{"id":1197,"date":"2018-04-10T13:35:41","date_gmt":"2018-04-10T11:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/?post_type=article&#038;p=1197"},"modified":"2018-04-10T13:39:30","modified_gmt":"2018-04-10T11:39:30","slug":"aktar-ugwaljanza-bejn-is-sessi-fis-settur-tal-media","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/article\/aktar-ugwaljanza-bejn-is-sessi-fis-settur-tal-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Gender equality in the media sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1199\" src=\"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Editorial-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"6000\" height=\"4000\" srcset=\"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Editorial-min.jpg 6000w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Editorial-min-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Editorial-min-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Editorial-min-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Editorial-min-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 6000px) 100vw, 6000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0European Institute for Gender Equality\u00a0has found that\u00a0women in decision-making roles are in the minority\u00a0in the media sector in Malta.<span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The study carried out by the institute describes the media industry in Malta as an industry which poses a number of systemic obstacles for women\u00a0aiming\u00a0for executive posts. Participants of the study listed a number of these obstacles, including discrimination, harassment and sexist cultural norms.<span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>An industry, such as the media industry, that\u00a0strives for equality at the workplace should address a range of issues, including the provision of child care, flexible working conditions, work ethic, good work practices and salary discrepancy.<span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A more equal mix of men and women in the media could lead to better news content. As a result, the public would be better able to appreciate the work of a journalist and be better educated. However, the study emphasised the need to have more women in decision-making positions to have better quality content.<span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If there is more equality in journalistic content, the public will have more awareness of issues pertaining to the sexes. This will reflect in increased awareness of wider-ranging gender equality issues.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The study makes a number of proposals, among them that the media should stay clear of anything that instigates violence against groups of people or a specific person.<span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Voice of the Workers here refers to the President of Malta\u2019s speech last weekend where she emphasised the essential role of the media within society and\u00a0appealed for\u00a0journalists\u00a0to be allowed to carry on with their job.<span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This portal believes that, while the media is the fourth pillar of democracy, it needs to be educational and informative. It also believes that male and female journalists should be treated with dignity for the same work that they do to uncover the truth.<span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The\u00a0European Institute for Gender Equality\u00a0has found that\u00a0women in decision-making roles are in the minority\u00a0in the media sector in Malta.\u00a0 The study carried out by the institute describes the media [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1199,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"spay_email":""},"issuem_issue":[53],"issuem_issue_categories":[7],"issuem_issue_tags":[],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"2.8.8","language":"en","enabled_languages":["mt","en"],"languages":{"mt":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/1197"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1197"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/1197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1207,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/1197\/revisions\/1207"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue?post=1197"},{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue_categories?post=1197"},{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue_tags?post=1197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}