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The document discusses how media can empower women globally. It provides examples of radio programs in Afghanistan that give voice to women's issues and how cable television in rural India increased preferences for daughters and decreased wife beating by showing independent urban women. The document also discusses a video game to combat gender violence, social media helping expose forced abortions in China, and the Hollaback movement against street harassment. It argues that increasing women's access to technology and media internationally will help eliminate discrimination and the digital gender gap.

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Globally Empowering Women Through Media Presented by: Lei Guo Lindsay Strott Brenda Turner Danni Yang
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Importance of Radio in Afghanistan ? Adult literacy rate of 28% and a female literacy rate of only 14% ? Barely 4% of the population has electricity, and television and telephones are rare outside a handful of cities. ? Most Afghans do have access to radio receivers and are accustomed to using them as a source of news, information, education and entertainment. ? In rural areas, many women are unable to access or afford professional help to address the issues they face.
Radio Sahar ? Means ¡°Radio Dawn" in English ? Began broadcasting live in October 2003 ? Today, the voices of Radio Sahar's female journalists are regularly transmitted across the airwaves. Brave and outspoken women can be heard discussing issues concerning women's rights and conditions, as well as reporting on the daily challenges that women continue to face in Afghanistan. ? Humayrah Salimi, a local university student: "We thought that after Taliban we will have more freedom, but we still have to struggle, and this radio is our voice and hope.¡±
Afghan Woman¡¯s Hour ? Broadcast from 2005-2010, the weekly radio show highlighted the role of women in Afghan society. It aimed to inspire women and girls to participate more fully in the rebuilding of their country. ? Segments focused on issues including inequality in the home, regional cooking, female role models in politics and business, drama and real life stories ? Research by BBC Media Action found 55% of women surveyed had listened to the show and 39% of listeners were men ? 91% of listeners agreed that the program helped them solve problems and 83% agreed that the program inspired them to endeavor to change their own situation ? 65% of female listeners agreed that they often would talk about things they heard on the show with friends and family.
Using a Video Game to Combat Gender Violence
? Created by the Population Media Center, the Emergent Media Center at Champlain College and the United Nations Fund for Population Awareness ? Currently being tested in South America and Africa with boys 10-12 years old ? Presents itself as a soccer-based action game. Players are eased into the story and begin learning basic soccer skills and familiarizing themselves with the other story characters. ? Spokesperson is world-famous football star Samuel Eto¡¯o, team captain of Cameroon¡¯s national team
? Throughout the gaming experience, BREAKAWAY players encounter critical decisions and consequences regarding gender stereotypes. ? BREAKAWAY balances immersive narrative game-play with messages that denounce violence against women and girls, while players develop a sense of team membership. Reflective narrative is reinforced throughout skill-based football play. ? This strategy is based on the Sabido methodology that utilizes narrative and role modeling to encourage behavior change.
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One Child Policy in China ? The one-child policy, officially the family planning policy, is the population control policy of the People's Republic of China. This policy was introduced in 1979 to alleviate social, economic, and environmental problems in China. ? The policy is controversial both within and outside China because of the manner in which the policy has been implemented, and because of concerns about negative social consequences.
Forced Abortion of Jianmei Feng 6/2/2012 6/11/2012 6/12/2012 6/14/2012 Ms. Feng who was seven months pregnant with her second child, was forced by the local government to abort Feng¡¯s husband launched Sina Weibo£¬ China¡¯s most popular social media outlet to expose the case Major websites reported this news. Numerous Internet users criticized local government¡¯s behaviors The municipal government apologized and promised a thorough investigation.
How does Social Media work for women? ? User-generated media like social media, gave Ms. Feng and her supporters an equal expressing outlet as the one the officials had. ? Internet users¡¯ efforts have been given initial results. Last year, the country¡¯s family planning policy was relaxed allowing couples who are the only children in their families to have a second child. ? Media exists to speak for people who cannot speak for themselves and mobilize people who have realized what is happening. Shan Xi
Cable in India ? In 1991, the Indian government started a series of economic reforms including the liberalization of the broadcasting industry, opening it up to cable television. ?Most popular cable programming featuring urban settings where lifestyles differed in prominent and salient ways from those in rural areas had large effects on a wide range of day-to-day lifestyle behaviors
How did cable television change women¡¯s status in rural India? Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi (Because a mother-in-law was once a daughter-in-law, too) is one of the most popular soap operas based around the life of a middle-class Tulsi Virani who marries into a rich Gujarati joint family and becomes the ideal wife, daughter-in-law, mother, mother-in-law, grandmother and grandmother-in-law, solving all the intricate problems within the family and never deterring from the path of righteousness. Effects of cable television programming ?Cable programming featuring educational and independent women performing actively in authority positions adds preference of daughters. Evidence shows a 12% decrease in the preference to have the next child to be a boy. ?There is a 10% decrease in wife beating situations.
Hollaback! A Non-Profit and Movement to End Street Harassment ?A smart phone/web application launched initially by 7 New Yorkers in 2005 and powered today by activists in 70 cities and 24 countries for the documentation, mapping and sharing of incidents of street harassment against women and the LGBTQ community ?Incidents are posted to the Hollaback! website and in some areas are also reported to the city government ?Breaks the silence that has perpetuated sexual violence internationally and asserts that any and all gender-based violence is unacceptable
The Future: Spread Female Access to Media via Technology?International female social media user data ?Access to technology is becoming cheaper ?Access to technology allows women to create media and share their messages more easily ?Increased international collaboration-Gender equal societies and media to aide less gender equal societies
Media is the future for women ? In the developing world, nearly 25% fewer girls and women are online than boys and men ¨C closing this gap will change their futures, argued Nigel Chapman, CEO of Plan International. ? If no action is taken, the gap of women online will increase from 200 million today to 350 million within three years. ? Discrimination, lack of confidence, and lack of basic language skills all affect teenage girls¡¯ access to media through Internet.
Media is the future for women ? Technology will eliminate the digital gender gap. The key is to make sure that girls and women have the same access to the Internet as men. ? With the popularity of social media and mobile devices, we will see girls in the developing world attain their human right to freedom make massive leaps both in their private and working lives.

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  • 1. Globally Empowering Women Through Media Presented by: Lei Guo Lindsay Strott Brenda Turner Danni Yang
  • 5. Limited Restricted Land OwnershipHealth Care Access Professional
  • 6. Importance of Radio in Afghanistan ? Adult literacy rate of 28% and a female literacy rate of only 14% ? Barely 4% of the population has electricity, and television and telephones are rare outside a handful of cities. ? Most Afghans do have access to radio receivers and are accustomed to using them as a source of news, information, education and entertainment. ? In rural areas, many women are unable to access or afford professional help to address the issues they face.
  • 7. Radio Sahar ? Means ¡°Radio Dawn" in English ? Began broadcasting live in October 2003 ? Today, the voices of Radio Sahar's female journalists are regularly transmitted across the airwaves. Brave and outspoken women can be heard discussing issues concerning women's rights and conditions, as well as reporting on the daily challenges that women continue to face in Afghanistan. ? Humayrah Salimi, a local university student: "We thought that after Taliban we will have more freedom, but we still have to struggle, and this radio is our voice and hope.¡±
  • 8. Afghan Woman¡¯s Hour ? Broadcast from 2005-2010, the weekly radio show highlighted the role of women in Afghan society. It aimed to inspire women and girls to participate more fully in the rebuilding of their country. ? Segments focused on issues including inequality in the home, regional cooking, female role models in politics and business, drama and real life stories ? Research by BBC Media Action found 55% of women surveyed had listened to the show and 39% of listeners were men ? 91% of listeners agreed that the program helped them solve problems and 83% agreed that the program inspired them to endeavor to change their own situation ? 65% of female listeners agreed that they often would talk about things they heard on the show with friends and family.
  • 9. Using a Video Game to Combat Gender Violence
  • 10. ? Created by the Population Media Center, the Emergent Media Center at Champlain College and the United Nations Fund for Population Awareness ? Currently being tested in South America and Africa with boys 10-12 years old ? Presents itself as a soccer-based action game. Players are eased into the story and begin learning basic soccer skills and familiarizing themselves with the other story characters. ? Spokesperson is world-famous football star Samuel Eto¡¯o, team captain of Cameroon¡¯s national team
  • 11. ? Throughout the gaming experience, BREAKAWAY players encounter critical decisions and consequences regarding gender stereotypes. ? BREAKAWAY balances immersive narrative game-play with messages that denounce violence against women and girls, while players develop a sense of team membership. Reflective narrative is reinforced throughout skill-based football play. ? This strategy is based on the Sabido methodology that utilizes narrative and role modeling to encourage behavior change.
  • 13. One Child Policy in China ? The one-child policy, officially the family planning policy, is the population control policy of the People's Republic of China. This policy was introduced in 1979 to alleviate social, economic, and environmental problems in China. ? The policy is controversial both within and outside China because of the manner in which the policy has been implemented, and because of concerns about negative social consequences.
  • 14. Forced Abortion of Jianmei Feng 6/2/2012 6/11/2012 6/12/2012 6/14/2012 Ms. Feng who was seven months pregnant with her second child, was forced by the local government to abort Feng¡¯s husband launched Sina Weibo£¬ China¡¯s most popular social media outlet to expose the case Major websites reported this news. Numerous Internet users criticized local government¡¯s behaviors The municipal government apologized and promised a thorough investigation.
  • 15. How does Social Media work for women? ? User-generated media like social media, gave Ms. Feng and her supporters an equal expressing outlet as the one the officials had. ? Internet users¡¯ efforts have been given initial results. Last year, the country¡¯s family planning policy was relaxed allowing couples who are the only children in their families to have a second child. ? Media exists to speak for people who cannot speak for themselves and mobilize people who have realized what is happening. Shan Xi
  • 16. Cable in India ? In 1991, the Indian government started a series of economic reforms including the liberalization of the broadcasting industry, opening it up to cable television. ?Most popular cable programming featuring urban settings where lifestyles differed in prominent and salient ways from those in rural areas had large effects on a wide range of day-to-day lifestyle behaviors
  • 17. How did cable television change women¡¯s status in rural India? Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi (Because a mother-in-law was once a daughter-in-law, too) is one of the most popular soap operas based around the life of a middle-class Tulsi Virani who marries into a rich Gujarati joint family and becomes the ideal wife, daughter-in-law, mother, mother-in-law, grandmother and grandmother-in-law, solving all the intricate problems within the family and never deterring from the path of righteousness. Effects of cable television programming ?Cable programming featuring educational and independent women performing actively in authority positions adds preference of daughters. Evidence shows a 12% decrease in the preference to have the next child to be a boy. ?There is a 10% decrease in wife beating situations.
  • 18. Hollaback! A Non-Profit and Movement to End Street Harassment ?A smart phone/web application launched initially by 7 New Yorkers in 2005 and powered today by activists in 70 cities and 24 countries for the documentation, mapping and sharing of incidents of street harassment against women and the LGBTQ community ?Incidents are posted to the Hollaback! website and in some areas are also reported to the city government ?Breaks the silence that has perpetuated sexual violence internationally and asserts that any and all gender-based violence is unacceptable
  • 19. The Future: Spread Female Access to Media via Technology?International female social media user data ?Access to technology is becoming cheaper ?Access to technology allows women to create media and share their messages more easily ?Increased international collaboration-Gender equal societies and media to aide less gender equal societies
  • 20. Media is the future for women ? In the developing world, nearly 25% fewer girls and women are online than boys and men ¨C closing this gap will change their futures, argued Nigel Chapman, CEO of Plan International. ? If no action is taken, the gap of women online will increase from 200 million today to 350 million within three years. ? Discrimination, lack of confidence, and lack of basic language skills all affect teenage girls¡¯ access to media through Internet.
  • 21. Media is the future for women ? Technology will eliminate the digital gender gap. The key is to make sure that girls and women have the same access to the Internet as men. ? With the popularity of social media and mobile devices, we will see girls in the developing world attain their human right to freedom make massive leaps both in their private and working lives.