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June 6, 2008

Women in Media: Conspicuous by Their Absence

by Miren Gutierrez, IPS News, Italy - Observe any summit picture -- you won't find many women. The mystery of female underrepresentation in the echelons of power persists: after so many decades of the feminist movement, why are women at the helm scarce? A look at the media sector may provide some answers.

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An important article showing journalism as male dominated and "that status, prestige and power have been associated with conceptions of masculinity and these conceptions, in turn, have been associated to the beliefs that underpin the field--the image of the journalistic mission." This is exactly why we need The WIP so badly! For readers new to this website, see Katharine Daniels's first article "To Do Better" for more on the topic.

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