Figures from the Women's Media Center show that globally, news stories including women tally less than 15% and are often only about appearance and family status.
"Promoting gender equality means ensuring that similar opportunities are available to both men and women...equal conditions to engage in and contribute to political, economic, social and cultural development...There must be a focus on women and girl specific programs....short of these, no gender main-streaming strategy can succeed." (The United Nations Human Settlements Programme's book
"Gender in Local Government - A SourceBook for Trainers")
"To preserve our democracy and to advance women's rights, our agenda
must include...strategic
communications." (from the article Women Are Half of All Bloggers - But Media
Aren't Noticing", by Jennifer L. Pozner)
