Women's Edition brings together senior-level women editors, reporters, and producers from influential media organizations in developing countries to examine and report on pressing issues affecting women's health and status. Up to 15 senior journalists from leading news media organizations around the developing world are competitively selected to participate in this activity.
The Mission
Women's Edition seeks development of informed policy decisions affecting women through factual, accurate, and up-to-date media coverage that reflects women's needs and perspectives. By providing information directly to millions of women in developing countries on issues that are important to them, Women's Edition also helps to shape public discussion of these issues and to arm women with information that allows them to take control of their lives.
To achieve its mission, Women's Edition is designed to strengthen and expand coverage of women's health, development, and population issues in the print and broadcast news media. This involves increasing the frequency and prominence of coverage, using data correctly, and emphasizing women's perspectives.
Women's Edition Activities
Each year, PRB organizes two week-long seminars and study tours for Women's Edition members on pressing reproductive health and related issues. Recent seminars have explored family planning, maternal mortality, women and HIV/AIDS, the role of men in women’s reproductive health, sex trafficking, and reproductive health of youth. Seminar locations have included Washington, D.C.; New York; New Delhi and Mumbai, India; Barcelona, Spain; San Jose, Costa Rica; Johannesburg, South Africa; and Nairobi, Kenya.
The seminars bring together the journalists and specialists from health, population, human rights, and women's organizations. They include sessions on various aspects of women's health and development; editorial meetings in which participants share experiences, ideas and reporting strategies; and study tours where the journalists can see innovative programs in action.
Special Reports and Programs
Following a seminar, each Women's Edition journalist produces for her media organization at least one in-depth and high-profile special report, series of stories, or program based on the theme of that seminar. These have included special newspaper pull-out sections, features, in-depth news reports, editorials, and talk shows.
Blog Posts Written by Women's Edition Participants During Study Tours and Conferences
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PRB Women's Edition at the Women Deliver Conference: The Changemakers by Zofeen T. Ebrahim, freelance journalist based in Karachi, Pakistan, (June 2010)
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PRB in the Field: Hope is a School in Kajiado, Kenya by Charlotte Feldman-Jacobs, program director, Gender (May 2009)
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PRB in the Field: Women's Edition Training in Kenya, Day 4 by Chinyere Fred-Adegbulugbe, senior correspondent, The Punch, Lagos, Nigeria (April 2009)
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PRB in the Field: Women's Edition Training in Kenya, Day 3 – What is Behind Not Using Condoms by Ana Alpirez, editor-in-chief of el Periodico de Guatemala (April 2009)
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PRB in the Field: Women’s Edition Training in Kenya, Day 2 by Thato Ratsebe, PRB consultant (April 2009)
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PRB in the Field: Women’s Edition Training in Kenya, Day 1 by Florence Machio, a Kenyan freelance journalist and PRB consultant (April 2009)
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Women Journalists Unite for Reproductive Health by Deborah Mesce, program director, International Media Training (Dec. 2008)
Women's Edition Journalists, 1993-2010
Gabriela Adamesteanu, editor-in-Chief, 22; weekly columnist, Romania Libera (Romania)
Harikala Adhikary, associate editor, Gorkhapatra (Nepal)
Thaís Aguilar, director for Latin America, Servicio Especial de Noticias de la Mujer (SEM) (Costa Rica)
Sarah Akrofi-Quarcoo, chief editor, News and Current Affairs, Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
Sandra Aliaga, editor, Equidad, Bolivia
Ana Carolina Alpirez, editor-in-chief, el Periodico de Guatemala, (Guatemala)
Rosemary Ardayfio, Women's Page editor, Daily Graphic, (Ghana)
Pamela Asigi, health reporter, Nation TV, Kenya
Nadezda Azhgikhina, secretary of the Russian Union of Journalists (Russia)
Taru Bahl, assistant editor/The Statesman and Online News Editor/Mint (India)
Beather Baker, commissioning editor, South African Broadcasting Corporation (South Africa)
Sandra Mallo Barriga, general editor, La Razon (Bolivia)
Babita Basnet, editor, Ghatana Ra Bichar (Nepal)
Barbara Bitangaro, editor, Women's Vision, The New Vision (Uganda)
Esperanza Brito de Martí, editor-in-chief, Fem (Mexico)
Mohuya Chaudhuri, news editor and bureau chief, NDTV (India)
Adina Mihaela Cojocaru, editor-in-chief, MAMI (Romania)
Josefina (Pennie Azarcon) dela Cruz, managing editor, Sunday Inquirer Magazine (Philippines)
Zofeen Ebrahim, freelance, Dawn and Inter Press Service, (Pakistan)
Chinyere Fred-Adegbulugbe, senior correspondent, The Punch (Nigeria)
Deepa Gautam, chief producer, Nepal Television and NTV2, (Nepal)
Audrey Gadzekpo, editor/publisher, African Women's Options, Ghana
Jane Godia, deputy managing editor, The Standard Group (Kenya)
Claudia Izaguirre Godoy, editor-in-chief, Peru.21 (Peru)
Stella Ruth Gonzales-Perez, Assistant Science and Health Editor, Philippine Daily Inquirer (Philippines)
Yordanos Goushe, editor/senior reporter, Ethiopian Radio and TV Agency (Ethiopia)
Catherine Gulua, Information and investigative journalist, Resonansi (Georgia)
Judith Hadonou-Yovo, Chargee de Mission, La Chaine 2 ( Benin)
Nguyen Thi Hahn, host, "The Insiders," Vietnam Television (Vietnam)
Victoria Ibanga, features editor, Champion Newspapers (Nigeria)
Pushpa Jamieson, managing editor, The Chronicle (Malawi)
Elizabeth Kameo, senior features writer, Daily Monitor (Uganda)
Zuhra Karim, publisher and editor-in-chief, She, Pakistan
Asha Krishnakumar, Special Correspondent, Frontline (India)
Seraphine Lainjo Tata, assistant chief of service for programs (radio), Cameroon Radio and Television Broadcasting Corporation (Cameroon)
Ciça Lessa, editor, Capricho (Brazil)
Cristina Liberis, senior editor and head of foreign news, Realitatea TV (Romania)
Nguyen Thi Loc, manager, English Service, Voice of Vietnam (Vietnam)
Florence Machio, regional coordinator, Africawoman (Kenya)
Alice Louis El Mallakh, editor, Nisf El-Dunia (Egypt)
Ropa Mapimhidze, features editor, The Herald (Zimbabwe)
Marycelina Masha, managing editor, The Guardian (Tanzania)
Eunice Mathu, publisher and editor, Parents, Kenya
Indi Mclymont-Lafayette, coordinator, All Woman, The Jamaica Observer (Jamaica)
Magda Rashad Mehanna, assistant editor-in-chief and editor, women's section, Al Ahram (Egypt)
Noesreini R.S. Meliala, managing editor, Femina (Indonesia)
Miriam Ruiz Mendoza, reporter and columnist, CIMAC News Agency (Mexico)
Nawal Sayed Mostafa, vice chief editor, Al Akhbar (Egypt)
Fatima Ali Mutahar, editor, development and economy news, Yemen News Agency (SABA), Yemen
Florence Mutesi, senior reporter, The New Times (Rwanda)
Catherine Mwesigwa, features editor, The New Vision (Uganda)
Lucy Oriang', managing editor/magazines, Nation Media Group (Kenya)
Galina Rotayenko, editor-in-chief, Marianna (Ukraine)
Munni Saha, special correspondent, ATN Bangla TV Channel (Bangladesh)
Sathya Saran, editor, Femina (India)
Torwon Sulonteh-Brown, producer, UNMIL Radio (Liberia)
Fawzia Talout, founder and editor-in-chief, Farah (Morocco)
Sylvia Vollenhoven, producer (TV), South Africa Broadcasting Corporation (South Africa)
Nabusayi Lindah Wamboka, features editor, The Weekly Observer (Uganda)
Lemlem Bekele Woldemichael, senior reporter, Radio Ethiopia (Ethiopia)
For More Information
Contact Deborah Mesce, 202-483-1100.