Inside the News Inside . Challenges and Aspirations of Women Journalists and the Pacific in Asia Women of Challenges and Aspirations the News Challenges and Aspirations of Women Journalists in Asia and the Pacific Inside the News Challenges and Aspirations of Women Journalists in Asia and the Pacific II III Published in 2015 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 7, place de Fontenoy, 75352 Paris 07 SP, France, UNESCO Bangkok Office and UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific © UNESCO 2015 ISBN 978-92-9223-521-5 (Print version) ISBN 978-92-9223-522-2 (Electronic version) This publication is available in Open Access under the Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO (CC-BY-SA 3.0 IGO) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/igo/). By using the content of this publication, the users accept to be bound by the terms of use of the UNESCO Open Access Repository (http://www.unesco.org/open-access/terms-use-ccbysa-en). 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Project coordinators: Rosa Maria Gonzalez and Misako Ito Copy-editors: Jane Worthington, Laxmi Murthy and Chantal Mairesse Design and layout: Warren Field Cover photo: © IWMF Printed in Thailand TH/CI/15/020-200 CONTENTS II III Contents Forewords .............................................................................................................................................................................................V Acknowledgements.......................................................................................................................................................... VIII Acronyms .............................................................................................................................................................................................IX Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................................................1 Recent global resources on women in media......................................................................................................... 5 Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................................................10 Professional context ......................................................................................................................................................................12 Gender equity in media organizations ........................................................................................................................13 Working conditions and satisfaction ............................................................................................................................13 Professional associations and unions ..........................................................................................................................14 Sexual harassment .........................................................................................................................................................................15 Promoting gender equity .........................................................................................................................................................16 Gender balance in media content ...................................................................................................................................17 Research Framework ........................................................................................................................................................18 The survey ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 21 Key Findings ................................................................................................................................................................................ 22 Profile of respondents ................................................................................................................................................................ 22 Employment patterns ............................................................................................................................................................... 27 Nature of work .................................................................................................................................................................................. 28 Working conditions ..................................................................................................................................................................... 30 Training and professional development .................................................................................................................. 34 Professional associations and unions ......................................................................................................................... 36 Sexual harassment at the workplace .......................................................................................................................... 38 Strategies for change .................................................................................................................................................................. 40 Portrayal of women in the media ................................................................................................................................... 41 Conclusion ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 43 Gender equity in media organizations ....................................................................................................................... 45 Recommendations ............................................................................................................................................................. 45 Professional associations and unions ......................................................................................................................... 46 Government, media and civil society........................................................................................................................... 47 IV V Contents (continued) At the Forefront of Gender Equality in the Media: Case Studies......................48 Cambodia The rise of Cambodia’s “cloghers”........................................................................................................48 Cambodia A media organization breaking free of the cultural constraints .............................50 India A woman in the line of fire ........................................................................................................................52 India Delhi Union of Journalists leads on women in decision-making roles ............54 India Foregrounding women’s perspectives ............................................................................................56 Malaysia Empowering women through union representation by Hajjah Norila Daud ....................................................................................................................................58 Nepal Peace in Rolpa brings a brighter dawn for women ............................................................60 Nepal Asmita, a women’s magazine struggles and thrives .......................................................62 Pakistan Reporting from the frontlines .................................................................................................................64 Pakistan Women presiding over some unions ..............................................................................................66 Pakistan When rape is rape ............................................................................................................................................69 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Challenges and Aspirations of Women Journalists in Asia and the Pacific Journalists Women of and Aspirations . Challenges Sri Lanka Through a female lens ...................................................................................................................................71 Sri Lanka The leader in active mentoring ............................................................................................................74 Sri Lanka A strong backdrop for women’s career advancement .....................................................77 ....................................................... Inside the News Vanuatu Women, media and economic literacy in the Pacific 80 n Vanuatu Media tackles gender-based violence .............................................................................................82