Gender in the Media: June 2020
Wikis > Gender in the Media: June 2020
The media review presents every month a selection of articles from different media sources on “gender and development” issues. The list of articles is regularly updated during the month.
June 2020
1-14 June
- ‘Men don’t trust we’re strong enough’: Somali women push into fish industry – The Guardian
- Historic Wins for Women of Color as Nation Protests Systemic Racism – The New York Times
- New Zealand tackles ‘period poverty’ with free sanitary products for all schoolgirls – The Guardian
- UK – Why do so few rapes result in convictions? – WUNRN
- Downturns tend to reduce gender inequality. Not under covid-19 – The Economist
- Gender Equity Starts in the Home – WUNRN
- Iran – President Calls for Harsher Laws to Tackle “Honor Killings” after Beheading of Teenage Girl by Her Father – WUNRN
- COVID-19 lockdown hits working mothers harder than fathers – World Economic Forum
- Women moving into top jobs in mainstream banking – The Australian Financial Review
- Egyptian girls ‘tricked into FGM’ with COVID-19 vaccine – Aljazeera
- #WeAreTired: Nigerian women speak out over wave of violence – BBC News
- A Daughter Is Beheaded, and Iran Asks if Women Have a Right to Safety – The New York Times
- Coronavirus pandemic has reversed progress made in women’s equality – The New European
- New UN report highlights link between gender, climate and security – UN News
- Two in three women will not return to pre-virus spending – The Australian Financial Review
- 20% of pregnant Australian women don’t receive the recommended mental health screening – The Conversation
- The Reckoning Will Be Incomplete Without Black Women and Girls – The Atlantic
- South African president’s shame over surge in murders of women – BBC News
14-30 June
- Women stage ‘mass scream’ in Switzerland over domestic violence and gender pay gap – The Guardian
- ‘Justice system failing women in townships’ as murders surge – Independent Online
- ‘It’s what students look for’: the Dutch university that’s only hiring women – The Guardian
- Jobkeeper has failed, and it’s hitting women and young people the hardest – The Guardian
- Strong Father-Daughter Relationships Lead To Healthier, Happier Women – Forbes
- Women workers in demand as companies grapple with staff shortage – The Economic Times
- Opinion: The business case for investing in women entrepreneurs – Devex
- What’s Really Behind the Gender Gap in Covid-19 Deaths? – The New York Times
- The law is a man’s world. Unless the culture changes, women will continue to be talked over, marginalised and harassed – The Conversation AU
- Will the Pandemic Reshape Notions of Female Leadership? – Harvard Business Review
- Gender-Based Violence and femicide is human cruelty in action – Independent Online
- Long road to gender equality in Indonesian Military – The Jakarta Post
- Gender equality: Belgium neglects commitments to pay transparency – The Brussels Times
- How Covid-19 is changing women’s lives – BBC News