Gender in the Media: May 2019

Gender in the Media: May 2019

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>May 2019</h1>
<h2>1-15 May</h2>
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<li><span class="balancedHeadline">‘<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/03/world/asia/afghanistan-women-assembly-loya-jirga.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FWomen%20and%20Girls">You Should Be in the Kitchen’: At Afghan Assembly, Women Are Told They Don’t Belong</a> (The New York Times)</span></li>
<li><span class="balancedHeadline"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/04/opinion/sunday/caster-semenya-running.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FWomen%20and%20Girls">When One of the World’s Most Visible Athletes Is Told She Can’t Be One</a> (The New York Times)</span></li>
<li><span class="balancedHeadline"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/08/books/review/pregnancy-mothering-history.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FWomen%20and%20Girls">A Historian Looks at Pregnancy and Mothering Through the Ages</a> (The New York Times)</span></li>
<li><span class="balancedHeadline"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/15/world/asia/india-elections-women-voters.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FWomen%20and%20Girls">In India’s Elections, Female Candidates Still Need Men’s Blessings</a> (The New York Times)</span></li>
<li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/us/abortion-laws-states.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FWomen%20and%20Girls">Abortion Bans: 8 States Have Passed Bills to Limit the Procedure This Year</a> (The New York Times)</li>
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<h2>16-31 May</h2>
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<li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/may/20/google-changes-policy-to-block-misleading-abortion-clinic-ads">Google changes policy to block misleading ads for anti-abortion groups</a> (The Guardian)</li>
<li><a href="https://news.trust.org/item/20190516132221-34b5q">#youknowme – women mobilise against U.S. abortion crackdown</a> (Thomson Reuters Foundation News)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/20/alabama-abortion-ban-law-womens-voices-newspaper">’I don’t feel safe’: Alabama newspapers publish letters by women on abortion ban (</a>The Guardian)</li>
<li><a href="https://news.trust.org/item/20190516155620-keq00">Standing tall: first black African woman scales Everest</a> (Thomson Reuters Foundation News)</li>
<li><a href="https://news.trust.org/item/20190516171806-f7cah/">Argentine filmmaker shines light on country’s abortion battle at Cannes</a> (Thomson Reuters Foundation News)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/may/20/india-women-vote-safer-equal-bjp-election">Have India’s women seized their chance to vote for a safer, more equal country?</a> (The Guardian)</li>
<li><a href="https://news.trust.org/item/20190520152623-n6hlt/">Women’s rights under attack in Europe, say feminist parties</a> (Thomson Reuters Foundation News)</li>
<li><a href="https://news.trust.org/item/20190520174243-etnh8/">Egyptian women use ancient Indonesian martial arts to fight abuse </a>(Thomson Reuters Foundation News)</li>
<li><a href="https://news.trust.org/item/20190520143715-6096w/">Schoolgirls used as human shields in Congo due to ‘magical powers’ – charities</a> (Thomson Reuters Foundation News)</li>
<li><a href="https://news.trust.org/item/20190520001412-mo18t">Afghan working women still face perils at home and office</a> (Thomson Reuters Foundation News)</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.wikigender.org/community-portal/">Community Portal</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.wikigender.org/wiki/community-portal-reports-and-publications/">Publications</a></li>
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