Women's Views on News
Posted on: Friday 7th October 2011
Womens Views On News is women's daily online news and current affairs service, operating on a ‘not for profit' basis.The site provides up to date news on all the major national and international stories of the day, in much the same way as any newspaper or online news service, but the stories they feature are always about women.
Their vision is to build a world where all women's voices and experiences are heard.
Why women? According a recent survey by the Global Media Monitoring Project (March 2010), women feature only in a fifth of the world's news headlines and just ten percent of all news stories.
Literally thousands of stories about, by and for women are never told sending a message that women's experiences and opinions are just not as important or as valid as those of men. We challenge that approach and aim to redress the imbalance in women's favour.
If you want to find out about becoming a more discerning news consumer why not attend one of our It's in the News sessions. Check the W@W diary for details of events in your area.
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Posted by Alison Clarke on Friday 7th October 2011
I'm one of the people involved in this site which is unique in that no other site aggregates news stories about women from sources all over the world. We also write our own exclusive copy and recently interviewed the chair of the Women's Committee of the European Parliament. We also are a campaigning organisation in our own right and have been leading the fight in the UK to get Facebook to remove a highly offensive page about rape. Why not join the thousands of readers who enjoy our site and sign up to receive our news stories every day into your inbox. Just go to www.womensviewsonnews.org to get informed.
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Posted by Sheree Sartain on Sunday 16th October 2011
I have WVoN bookmarked as a favourite and receive your daily updates. It is really interesting to see the wide range of news about women that is omitted from the mainstream press on a daily basis. Thank you Alison and keep up the good work.