Israeli media slight women, perpetuate gender stereotypes, report finds

Israeli women make up only 24 percent of people heard, read about or seen in newspaper, television and radio news reports, largely due to a media focus on political and security realms where women tend to be excluded, a worldwide study released on Thursday found. The study by the fifth Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP), the world’s longest- running and most extensive research on gender in the news media, was due to be presented next week at a conference at Sapir Academic College in the South. Read More…