New Video From The Women’s Media Center Sounds Off on Sexist Media Coverage - July 22, 2008 May 20, 2008 (New York) – With a new video illustrating the pervasive nature of sexism in the media, The Women’s Media Center is speaking out against the notion that sexist coverage is the path to commercial success for today’s struggling media companies. As the sexist tone reaches a fever pitch with networks chase ratings in this historic presidential election, Carol Jenkins, president of The Women’s Media Center (a nonpartisan 501(c)3 organization), delivers this message to both consumers and media executives: The Women’s Media Center Announces Second Class of Progressive Women’s Voices - April 21, 2008 April 21, 2008 (New York) – The Women’s Media Center (WMC) is proud to present its second class of participants for the Progressive Women’s Voices Program. Launched in 2008, Progressive Women’s Voices is a new media training and spokesperson program from the Women’s Media Center to connect media professionals with smart, media-savvy women experts in a variety of fields. Funded primarily by a generous grant from the NoVo Foundation and additional support from the UN Foundation and other supporters, the program will provide each of the participants with intensive media training and ongoing support to promote their perspective and message into the national dialogue. Spokesperson Availability: Spitzer Scandal and Geraldine Ferraro Comments - March 12, 2008 For more information or to schedule an interview, please contact: Women’s Media Center Resp - February 18, 2008 February 15, 2008 (New York) – The Women’s Media Center (WMC) has been closely following the situation at NBC News, including MSNBC, and the ongoing problems the network has demonstrated in its treatment of women. From Don Imus last spring through Chris Matthews’ ongoing sexist language to the current furor over Shuster’s comments with regards to Chelsea Clinton, the network has demonstrated an inability to maintain a news product that that treats women with respect – as news professionals, as news-makers, or as expert commentators. January 23, 2008 (New York) – The Women’s Media Center (WMC) is proud to present its first class of participants for the Progressive Women’s Voices Program. Progressive Women’s Voices is a new media training and spokesperson program from the Women’s Media Center to connect media professionals with smart, media-savvy women experts in a variety of fields. Funded by a generous grant from the NoVo Foundation, the program will provide each of the participants with intensive media training and ongoing support to promote their perspective and message into the national dialogue. WMC Response to NBC Following Chris Matthews Apology - January 18, 2008 The following statement is attributed to Carol Jenkins, president of the Women's Media Center: "The Women’s Media Center appreciates Chris Matthews’ public apology for his ill-conceived comments about Senator Clinton on January 9, 2008. We hope it serves as an illustration of the damaging effects of sexist language in our society, especially when it emanates from powerful media. WMC has protested to NBC in the past about incidents involving Matthews. The network’s latest embarrassment, coming just as its Don Imus episode was fading, could have been avoided, if our concerns had been taken seriously from the beginning. New York, NY. March 12, 2007, 10:30am: March 12th marks the one year anniversary, of the vicious gang-rape and murder of a 14-year old girl by US Soldiers, in Mahmoudiya, Iraq. Her name was Abeer Qassim Hamza Al-Janabi. While Abeer was attacked in her own home, her mother, father and younger sister were shot to death in another room. Abeer was then shot in the head, her body doused with kerosene from a lamp in the family kitchen and set on fire. The Women’s Media Center will host a press conference on Wednesday, February 28th at 12:00 PM, featuring Talia Carner, human rights advocate and award-winning author of “Puppet Child” and “China Doll.” Carner will preview the results of her investigation of infanticide in China, the topic of her address at the 51st session of The NGO UN Committee on the Status of Women in New York City on March 5th, 2007. Selected by Business and Professional Women International (BPWI), Carner will present, “Gendercide in China--Time to Break The Silence.” A Lunch with Women’s eNews and its Mideast correspondents at noon, Thursday, November 9 The Women’s Media Center is proud to host Women’s eNews and its Mideast correspondents at a special luncheon at noon, Thursday, November 9, at WMC’s Empire State Building offices. Lunch with Lynn Sherr at our Empire State Building offices on Wednesday, October 25. The Women’s Media Center is pleased to invite you to lunch with Lynn Sherr at our Empire State Building offices on Wednesday, October 25. Lynn’s spent four decades examining other people’s lives and covering world and national events. Now she turns her skills to her own life and work in the recently published Out of the Box: A Memoir (Rodale Books). Conversation with Egyptian The Women's Media Center - October 19, 2006 The Women's Media Center is pleased to invite you to a special conversation with Egyptian women's advocate Riham Sheble on Thursday, October 19th at noon. Ms. Sheble will show an excerpt from the film Riham's Story, the personal telling of her own circumcision--and discuss female genital mutilation, practiced by more than 90 per cent of Egyptian women, although forbidden by law. A Luncheon with Joan Blades - October 11, 2006 The Women’s Media Center requests the pleasure of your company for “A Luncheon with Joan Blades”. The woman who galvanized millions of ordinary citizen outsiders into active participants in the political process with MoveOn.org is fresh from the premiere of the documentary The Motherhood Manifesto. Based on the book of the same name, the documentary explores the experiences and challenges related by Blades and co-author Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner.
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