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Luba Kassova, author of From Outrage to Opportunity, speaks to the BBC’s Lara Joannides about how to take the BBC’s 50:50 The Equality Project beyond improving representation in terms of numbers, to challenging stereotypical portrayal of women in news.
Luba Kassova, author of From Outrage to Opportunity, speaks to Qaanitah Hunter, assistant editor: politics and opinions at News24.
News editors have a responsibility to give more weight to the unique angles that women war reporters bring to stories; to ensure that more women experts are featured in the news; and to focus on stories relevant to women audiences.
Recent research focusing on six countries – the UK, Nigeria, India, South Africa, Kenya and the US – offers a picture of enduring systemic underrepresentation of women in a male-dominated field.
South Africa may occupy a leading position in terms of women's representation in newsrooms and news leadership compared to some countries but when considering the issue of race, a different picture emerges, writes Luba Kassova.