Global Media Monitoring Project 2005: South African Report

On 16th February 2005 the world's news media came under scrutiny when hundreds of people in over 76 countries monitored the representation and portrayal of women and men in news on television, radio and in newspaper. SAMGI was the national coordinator for South Africa and the SA report was launched on 07 March at Constitution Hill in Johannesburg.

The GMMP 2005 South African Report:

GMMP 2005: SA National Report

Address delivered by the Deputy President, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, at the launch of the Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP), Constitution Hill, Braamfontein, 7 March 2006

Report on Monitoring Femicide: 2004

The aim of this paper is to review newspaper coverage and reporting on intimate femicide following a study conducted by Shanaaz Matthews of the Medical Research Council (MRC) and launched at a press conference hosted by SAMGI, Commission on Gender Equality and the National Institute for Crime Prevention and Rehabilitation of Offenders (NICRO) in 2004, to inform the media on her research findings.

To view the report:

Femicide Media Monitoring Report 2004

Media Monitoring Report 2003: "16 Days of Activism"

Ahead of International Women's Day, which is held on 8 March, SAMGI launched the Media Monitoring Report on the '16 Days of No Violence Against Women and Children 2003' on Friday 5 March 2004. The report focused on how gender-based violence was covered during this period. In her foreword to the report, Professor Lizette Rabe states that the "report highlighted especially one fact: if it is a women's issue, it is a non-issue. And non-issues constitute non-news".

Journalists and other media practitioners were invited to attend the launch of this report, as well as civil society organisations working in the field of gender-based violence.

To view the report:

Media Monitoring Report 2003: '16 Days of No Violence Against Women and Children'

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