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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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- Uruguayan news stories continue to reinforce gender stereotypes
As in 99 other countries, Uruguayan news stories continue to reinforce gender stereotypes. As subjects women feature in 61% of “Social and Legal” stories, but when it comes to “Politics and Government” they barely reach 8% according to the fourth Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) 2010.
The project was coordinated by the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) together with Media Monitoring Africa (MMA), based in South Africa, which was responsible for the analysis of the information gathered.
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- Using Media and Technology to end GBV
Violence against women is now taking new forms and occurring in online spaces or through the use of ICTs. As more and more women go online using computers and mobile phones, many are silenced through acts of violence, sexism and censorship.
In order to explore and highlight issues of gender based violence, ICTs and the role of media, Inter Press Service Africa and APC Women hosted a media discussion on November 17 entitled ‘Click Against Violence: Taking 16 Days of Activism Online‘.
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- Questions over handling of Jules High rape case
Legal experts were surprised to find that the latest news about the in camera hearing of the 15-year-old Jules High School girl who was allegedly gang-raped was leaked to the press.
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- Media roundtable addresses online gender-based violence
Inter Press Service (IPS) Africa and APC Women co-hosted a media roundtable entitled ‘Click against violence: taking 16 days of activism online’, to discuss online gender-based violence and resources available to cover the issue.
According to IPS Africa, the United Nations estimates 95% of aggressive behaviour, harassment, abusive language and denigrating images in online spaces are aimed at women and come from partners or former male partners. Other surveys show that the victims of cyber-stalking are predominantly female.
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