Gender in the Media: December 2018

Gender in the Media: December 2018

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 current month.
<h1>December 2018</h1>
<h2>16-31 December</h2>
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<li><span class="balancedHeadline"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/18/world/americas/transgender-woman-shot-colombia-feminicide.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FWomen%20and%20Girls">Transgender Woman’s Murder Is Prosecuted as ‘Feminicide,’ in First for Colombia</a> (The New York Times)</span></li>
<li><a href="https://www.brookings.edu/research/mainstreaming-gender-equality-and-empowerment-education-in-post-primary-schools-in-india/">Mainstreaming gender equality and empowerment education in post-primary schools in India</a> (Brookings)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.opendemocracy.net/sian-norris/excluded-stereotyped-abused-women-uk-politics-today">Excluded, stereotyped and abused: where do women stand in UK politics today?</a> (Open Democracy)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1779596">Philippines moves up in gender equality ranking</a> (Sun Star)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20181220000767">Gender Ministry to focus on improving gender equality, supporting parents and teenagers in 2019</a> (Korea Herald)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.france24.com/en/20181220-people-profit-gender-gap-work-artificial-intelligence-ai-chatbot-wine-matcha-himalayas">Waiting for equality: Why progress in closing the gender gap has slowed</a> (France 24)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.opendemocracy.net/can-europe-make-it/ov-cristian-norocel/swedish-model-dismantled-premature-closure-of-gender-equality">The Swedish model dismantled: premature closure of the Gender Equality Agency</a> (Open Democracy)</li>
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<h2>1-15 December</h2>
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<li><a href="https://feminisminindia.com/2018/12/05/feminist-economists/">5 Feminist Economists Who Change The Way We See The World</a> (Feminism India)</li>
<li><span class="balancedHeadline"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/12/world/australia/grace-millane-new-zealand-backpacker-murder.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FWomen%20and%20Girls">After Backpacker’s Killing, New Zealand Looks Again at Violence Against Women</a> (The New York Times)</span></li>
<li><span class="balancedHeadline"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/11/science/nobel-prize-women-speeches.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FWomen%20and%20Girls">Women in Rare Company Accept Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry</a> (The New York Times)</span></li>
<li><span class="balancedHeadline"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/10/us/politics/women-candidates-activism.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FWomen%20and%20Girls">Working to Ensure the ‘Year of the Woman’ Is More Than Just One Year</a> (The New York Times)</span></li>
<li><span class="balancedHeadline"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/03/opinion/male-female-brains-mosaic.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FWomen%20and%20Girls">Can We Finally Stop Talking About ‘Male’ and ‘Female’ Brains?</a> (The New York Times)</span></li>
<li><span class="balancedHeadline"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/02/world/africa/south-sudan-women-girls-raped-whipped.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FWomen%20and%20Girls">125 Women and Girls Seeking Food Were Raped and Whipped in South Sudan</a> (The New York Times)</span></li>
<li><span class="balancedHeadline"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/01/world/asia/afghanistan-widows-war.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FWomen%20and%20Girls">A Generation of Widows, Raising Children Who Will Be Forged by Loss</a> (The New York Times)</span></li>
<li><span class="balancedHeadline"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/30/world/rwandan-women-paddle-into-the-male-world-of-fishing.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FWomen%20and%20Girls">Rwandan Women Paddle Into the Male World of Fishing</a> (The New York Times)</span></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/dec/07/no-world-to-leave-our-children-progress-womens-rights-still-lags-shows-study">No world to leave our children’: progress on women’s rights still lags, shows study</a> (The Guardian)</li>
<li><a href="http://news.trust.org/item/20181207135445-io47t/">Researchers said governments needed to do more to change the social attitudes that favour FGM and child marriage</a> (Thomson Reuters Foundation)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/7cdd7612-fa01-11e8-af46-2022a0b02a6c">Africa has made most legislative progress for women </a>(Financial Times)</li>
<li><a href="http://fortune.com/2018/12/07/gender-discrimination-us-oecd-report/">American Women Face More Discrimination Than Europeans, Report Finds</a> (Fortune)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/africa-makes-strikes-in-reducing-discrimination-against-women-1544186771">U.S. Women Face Continued Discrimination Challenges</a> (Wall Street Journal)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/world/2018-12-09-act-now-or-face-100-more-years-of-child-marriage-oecd-warns/">Act now or face 100 more years of child marriage, OECD warns</a> (Business Day)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/13399/belgium-in-the-top-five-of-the-ocde-gender-equality-table">Belgium in the top five of the OECD gender equality table</a> (The Brussels Times)</li>
<li><span class="balancedHeadline"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/14/world/americas/argentina-metoo-thelma-fardin.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FWomen%20and%20Girls">Argentina’s #MeToo Moment: Actress Shares Account of Assault </a>(The New York Times)</span></li>
<li><span class="balancedHeadline"><a href="https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/12/tunisia-inheritance-change-boosts-gender-equality/">Tunisia wants to change inheritance rules to boost gender equality</a> (</span>World Economic Forum)</li>
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