05/2023     10 min read

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Women in Politics: Does the News Perpetuate Misrepresentation?

15/05/2023     1 min 23 sec

 

Since 1995, there has been a growing number of women running for office, getting elected or designated as representatives. Let’s take a look at how the representation of women in politics and in political news evolved over the years.

Data & Studies

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Ed Yong on Gender Bias and the Need for More Diversity in Health Reporting

07/04/2023     1 min read

 

The award-winning science journalist and author tells about the steps he’s taken to make his stories more inclusive, and how that fundamentally changed his reporting over the past eight years. He also shares some of what he has learned telling the stories of women amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

In the Newsroom

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What Place for Women-Led Journalism in Afghanistan? A Conversation With Zahra Nader

07/04/2023     1 min read

 

The editor-in-chief of independent Afghan news outlet Zan Times tells us about how the project started in 2022 and how it operates today, with women journalists reporting on the field, under the Taliban rule.

In the Newsroom

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Women’s Health in Numbers: It Isn’t Just About Reproduction

07/04/2023     

 

Finding data reflecting women’s and girls’ reality is tricky, especially when it’s about a field that has a long history of considering men’s and boys’ experiences as the default human experience. Still, we tried.

Data & Studies

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What does International Women’s Day mean in 2023?

07/03/2023     2 min 50 sec read

 

Three organizations that work daily to achieve gender equality (Equal Measures 2030, Equimundo and Women in Global Health) tell us what March 8 means to them.

Untold stories

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