Media Development Foundation (MDF) hosted the training on Gender Issues in Media for students and journalists, including from regional media on September 21.
Following topics were discussed by MDF’s expert and invited guests with students and acting journalists at the event supported by UNESCO: local and international regulation of media coverage of gender issues, including gender-sensitive indicators developed by UNESCO; historical research of gender themes; feminism; international instruments of gender-related issues.
Within the framework of the Project “Women of the Past – Example for the Future”, supported by UNESCO, MDF plans historical research on gender in the media of 19th, 20th and 21th centuries and promotion of the research findings.