The report launch kicks off the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence, from 25 November to 10 December, under the theme, “Orange the World: End Violence against Women Now!”
Since 1991, from 25 November (International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women) until 10 December (Human Rights Day), the international community has observed the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. The dates are signifiant, underscoring that violence against women is a violation of human rights.
‘Newsrooms losing strong voices on women due to media crisis’
Karachi
April 23, 2021
Courtesy of the so-called media crisis, Pakistani newsrooms have been losing strong voices on women, and the vacuum created by it has been filled by the management with lower journalistic standards, said the gender adviser for UN Women in Pakistan, Muhammad Younas Khalid, on Wednesday.
Khalid was addressing a webinar hosted by the Uks Research Centre on the launch of their report titled ‘Pakistani Media in Times of Covid: A Gendered Focus’. He termed the under-representation of women in media a “South Asian syndrome”, due to which the stories about the development of women are largely neglected.