Local-level gender-sensitive interventions are often delayed or blocked by lack of political will and resources.
In Kenya and Lesotho, the Varkey GEMS Foundation works with UNESCO on gender-sensitive teacher training to encourage more girls to attend school and learn science and mathematics.
The two-day workshop included sessions and case sharing on women and the media from an occupational perspective, and on professionally producing gender-balanced and gender-sensitive news and contents.
The opening session was also the occasion to launch the Chinese translation of the Gender-Sensitive Indicators for Media (GSIM) and of the handbook Getting the Balance Right: Gender Equality in Journalism.
Most recently, UNESCO has promoted gender-sensitive approaches to literacy research, engaged in innovative new partnerships with the private sector and focused on the integration of girls into national technical and vocational education and training (TVET) programmes.
The workshop covered various key topics such as a review of elections and democracy practices in Egypt and Lebanon in comparison with Jordan, Jordan election laws vis-a-vis international standards, elections from a gender-sensitive perspective, and guidelines to independent and professional elections coverage.
The translations will be further used in the coming months during the IPDC project implementation, which envisages a 6-month observatory exercise to monitor news reporting and programmes from a gender-sensitive perspective, based on applying GSIM, in collaboration and partnership with media organizations and professionals.
The relevance of sustained training, the promotion of women's leadership and a gender-sensitive work environment, the establishment of well defined, monitored and evaluated gender policies and programmes in media houses, journalist unions and professional associations were also stressed, along with fostering a portrayal of women by the media that avoids stereotyping.
The Gender Sensitive Indicators for Media will be presented by Krishanthi Rondon-Fuentes, Chief of the Executive Office, UNESCO Communication and Information Sector.
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