"This Gender Sensitive training package is divided into two component parts: The Manual and Reading Materials The two are parts of the whole and are mutually supportive. Although the manual can stand alone, the trainer needs the 'reading materials' to enable her/him to implement a knowledge-based in
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-depth course. The reading materials are organised in such a way as to fit into the intended 8-day training programme. The package is for trainers who are intent on furthering the interest of more gender sensitive reporting in the southern African media." (Introduction, page 2)
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"In examining the links between gender and the media, this volume asks questions involving the relationship between global media flows, gender and modernity in the region." (Publisher description)
"Five essays that seek to examine the challenges that women face in African studies scholarly publishing, and which aims to offer insights “into the shifting, intellectual, institutional, and ideological contexts and contests in African studies, as practiced in Africa and the North, by men and wom
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en, and among women themselves who are united by their gender as they are separated by the politics of race, resources, and location.” The book attempts to do three things: first, analyze the patterns and prospects of women’s scholarly publishing in the mainstream media in both Africa and the North; second, outline the development of women’s presses and other publishing initiatives; and, third, examine the growth and politics of feminist scholarship in each of, and across, the two regions." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2415)
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"The essays in this book examine the current and potential impact of the ICT explosion in Africa. They focus specifically on gender issues and analyze the extent to which women's needs and preferences are being served. The authors underscore the need for information to be made directly relevant to t
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he needs of rural women, whether in the areas of agriculture, health, microenterprise, or education. They argue that it is not enough for women simply to be passive participants in the development of ICTs in Africa. Women must also be decision-makers and actors in the process of using the new ICTs to accelerate African economic, social, and political development." (Publisher description)
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"The 2000 Yearbook treats two themes, both of which relate to newer features of the media landscape: violence in video and computer games, and pornography on television and on Internet. Some articles in the Yearbook also discuss findings on audience perceptions of violence and sex in the media. The
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choice of these themes has to do with the marked increase in the availability of such content to children and youth via new media technologies.The Yearbook comes with two bibliographies: Research on Pornography and Sex in the Media and Research on Video and Computer Games." (Publisher description)
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"A collection of twenty-four papers and discussions from a conference on women writers that took place during the Zimbabwe International Book Fair in 1999. It includes papers by a variety of voices of women from around the world, including major African women writers. A series of country reports inc
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luded provide useful inventories of publishing output by women writers in several African countries." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2417)
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"This excellent manual is intended as a guide for running training courses or workshops for groups of writers, illustrators, editors and others involved in producing popular reading material. Divided into six chapters, the manual takes the reader through various stages: how to develop a gender persp
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ective; how gender is constructed socially, and how to develop a framework for analyzing gender. Illustrations are looked at for what they show, how they show it, and what they do not show. Developed in a series of workshops, the book is accompanied by a detailed checklist to analyze works for gender-sensitivity, a glossary of terms, and an annotated bibliography for those who wish to read further. The training modules have been designed for use in workshop situations, and are accompanied by a pack of laminated training cards in a cover pocket of the A4 format wire-bound book, which can be used in different combinations by trainers or for self-study purposes." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2411)
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