News - MMA in the Media
- South Africa: Lack of reporting on gender-based violence
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) has questioned the media’s priority in dealing with issues facing women, especially gender-based violence and representation of women in media.
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- MMA highlights lack of reporting on gender-based violence
Yesterday, Tuesday, 8 March 2011, which was International Women’s Day, Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) questioned the media’s priority in dealing with issues facing women, especially gender-based violence and representation of women in media.
It pointed out that the epidemic of rhino poaching has been very present in media headlines and coverage - showing an increase in deaths from 133 in 2009 to 333 in 2010 - but that in the same period, 197 000 cases of crimes against women were reported to SAPS, including murder, attempted murder, common assault, sexual offences and assault to cause grievous bodily harm. It is worth noting that these are only the ones reported. The figures according to the “one in nine campaign” are likely to be ten times higher.
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- Mujeres subrepresentadas en la prensa en Puerto Rico.
Women just are rarely included as information sources in stories produced by reporters in Puerto Rico, even though much of the news is reported by women. That’s according to the findings of the Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP).
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- Sensational & exaggerated reporting hinders efforts to tackle human trafficking
Media Monitoring Africa says sensational and exaggerated reporting on human and child trafficking can often lead to a failure to address the real issue. MMA held an exhibition on Child Protection and Trafficking in Johannesburg. Key to developing the exhibit was the participation of children.
Richelle Seton-Rodgers reported on the exhibition for SAFM 105.1 FM on Midday Live 24 November 2010
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- The travesty of human trafficking in SA
Renowned South African human rights lawyer George Bizos was moved to tears by the abuses highlighted in an exhibition on human trafficking in South Africa, launched at Constitutional Hill, writes Jackie Bischof for journalism.co.za.
The exhibition will run through mid-December and is part of Media Monitoring Africa’s interrogation of the media’s coverage of human trafficking in the country before, during and after the 2010 World Cup.
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