Women perspectives are missing in covid-19 news
The original text of this article has been published in International Women’s Media Foundation.
Amid the global coronavirus pandemic, this report, commissioned by The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, examines women’s representation in COVID-19 newsgathering and news coverage in India, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, the U.K. and the U.S. The report uncovers a substantial bias towards men’s perspectives in both newsgathering and news coverage of the pandemic, spanning across all regions. This bias operates against a backdrop of women’s political underrepresentation in the COVID-19 response in these countries, as well as the unique socioeconomic, health and psychological challenges that women face globally.
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