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@genderbeat.bsky.social
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We are a collective of journalists working to raise the profile of gender journalism and support the people who produce it linktr.ee/genderbeat

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The Gender Beat @genderbeat.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Watch: The future of gender-just journalism: from coverage to culture Panel discussion featuring @francescadonner.bsky.social @nas009.bsky.social @elizatalks.bsky.social during last month's journalism festival in Perugia www.journalismfestival.com/programme/20...
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The future of gender-just journalism: from coverage to culture
Gender justice is not a niche topic; it is a critical lens required to accurately report on climate, technology, politics, and economics. This panel will move beyond discussing representation to explo...
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The Gender Beat @genderbeat.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
@fullerproject.org explains “femonationalism” – a loose blend of feminist, nationalist, anti-immigration, and anti-Islam ideas - which frames feminism as a means of defending national identity and cultural values against perceived external threats. www.fullerproject.org/editions/far...
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Explainer: what is femonationalism?
Everything you need to know about a growing ideology impacting the lives of women and girls
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The Gender Beat @genderbeat.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
"Neelam spends over 4 hours each day to get the AI system to recognise the women’s faces." Decode shows what it's like to be on the wrong end of a Indian food ration programme hinged on biometric authentication www.boomlive.in/decode/ai-fa...
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AI Facial Recognition Is Denying Food To Pregnant Women Across India | BOOM
India’s 50-year-old welfare programme now uses AI to decide who gets food. Across Anganwadi centres, pregnant women and new mothers must pass a facial recognition scan before receiving rations.
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The Gender Beat @genderbeat.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
@nas009.bsky.social gave some tips on a panel titled "Lessons from feminist investigative journalists around the world" www.journalismfestival.com/programme/20...
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Lessons from feminist investigative journalists around the world
Feminist investigative journalism is about making investigative journalism agendas, as well as investigative teams, leaderships and methodologies more inclusive of diverse communities and issues that ...
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The Gender Beat @genderbeat.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
@meganclement.bsky.social talked about what we can learn from the media’s treatment of Gisele Pelicot www.journalismfestival.com/programme/20...
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What we can learn from the media's treatment of Gisele Pelicot?
Last year, the world watched in horror as Dominique Pelicot and 50 other men were tried in a case involving the repeated sexual assault of his then-wife, Gisele Pelicot, over the span of a decade. Wil...
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The Gender Beat @genderbeat.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
@sannebreimer.bsky.social spoke about journalism ethics in the creative economy era www.journalismfestival.com/programme/20...
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Journalism ethics in the creator economy era
Newsrooms thought they had it figured out when it came to journalism ethics. But legacy media handbooks don’t really address the kind of ethical questions raised when journalists have to increasingly ...
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The Gender Beat @genderbeat.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
@elizatalks.bsky.social featured on 2 panels, one on challenges and opportunities emerging as USAID funding for journalism ends www.journalismfestival.com/programme/20... and another on best practices in reporting gender-related crimes www.journalismfestival.com/programme/20...
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From funding crisis to opportunity: ideas and solutions in a post-USAID landscape
Join us for a dynamic session on the challenges and opportunities emerging as USAID funding for journalism ends. Led by Lars Boering, Director of the European Journalism Centre (EJC), which has extens...
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The Gender Beat @genderbeat.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
@carlottad.bsky.social spoke about reporting on gender for impact www.journalismfestival.com/programme/20...
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Why I told this story: reporting on gender for impact and to effect change
How should stories be approached when the desired outcome is to have impact and hold people or organizations to account? As journalists we know how to spot a story and how to tell them effectively, bu...
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The Gender Beat @genderbeat.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
(Thread) Members of Noodle, a Telegram group for people working on gender journalism, spoke on many fantastic panels at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia. @anandankita.bsky.social gave her take on the question of when impact becomes activism www.journalismfestival.com/programme/20...
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The impact/activism question, as seen from different parts of the globe
When does impact become activism? Does an explicit focus on impact skew our objectivity and endanger the integrity of our profession? When donors and grantees have different definitions of impact, how...
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The Gender Beat @genderbeat.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
At #AWIDForum2024, The Gender Beat hosted a listening circle to learn more about feminist tech; we ran media clinics for other journalists and communicators at the forum; and we connected and shared experiences with the newly-created Feminist Journalist Network
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The Gender Beat @genderbeat.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
We are grateful to have been included in the tech gardens, a space curated by Whose Knowledge, Numun Fund and @apc.bsky.social Over the coming period, we’ll be sharing takeaways from the #AWIDForum2024 with Noodle, our Telegram community. Become a Noodler by signing up here tally.so/r/mZ8E0v
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The Gender Beat @genderbeat.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
It was fantastic to attend the #AWIDForum2024 as writers and editors, who’ve worked in legacy newsrooms and nonprofit media in the northern and southern hemisphere - and who train on gender-sensitivity, report on or commission stories about issues that affect women & gender minorities.
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The Gender Beat @genderbeat.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
It’s been nearly a week since the end of #AWIDForum2024 in Bangkok and Team @genderbeat.bsky.social is still processing all the conversations had and connections made!
AWID signWat Arun, a temple in Bangkok
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The Gender Beat @genderbeat.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
At #AWIDForum2024 in Bangkok, @genderbeat.bsky.social will also be hosting a listening circle on Dec 2 to discuss what is feminist tech and how it relates to gender equality. Come join us!
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The Gender Beat @genderbeat.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Are you a feminist organisation trying to figure out how to pitch your story to a journalist? Sign up for @genderbeat.bsky.social 's free in-person media clinics at the AWID International Forum in Bangkok from 2-5 Dec. calendly.com/genderbeat-p... See you there! #AWIDForum2024
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