Walking the talk

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-645459943134599462011-04-21T16:48:04.572-07:00Walking the talkKCRS FMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16418558742414115672noreply@blogger.comBlogger201100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64545994313459946.post-54953531868961778922008-10-21T07:04:00.001-07:002008-10-21T07:21:32.216-07:00MISA-Zimbabwe launches Walking the Talk report

MISA-Zimbabwe on 17 October 2008 commissioned its findings on the levels and extent of gender balance and sensitivity in the media’s coverage of the March 2008 elections through the launch of its Walking the Talk publication which emanates from extensive media monitoring of the country’s weeklies and the state-controlled Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC).The gender report is a multi-media

KCRS FMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16418558742414115672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64545994313459946.post-13851749455607522582008-09-29T06:50:00.001-07:002008-09-29T06:52:11.382-07:00New forex rules worse for women

by Sibongile MpofuThe Standard, 27 September 2008ALTHOUGH intended to help alleviate the financial crisis and ease shortages in the economy, the new Foreign Exchange Warehouse and Retail Shops programme in Zimbabwe will likely worsen the plight of already over-burdened Zimbabwean women, especially the large numbers who rely on cross-border trade for a living. Monetary authorities announced the

KCRS FMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16418558742414115672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64545994313459946.post-8447146544858692532008-09-29T06:38:00.001-07:002008-09-29T06:49:30.053-07:00Women Demand More

by Vusumuzi SifileThe Standard, Saturday 27 September 2008WOMEN’S rights activists want to add another sticking point to the contentious issue of cabinet appointments: they are demanding that key ministries should be headed by women. They also want women to head at least 30% of the 31 ministries created under the power-sharing deal between Zanu PF and the two MDC formations.This however could be

KCRS FMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16418558742414115672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64545994313459946.post-60150075516552937292008-07-29T06:40:00.000-07:002008-07-29T06:45:18.592-07:00Women bear the brunt of violence

Ephraim NsingoHARARE, Jun 28 (IPS) - "We are too familiar with the violence that was meted upon numerous of us from 1890 when the colonialists came into our country right up to the most recent elections. Chief among these forms of violence is sexual violence, and it concomitant implication, HIV infection. Zimbabwean women now have the lowest life expectancy world wide because of HIV & AIDS -- 34

KCRS FMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16418558742414115672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64545994313459946.post-44780331483422030932008-07-09T06:29:00.000-07:002008-07-09T06:37:38.812-07:00STOP THE VIOLENCE AND PROTECT WOMEN AND GIRLS NOW

Presented to:Human Rights Council, June 2008 SessionGeneva, Switzerland30 May 2008We, the Zimbabwean women and women worldwide, urgently call for stopping of violence in Zimbabwe and protection of women and girls, in this post election catastrophe. This is an emergency as the country gears up for a presidential run-off on the 27th of June 2008.The violence persists and is real. No election

KCRS FMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16418558742414115672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64545994313459946.post-72197374422916086132008-06-26T03:12:00.000-07:002008-06-26T03:21:22.142-07:00Women lose out as percentage of women in Parliament decreases

By Miriam Madziwa, courtesy of Genderlinks Opinion and Commentary service(Africa)While Zimbabwe continues to wait anxiously for the official announcement of the Presidential polls, it is no secret that in the Parliamentary polls, women emerged the biggest losers. Just twenty-eight women, representing 13 % of the contested legislative seats were elected to the House of Assembly on March 29.

KCRS FMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16418558742414115672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64545994313459946.post-15472916084793734422008-06-26T03:07:00.000-07:002008-06-26T03:10:44.246-07:00The thing about women and politics

By Koliwe NyoniFor me the most provocative aspect of Robert Mugabe’s presidential run-off campaign this time around is the abuse of word empowerment and its simultaneousy use of women -- particularly in adverts that are inserted in mainly the State media.I am particularly revolted by an advert in support of Robert Mugabe’s ‘empowerment’ policy or stance (whatever you may call it) inserted by a

KCRS FMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16418558742414115672noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64545994313459946.post-31651381680995267172008-04-29T04:08:00.000-07:002008-04-29T04:10:01.506-07:00Attacks on journalists hinders investigative reporting

The media in Zimbabwe has been criticized for not doing enough to investigate the alleged killings of 15 opposition MDC supporters since the March 29 controversial polls.The MDC claims 15 of its supporters have been murdered by Zanu PF activists with the help of the army and other security organs and has announced what it said were the names of the victims of the politically – motivated

KCRS FMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16418558742414115672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64545994313459946.post-30411192188031866852008-04-28T06:03:00.000-07:002008-12-10T03:21:55.576-08:00Where is Tsvangirai?

The whereabouts of Morgan Tsvangirai, the leader of the MDC, continue to be a subject of speculation both in the media and at social gatherings across the country. Tsvangirai was reported to be shuttling between Botswana and South Africa meeting political players from both the region and abroad in a bid to find a quick solution to the political stalemate in Zimbabwe. However, while Tsvangirai’s

KCRS FMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16418558742414115672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64545994313459946.post-76034626666331054602008-04-28T04:57:00.001-07:002008-04-28T06:08:43.809-07:00Allegations, allegations, allegations and bias

General ObservationFocus continues to be on the media’s coverage of developments emanating from the prolonged delay in the release of the results of the presidential elections of March 29 2008. This apparent state of crisis continues to expose the local media’s weakness with regard to objectivity, truthfulness and being informative a defined under tenets of the journalistic profession.Where is

KCRS FMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16418558742414115672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64545994313459946.post-1366904640443184722008-04-24T02:19:00.000-07:002008-04-24T02:25:53.387-07:00Women silenced during independence celebration

THE coverage of the commemoration of Zimbabwe’s National independence lacked balance in all aspects. While there was a clear gender balance other stakeholders were clearly ignored by the State media.The absence of the female voice during the commemorations can be linked to the outcome of the 29 March polls at which women that represented the face of the struggle for independence lost.Oppah

KCRS FMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16418558742414115672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64545994313459946.post-57024987178760157112008-04-24T02:10:00.000-07:002008-12-10T03:21:55.803-08:00Coverage of women politician fizzled out after polls

THE coverage of women on the socio-political arena appears to have lost steam after the controversial March 29 harmonized polls.This is largely because women who had been thrust on the foe of women empowerment lost power and authority in the poll.Individuals such as Oppah Muchinguri, Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga and Shuvai Mahofa were seen as torch bearers of the crusade for women empowerment

KCRS FMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16418558742414115672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64545994313459946.post-85850062091164826172008-04-23T04:59:00.000-07:002008-12-10T03:21:55.963-08:00The Sunday Mail misleads the nation

WHILE The Sunday Mail opportunistically used President Thabo Mbeki’s infamous comments that there was no crisis in Zimbabwe indicators on the ground were pointing to the contrary.While the weekly was portraying a positive picture about events in Zimbabwe there was an upsurge of politically motivated violence targeted at MDC -Tsvangirai supporters. Supporters of the MDC-T announced 10 of their

KCRS FMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16418558742414115672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64545994313459946.post-66067198387973092222008-04-22T00:05:00.000-07:002008-04-22T00:11:42.345-07:00The Media and the Crisis that others choose not to see or hear about

General ObservationFocus continues to be on the post 29 March political developments, which have thus far led to the hosting of a Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Extra-Ordinary summit by President Mwanawasa in Lusaka, Zambia on 12 April, 2008. A critical look at the way the media reported on the media points to a situation in which objectivity, fairness and balanced reporting was

KCRS FMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16418558742414115672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64545994313459946.post-75871870845243874642008-04-20T04:10:00.000-07:002008-04-20T04:16:53.366-07:00Where are the people's voices?

General observationWith the people of Zimbabwe still to know the results of the March 29 presidential election, the country remains in a momentous state of anxiety and confusion .As the fourth estate, the media is ideally expected to provide information that may help extricate the citizenry from its state of confusion. The media is also expected to be a critical public sphere platform through

KCRS FMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16418558742414115672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64545994313459946.post-11463526085022055992008-03-31T01:38:00.000-07:002008-03-31T01:45:51.345-07:00ZBC’S Coverage of the 2008 Elections vis-à-vis the SADC Principles and Guidelines

COMMENTARYWith the campaign period over, this week we take a critical look at whether the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation has been able to operate in line with the SADC Guidelines and Principles governing the exercise of Free and Fair elections. As we observe in this perspective, the sole national broadcaster failed to meet expectations insofar as its coverage of the pre-election period is

KCRS FMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16418558742414115672noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64545994313459946.post-46403231683299181552008-03-27T02:42:00.001-07:002008-03-27T02:59:12.368-07:00Slight improvement on coverage of women candidates

General Observation Following the previous week’s observation, there was a slight improvement in the media’s coverage of women’s issues, although a lot more needs to be done. In addition, there is need for improvement in terms of ethical issues including objectivity, balance and fairness.Coverage of Female Politicians• Some media seem to have taken slight heed to

KCRS FMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16418558742414115672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64545994313459946.post-57627114035567030202008-03-26T07:39:00.000-07:002008-12-10T03:21:56.153-08:00Struggling for visibility: female candidates and gender coverage in the media in the 2008 elections

By Ruzvidzo Mupfudza In a political environment where women in politics have scored a major success by having more than 150 female candidates filing their nomination papers to contest the March 29 elections, surpassing the 30% quota women support groups were lobbying for, media coverage of these contenders has, however, remained uneven.The gender bias that has seen male politicians garnering the

KCRS FMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16418558742414115672noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64545994313459946.post-18455510986692097942008-03-20T01:30:00.000-07:002008-12-10T03:21:56.326-08:00What about a woman president?

General Observation FOLLOWING the previous week’s review in which MISA-Zimbabwe pointed out that the media coverage of elections needs to be more gender sensitive, analytical and informative, this week we look at how the media coverage of issues to do with women seems to have largely been left to the commercial entity of political advertising. We also interrogate the media in relation to whether

KCRS FMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16418558742414115672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64545994313459946.post-67539093392071267642008-03-20T01:15:00.000-07:002008-03-20T07:00:28.027-07:00Elections 2008 reportage review

Elections 2008: An Engendered PerspectiveAmong the key obligations attached to the enjoyment of freedom of expression are those relating to pluralism and gender sensitivity in media coverage.Concerning the ethos of Gender equality, there is a worrying trend around the lop-sided manner in which the media is conducting itself in the run-up to the March 29 2008 elections. If what we are reading,

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