Category: Gender in Caucasus 
2010-07-21
On July 21st 2010 at 12:00 a round table on institutionalizing gender-sensitive reporting within media was held on the joint initiative of the Inter-Agency Council on Domestic Violence and the UNFPA/Georgia at the hotel Courtyard Marriott, Tbilisi.
The round table aimed at introducing the initiative on mainstreaming gender in the Georgian Public Broadcasters’ Code of Conduct, the Broadcasters’ Code of Conduct and the Journalists’ Ethics Charter and adopting professional standards on covering gender issues to ensure gender sensitive reporting.
The participants discussed sexism and lack of gender sensitivity within media relying on the report “Sexism in Georgian Media” authored by the Women’s Information Center (WIC). Special references were made to Eka Khoperias’s TV talk show on domestic violence aired on Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) on July 20th.
The decision was made to set up a working group supported by UNFPA/Georgia to elaborate professional standards for media to ensure media refrains from reinforcing gender stereotyping and exercises due caution while covering sexual/domestic violence cases. The task is projected to be completed in September and introduced to the wider public for discussion and advocacy.
Leading media experts, representatives of the TV/Radio channels, journalists and editors, representatives of NGOs and civil society participated in the roundtable discussion.
The roundtable was held within the framework of the UNFPA Georgia implemented regional project “Combating Gender-based Violence in the South Caucasus” and aims at institutionalizing gender-sensitive reporting within media in Georgia.
Source: Portal GINSC |
