[APCPress] FYI: IPS Gender Reporting Toolkits Published Online

[Karen Higgs]

Dear APC community and journalist colleagues

Another great resource that many of us can use from our partners, IPS.

Best
Kah
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IPS Gender Reporting Toolkits Published Online

Chairman, chairwoman, chairperson or chair? Housewife or homemaker?
What is so controversial about contraception, the word ‘family’ or
‘sex worker’?  Does being gender-sensitive in news mean hiding the
genders and sexes of people who appear in them?

Inter Press Service announces a third edition of “The Gender and
Development Glossary” to offer journalists and writers a guide for
picking their way through the sometimes tricky terrain of gender,
media and development, and the use of gender-related terms and
language in media. Published by IPS Asia, its glossary section takes
users through the meaning and nuances of 141 key terms in gender and
development, many of them updated from the gender and media
discussions over the last decade and useful in covering these issues.

The glossary is the latest in a series of new publications about
gender that help reporters and news managers grapple with the
challenge of writing about gender issues in a way that does not
perpetuate stereotypes but informs and encourages public debate.

IPS Africa launched the “Reporting Gender Based Violence” handbook for
reporters, to coincide with the 16 Days of Activism against Gender
Violence campaign in November 2009. The publication covers religious
and harmful traditional practices, domestic violence, sexual and
gender-based violence, femicide, sex work and trafficking, sexual
harassment, armed conflicts, HIV and AIDS, child abuse, the role of
men, the criminal justice system, and the costs of gender-based
violence.

IPS Latin America launched the “Gender Relations in Productive and
Reproductive Work” handbook on reporting women’s employment, at a
workshop in Lima, Peru on 26 November 2009. This manual focuses on how
journalists and the media portray the unequal conditions faced by
women in the labour market, highlighting all the stereotypes that have
contributed to perpetuate gender inequalities.

IPS has long sought to support and strengthen informed reporting on
gender across the world.

In 2009 IPS launched “Communicating for Change: Getting Voice,
Visibility and Impact for Gender Equality”, with support from the
Dutch MDG3 Fund, and embarked on an ambitious programme to promote the
voice and visibility of women. IPS activities included hosting
capacity building workshops, the creation of journalism tools and the
production editorial content to raise awareness about the third
Millennium Development Goal (MDG) priorities aimed at reducing
violence against women, enhancing women’s economic independence and
increasing participation and representation of women in politics and
public administration.

Copies of the above publications may be downloaded from
http://www.ips.org/mdg3/publications/ or contact mdg3 at ips.org

Visit the IPS Gender Wire for more updates, 
http://www.ipsnews.net/genderwire/

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[IPS Africa is a leading and credible source of information about
Africa, with a network of more than 100 writers reporting from almost
50 countries. IPS Africa provides a constant flow of news features,
analyses, commentary and opinion on the major economic, social and
development challenges of the continent to more than 400 media outlets
across the continent. Focusing on Africa’s untold stories, IPS strives
to produce regular features focusing on development issues such as
poverty, women’s empowerment, governance, access to water, research
and trade. IPS Africa's journalistic output is primarily available in
English and French, with translations in Swahili and Portuguese. The
IPS Africa headquarters are based in Johannesburg, South Africa with
bureaus in Nairobi, Kenya and Cotonou, Benin. The organisation is
registered as a not-for profit Section 21 Company and is part of the
IPS international News Agency (http://www.ips.org) registered in Rome,
Italy]