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Nordic Gender & Media Forum profile


Name Nordic Gender & Media Forum
Acronym not present
Material link http://nordicom.gu.se/sv/mediefakta/nordic-gender-media-forum
Start date 2014
End date ongoing
Short description The Nordic Gender & Media Forum is about creating a platform for discussion of gender equality in the media. The project can be seen as a regional follow-up to the 1995 Beijing Platform for Action, when all UN member states agreed on the need to increase participation of women in the media and to work against stereotypes.
Main Organization NORDICOM
Freelance /
Country Sweden
Types advocacy and campaigns
awareness raising
independent external monitoring
networking and information sharing
Related issues access to decision-making
media representation
policy and governance
working environment (culture)
Media sector television
digital media (for example, online news site/s)
film
advertising
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