Examining the media coverage of violence against women in the Global South (12 December 2023)

Violence against women is a global crisis. Inequities around class, gender, race, sexuality, disability and mental health issues are a leading factor for this violence. These inequities are more acutely felt by women in Global South, yet violence against women in this region receives minimal media coverage.Our awareness and understanding of it is largely a consequence of the media. But how well does journalism do justice to the situations it reports on– and how do women from the Global South use social media, as in #metoo, to share their stories?These are questions were examined by journalism academics, who contributed to two recent edited book collections, led by Dr Andrea Baker (Monash University). The books are:Baker, Andrea & Manchanda Rodrigues, Usha., eds. (2022). Reporting about sexual violence in the #MeToo era, Routledge.Baker, Andrea.; González de Bustamante, Celeste. & Relly, Jeannine. (eds.) (2023). Violence Against Women in the Global South: Reporting in the #MeToo era , Palgrave/Springer.By Global South countries we look at India, Indonesia, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Syria, Libya, Yemen and Egypt.Panel Chair: Professor Jacquie True, head of the Monash Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence against Women.Journalism academics on the panel:Professor Celeste Gonzalez Bustamante (University of Texas at Austin)Professor Jeannine E. Relly (University of Arizona)Dr Nasya Bahfen (La Trobe University)Professor Usha Manchanda Rodrigues (Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India)

针对女性的暴力是一场全球危机。阶级、性别、种族、性取向、残障及精神健康层面的不平等是此类暴力行为的核心诱因。全球南方（Global South）的女性对这些不平等的感受更为深切，但该地区针对女性的暴力行为却极少获得媒体报道。我们对此类问题的认知与理解很大程度上源于媒体报道。然而，新闻行业能否如实呈现其所报道的相关境况？全球南方的女性又如何像#MeToo（我也是运动）中那样，借助社交媒体分享自身遭遇？这些正是由安德里亚·贝克（Andrea Baker）博士（莫纳什大学）牵头的两部近期编著文集所探讨的问题，相关文集由多位新闻学研究者撰稿。两部编著文集分别为：1. 安德里亚·贝克、乌莎·曼钱达·罗德里格斯主编.（2022）《#MeToo时代下的性暴力报道》，劳特利奇出版社；2. 安德里亚·贝克、塞莱斯特·冈萨雷斯·布斯塔曼特、珍妮恩·雷利主编.（2023）《全球南方针对女性的暴力：#MeToo时代的新闻报道》，帕尔格雷夫/施普林格出版社。本次研究涉及的全球南方国家包括印度、印度尼西亚、阿根廷、巴西、墨西哥、叙利亚、利比亚、也门及埃及。专题研讨组主席：杰奎·特鲁（Jacquie True）教授，莫纳什消除暴力侵害妇女卓越研究中心主任。本次研讨组成员（均为新闻学研究者）：塞莱斯特·冈萨雷斯·布斯塔曼特（Celeste Gonzalez Bustamante）教授（德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校）、珍妮特·E·雷利（Jeannine E. Relly）教授（亚利桑那大学）、纳西娅·巴芬（Nasya Bahfen）博士（乐卓博大学）、乌莎·曼钱达·罗德里格斯（Usha Manchanda Rodrigues）教授（印度马尼帕尔高等教育学院）。