As a worldwide survey exposes the true extent of male-dominated media, Hannah Mudge wonders why this is the case.A new survey has found that women are severely under-represented in newsrooms around the world.Research by the International Women's Media Foundation has found that globally, nearly three quarters of top management jobs in news media are held by men, as are two ...
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23 Mar 2011 15:52 GMT
"I do not wish them [women] to have power over men; but over themselves." — Mary Wollstonecraft, 1759-1797It's Women's History Month and I have to say it depresses the hell out of me this year. I'm old enough to remember the second wave feminists, and all too well the backlash and splinter groups and the endless, endless "You've come a long way, baby!" smug pats on the back or behind. All of whic...
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17 Mar 2011 09:00 GMT
Still on a sisterhood-based high after last week's IWD celebrations? As Hannah Mudge explains, the inequality-busting activities aren't over yet.I don't know about you but I was really heartened to see the amount of positive coverage International Women's Day received this year. In the UK this was down in part, I'm sure, to the great work done by the EQUALS coalition in the run-up to March 8th and on th...
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16 Mar 2011 09:14 GMT
As her time in Brazil comes to an end, Hannah Mudge celebrates International Women's Day.Today people all over the world are celebrating IWD and I'm reflecting on the time I've spent in Brazil over the past week.I arrived in the country with only a basic knowledge of gender issues here and really didn't know what to expect from the people we were going to be spending time with. I knew it was going to be interesting but it's turned out to be a once-in-a-...
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08 Mar 2011 07:56 GMT
Utilising the skills of young people to change their communities is impacting one city in northern Brazil in a big way. Hannah Mudge explains why.Our trip to Brazil is certainly shaping up to be a trip of contrasts. After the frenetic pace and crowds of Rio we've spent the past two days getting away from it all in the northern state of Parà, right on the Amazon in the city of Santarém.
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07 Mar 2011 13:30 GMT
What do the young inhabitants of Rio de Janeiro's favelas think about gender equality in their communities? Hannah Mudge has been finding out.Spending my first full day in Brazil in a favela was something of an experience. Maré is an enormous community with, it's thought, as many as 180,000 inhabitants. And although most of them are hardworking, law-abiding people, it's drug gangs who run the sh...
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04 Mar 2011 16:00 GMT
Monday saw the beginning of Fairtrade Fortnight, two weeks when the UK celebrates and raises awareness of the importance of buying, selling and creating Fairtrade products.Buying Fairtrade is important as it offers 7.5 million people in the developing world a more secure future, and while we should all be a conscious about buying Fairtrade products year round, Fairtrade Fortnight is a great way to take part!
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03 Mar 2011 14:55 GMT
Has everyone gone mad? Or is it just some kind of strange astrological occurrence that's suddenly made celebrities and dictators lose their marbles? First Charlie Sheen, then John Galliano and of course Libyan dictator Muammar Gadaffi.Anyone who's seen the video of John Galliano drunkenly stating that he loves Hitler might question if the whole thing is a set-up. The camera is steady, the women in the video seem to be goading him, Galliano is clearly very drunk. It doesn't excuse his b...
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02 Mar 2011 15:37 GMT
BitchBuzz is about to be a part of a very special trip to Brazil with ActionAid for International Women's Day. Hannah Mudge discusses why March 8th is worth caring about and what she's going to be getting up to during her time there.This year marks the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day. What began in 1911 as a day when men and women alike attended rallies campaigning for women's ...
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28 Feb 2011 15:45 GMT
From her passion for getting Don't Ask Don't Tell overturned, to her encouragement of people to love themselves and embrace that they were "born this way", we all know Lady Gaga is somewhat of a do-gooder. But now she's taken that status to another level by persuading Target to agree to stop funding anti-gay groups.
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23 Feb 2011 18:00 GMT