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‘Our newsrooms gender abuse, discrimination experiences’

As part of our International Women’s Day Special Reports, we asked female journalists about specific gender-related abuses, inequalities, systemic biases, workplace harassment, and other challenges they have experienced in newsrooms and other media environments. While male managers and colleagues are the main culprits, some women also make life in the newsrooms harrowing for female journalists.

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IWD 2025: Time to accelerate action on gender gaps in newsrooms 

International Women’s Day should not be reduced to empty speeches and symbolic gestures. It should be a moment of truth, a time for industries to assess their progress and commit to real change. International Women’s Day (IWD) 2025 may have been marked on Saturday, March 8, but the conversation on gender equality cannot be limited

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Prime Woman: Redefining representation for women and business sustainability

The media has long been criticised for the portrayal of women using the lens of stereotypes of society. With a reputation for portraying women in limiting ways, the media reports women at a disproportionate rate compared to men. Women don’t often make it into headlines, and when they do, most headlines portray them as objects,

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Misleading media reports 

‘Media organisations, especially online platforms, guilty of misleading reports should not only be honourable enough to admit that they are wrong and correct their wrong reports,  but they should also take the necessary steps required to prevent future occurrences.’ Two major media reports recently on government or public policy which should elicit detailed interrogation from

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