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Guidelines for the Protection of Women Against Discrimination in the Media

The Gender Equality Committee, comprised of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO), Philippine Commission on Women, self-regulatory bodies and non-government organizations, formulated guidelines for the protection of women against... Read more

Creating Gender, Population and Women’s Reproductive Health Awareness Through the Media

These five monographs were produced under the Center for Media Freedom & Responsibility's "Creating Gender, Population and Women's Reproductive Health Awareness Through the Media" project, with support from the... Read more

What about them?

Cheers to the Manila Bulletin for raising a timely question amid war talks in some parts of Mindanao: What about the Maguindanao children? Read more

Media coverage of the Mamasapano Clash: Unethical, inflammatory and sensationalized

Misinformation and even disinformation, sensationalism, as well as lack of context characterized the coverage — the kind of reporting that for its ethical lapses inflames an already volatile situation... Read more

Asking the right questions

CHEERS TO Rappler for raising possible issues of conflict of interest and the possible violation of the public official’s code of conduct when Sen. Chiz Escudero married celebrity Heart... Read more

Revealing the hidden faces of conflict

CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for re-unmasking the horrors in conflict-ravaged areas, among them women forced into prostitution and entire communities displaced. Read more

Pacquaio’s other ‘sideline’

CHEERS TO the Philippine press for being consistently on the lookout for boxing champ and politician Manny Pacquiao’s physical presence — or the lack thereof — during House of... Read more

Unethical and inflammatory

JEERS TO several news organizations for in effect glorifying violence, pandering to anti- Muslim sentiments, and being grossly insensitive to the already grief stricken families of those killed in... Read more

Out of the past: ‘Newshen’

JEERS TO those Philippine newspapers that continue to use outdated, sexist terms such as “newshen” when referring to female journalists. Read more

Revisiting a ‘Sendong’ survivor village

CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for sharing with its readers how a typhoon-ravaged community is getting back on its feet. Read more