1. Review of the area J:
Women and the Media
Gender and the Media
Vilnius, May 2012

2. The aim and objectives of the Report
The aim:
To report on the current situation at the EU level and at
the Member States level in implementing the obj ective 1
of the area J Women and the Media of the Beij
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Platform for A ction (BPfA and to introduce possible
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indicators in this area

3. The aim and objectives of the Report
The objectives:
• To produce a literature review on gender and media, with special emphasis on
women’s involvement in decision making in the boards of the media
organisations (tv, radio, written press), both public and private;
• To collect data regarding codes of conduct that the media organisations might
have adopted and analyses gender equality issues in order to avoid
discrimination based on sex;
• To propose indicators for area J on basis of available data
• To collect and analysed at MS level the way women and men are presented in
the media (does not include commercials and movies); this is a separate part
of the contract, as will not come up in the Report for the Irish Presidency; it
will be a separate product for EIGE in order to develop an independent
publication out of it.
The outcomes

4. Timeframe for the development of the
Report
• June 2012: Contract signed; duration 1 0 months.
• S eptember 2012: Interim report received and
discussed in the meeting of the Working Group on
Beij indicators.
ing
• End of October 2012: Final report will be submitted
to EIGE. On basis of the submitted document, EIGE will
prepare a report on Women and the Media.
• Mid December 2012: the report will be sent for
comments to the members of the HLG on GM.

5. Timeframe for the development of the
Report
• Middle of January 2013: send to the HLG on GM a
revised version of the report with included changes.
• End of January: EIGE will include last changes
based on the comments and suggestions coming from
the members of the HLG on GM.
• Beginning of February 2013: EIGE will adopt and
make public the Report on Women and the
Environment in the EU and the EU Members States.

6. Contacts
Virginija Langbakk – Director
Virginija.Langbakk@eige.europa.eu
Jolanta Reingarde – Senior Researcher
Jolanta.Reingarde@eige.europa.eu
Ilze Burkevica – Statistics Officer
Ilze.Burkevica@eige.europa.eu
Ioana Borza – Gender Expert
Ioana.Borza@eige.europa.eu
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