Sex workers in South Africa, and around the world, are doubly vulnerable, firstly because of their job which exposes them to a myriad of risks, including rape, HIV/AIDS and even slavery. They are vulnerable, too, because they engage in illegal activities, which opens them up to exploitation by polic...
The coverage surrounding the ongoing court case over the death of Netshisaulu Avhatakali and the representation of his wife as a “black widow” murderer typifies recent coverage on women involved in their husband’s deaths. The coverage of this court case brought to light other cases, in which w...
The research undertaken by the Media Monitoring Project (MMP) on behalf of CSVR has revealed that media interest in issues of race and racism did not end with the dismantling of formal institutional apartheid. However, the focus of media discourse on race and racism has shifted to new manifestations...
The 2006 Local Government Elections demonstrated many of the patterns from past of election coverage, with the elections attracting much media attention, but event-based reporting predominating. The majority of the coverage was national, rather than local, as may be expected in a local election. Bee...
The Rwandan Media Monitoring Project was established by the High Council of the Press in 2003 to monitor media coverage of that year’s elections in Rwanda. The desire to monitor the media was stimulated by pending presidential and parliamentary elections and the High Council of the Press’ missio...
Considering the recent 16 days campaign, it is disappointing to note the billboard campaign currently ongoing by Triumph International. Rather than ‘supporting’ women, Triumph has produced a range of outdoor adverts which implicitly promote stereotypical views of women. The adverts are currently...
The 16 days of activism campaign against woman and child abuse began on the international day of elimination of violence against women on the 25th November. In preparation for this time, one could expect that media would be creating greater awareness of gender based violence and the social consequ...
“Governments and lobby groups around the world are discussing whether the regulation of food advertising to children is the next step in fighting the battle against childhood obesity,” says William Bird, executive director of the Media Monitoring Project. “It is time that representatives of th...
The Media Monitoring Project (MMP) is inviting media and marketing stakeholders to engage proactively in forming a policy task force to draft local recommendations on food and drink advertising to children. Download the MMP Advertising Call...