67 more years to close average gender equality gap in traditional news media worldwide – report
Shona Berger
Monday, 19 July 2021, 07:36
Last update: about 18 hours ago
It will take at least 67 more years to close the average gender equality gap in traditional news media worldwide if everything stays the same, a global media monitoring project revealed.
In 2015, the period remaining to achieve complete gender equality in news media based on the Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM) index was 72 years, thus the 2020 result signals consistency in the slow cumulative pace of change over time.
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Malta has been taking part in the Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) since 2000 and has been part of the global mapping of gender equality in news media. It is the largest research and advocacy initiative in the world on gender equality in news and journalism and the 2020-2021 report is the 6th GMMP.