BBC America and Women’s Media Center (WMC) are working together to improve the media’s depictions of women. A press release has announced that the TV network and the feminist organization have formed “a strategic alliance” that will see them developing initiatives “with the goal of expanding both the diversity and representation of women in media.”
The fight for representation of women in entertainment has been a tumultuous one, but now two organizations are teaming up to face it head-on. BBC America and Women’s Media Center announced what they’re calling a “strategic alliance” on Tuesday “with the goal of expanding both the diversity and representation of women in media.”
“Engaging men, particularly young men, in gender disparity conversations, leads to awareness about the issue. And wider awareness about gender disparity is critical to address the issue,” Cristal Williams Chancellor of the Women’s Media Center said in an exclusive interview to CNN News18 in which she also revealed details of a four-year-long study on sexual assault reportage in India conducted by the institution.
BBC America and Women’s Media Center have partnered to expand diversity and representation of women in media. The two organizations will partner on initiatives to create change and engage the public.
In a 2017 video by the Women’s Media Center, elected officials — including seasoned politicians like Representatives Katherine M. Clark, 55, Democrat of Massachusetts, and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, 66, Republican of Florida — described their experiences as part of a campaign called #NameItChangeIt, which encourages women to speak out about harassment. And women are more willing to do so than they were even a few years ago.
Lessons from the American Women’s Media Centre on amplifying women’s voices.
Cristal Williams Chancellor of the U.S.-based non-profit Women’s Media Center (WMC) says the current media situation worries as her without free press, democracy cannot exist.
WE FACE A STAGGERING ARRAY OF FOREIGN POLICY CHALLENGES today: climate change, extremism, epidemics, increasing inequality, threats of nuclear war, and cyber-attacks. Yet, somehow, we continue to underutilize a valuable resource to address these challenges: women.
The importance of inclusion in the industry has dominated headlines over the past year. However, it has still not translated to Academy voters: The 70th annual Emmy award nominees are overwhelming white and male.
Calcutta: Skewed representation in media, silenced voices in web forums and rising cases of harassment at the workplace - the story of gender bias is much the same in America as in India or elsewhere across the world.
Cristal Williams Chancellor, a journalist-turned-rights advocate from the US on a four-day tour of the city, heard stories of Indian women and shared her own stories too.
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