Equal representation of women in (Online) Media? #Beijing20

One of the strategic objectives of the Beijing Platform for Action '95 is ‘Increase the participation and access of women to expression and decision-making in and through the media and the new technologies of communication.’ In 2015 the (inter)national community is celebrating the 20th anniversary of this fundamental human rights instrument for women and girls adopted in 1995.
Did you know that only 16% of photos in European newspaper show women over 45 years of age (according to the project “You can’t be what you can’t see”)? In the EU, women account for only 24% of people that we hear and read about in the news. Only 4% of the news coverage is against stereotypical portrayel. Note 1 In May 2015, European Women's Lobby (EWL) demands ‘Mirror, mirror on the wall …a fair and equal representation of women in the media in Europe’.

#Beijing20 & Twitter

During the past decade, advances in information technology have facilitated a global communications network that transcends national boundaries. One of the challenges is that women who write on the Internet and participate in social media, on blogs and other online forums, meet increasing hostility and harassment. This is a way to silence women’s voices in the public sphere.

At my public sphere Twitter account - @ArinaNoel - I retweeted an infographic of women in the media by UN Women. Note 2 There are around 2 Billion active social media accounts. Roughly half of social media users are women. Feminist hashtags - # - that have added to global conversations on gender inequality are #Beijing20 #HeForShe and #EverydaySexism The # symbol, called hashtag, is used to mark keywords or topics in a Tweet. 

How Far are We from Gender Equality?
Representing Vrouwenbelangen I attended a China-Netherlands Dialogue event Paneldiscussion about Women's rights on May 20th 2015 in Amsterdam. Ardi Bouwers presented a report on behalf of Radio Netherlands Worldwide (RNW) on the (in)equality and representation of women in media. 
"Bringing media accountability into the struggle for gender equality was the original impetus for the Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP)... Every five years since 1995, the GMMP has documented trends in the portrayal and representation of women and men in news media discourse and imagery." page 6

GMMP 2015 Preview May 2015, page 11

Summary of GMMP 2015 Preview ''women's presence in media hasn't changed much in the past 20 years, if this rate of change continues, it will take at least 40 years to reach equality." page 12

Do you want to help IAW at Facebook and Twitter?
International Alliance of Women (IAW) publishes and shares news in accordance with the focus at the website. At the time of writing this blog IAW has at Facebook 757 likes and at Twitter @Womenalliance has 354 followers. 

Part of flyer IAW

IAW is an international non-governmental, feminist organisation. It works for the empowerment of women, the promotion of women's human rights and gender equality globally. Founded in 1904 and based in Geneva. 
IAW has general consultative status to ECOSOC (Economic and Social Council) since the beginning of the UN - 1947. 
Do you want to like, share, comment, follow or RT (ReTweet)? Please help us with small actions for gender equality!

Note 1 Read more in factsheet

From Words to Action 1995-2015 A European Women’s Lobby review of the activities of the European Union p 26-27 

Note 2 http://beijing20.unwomen.org/en/infographic/media

Blogger Arina Angerman 
is representing International Alliance of Women (IAW) in the Policy Committee of the European Women's Lobby (EWL). 
In 1995 Arina participated in the NGO Forum in Huairou during the United Nations 4th World's Women Conference in Beijing. During this NGO Forum she started sending emails as a reporter and learned how to use the world wide web as an activist. 
Arina is a consultant in how to use social media as a board member, entrepreneur or manager: Social Media 4 (Baby) Boomers

Do World Wide Women connect and share at social media? #Beijing20

On the occasion of International Women's Day 2015 I reuse content out of recent blogs at angermaneuropa.blogspot.com The (inter)national communities will celebrate worldwide the 20th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action, a fundamental human rights instrument for women and girls adopted in 1995. 

Big Plans ... Small Steps to goal 50/50 F/M
Thank you MamaCash and EWL!

Economic independence and austerity measures

One of the strategic objectives of the Beijing Platform for Action ’95 is ‘Promote women’s economic rights and independence …’ Women and the economy is one of the interdependent 12 critical areas of concern in this Platform for Action. 

After 20 years the gender pay gap remains a major issue within the EU as women workers on average earn 16% less than men. A worrying development is the widening gender pension pay gap which stand at 39% within the EU. 

Austerity measures have a huge effect on women, both as workers in the public sector and users of public services. Moreover, women bear a disproportionate share of tax burdens, as they use larger portions of their income on food and basis goods for the household. Did you see the European Women’s Lobby (EWL) video-clip “A she-(re)cession. What does austerity mean for women in Europe?”? (2013)

Do you want to help at Facebook and Twitter?

Lights at IAW Board Meeting in Sion, 2014

International Alliance of Women publishes and shares news in accordance with the focus. At the time of writing this blog IAW has 696 likes at Facebook. @Womenalliance at Twitter has 294 followers. IAW is a non-political and feminist organisation founded in 1904 and based in Geneva. Subtitle of IAW is Equal Rights - Equal Responsibilities. IAW has general consultative status in ECOSOC (Economic and Social Council) since the beginning of the UN - 1947. 
International Alliance of Women as a NGO has a glorious past and works on getting a glorious future. Do you want to like, share, comment, follow or RT (ReTweet)? Please join us with activities - small steps - for Gender Equality and Equal Rights!

Developing digital skills in 1995 
In 1995 I participated in the NGO Forum in Huairou during the United Nations 4th World's Women Conference in Beijing. Before this inspiring event I travelled by train from Beijing to Xian where I bought this horse stamp. In Huairou I started sending emails (blogger) and learned how to use the world wide web (Internet): developing digital skills. 

Blogger Arina Angerman
is representing International Alliance of Women (IAW) in the Policy Committee of the European Women's Lobby (EWL). She is a consultant in how to use social media as a board member, entrepreneur or manager: Social Media 4 (Baby) Boomers

Women's economic independence and austerity measures: Economy #Beijing20 & EWL

One of the strategic objectives of the Beijing Platform for Action ’95 is ‘Promote women’s economic rights and independence …’ Women and the economy is one of the interdependent 12 critical areas of concern in this Platform for Action.
After 20 years the gender pay gap remains a major issue within the EU as women workers on average earn 16% less than men. A worrying development is the widening gender pension pay gap which stand at 39% within the EU. The gender pension gap shows that gender inequalities accumulate throughout women’s lives and that a life-cycle approach to women’s economic independence is urgently needed.

Women’s economic independence is the foundation of all rights. EWL’s key demands to the European Union and the Member States are a.o.

- Guarantee the individualization of social security and taxation rights in order to break women’s dependency on their partners and/or the State;

- Close the gender pay gap by 2020 and set targets to close the pension gap;

- Use Gender Budgeting as a standard methodology of all public budget processes;

Austerity measures
Austerity measures have a huge effect on women, both as workers in the public sector and users of public services. Moreover, women bear a disproportionate share of tax burdens, as they use larger portions of their income on food and basis goods for the household. Did you see the European Women’s Lobby (EWL) video-clip “A she-(re)cession. What does austerity mean for women in Europe?”? (2013) Note 1

The EWL publication (January 2015) Women's Economic Independence in Times of Austerity (Note 3) is using a gender equality and feminist lens in Country Profiles of Scotland, Slovenia, Sweden (Gender Budgeting), Greece and Italy (Social Enterprises). Social entrepreneurship can be a promising avenue through which women can empower themselves and others.

Joanna Manganara, Board Member since 2004 and President since 2013 of International Alliance of Women, is telling the story of Greece in an interview. Quote "It is also important ... to see women ... as actors of change in political decision-making." 

Let's take action and bring words into reality

How can we get to a feminist economic model? 
By a.o. Democratise the EU semester process through the participation of the EP and women's organisations.

From Words to Action
Will you read & share EWL’s factsheet about Women and the Economy?
Please get involved! Note 3

Note 1 

EWL clip ‘A she-(re)cession What does austerity mean to women in Europe?' https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=euIp9VdKzFk
Note 2 
EWL publication Women's Economic Independence in Times of Austerity January 2015

Note 3 
EWL 'From Words to Action' 2015 Calendar and Factsheet at
http://www.womenlobby.org/news/ewl-news/article/ewl-beijing-20-in-january-women-s?lang=en 
Note 4 
This blog is follow-up Action as written in blog 'Connecting feminists by social media'. Do you want to help IAW and EWL at Facebook and Twitter to share information and spreading knowledge? How you can help is described in this blog 'Connecting ...' 

Blogger Arina Angerman
is representing International Alliance of Women (IAW) in the Policy Committee of the European Women's Lobby (EWL). She is a consultant in how to use social media as a board member, entrepreneur or manager: Social Media 4 (Baby) Boomers

Crowdfunding als project voor entrepreneur die blogt over social media #eskills

Op 5 december 2014 zocht ik in mijn mails met de zoekterm crowdfunding; verwijderde er 75 en heb nu 100 mails over. Voor dit blog ga ik de eerste 5 en de laatste 5 (her)lezen en gebruiken. 
Mijn belangrijkste vraag: hoe kan ik crowdfunding in 2015 gaan gebruiken voor de combi entrepreneur en/of digitale activist?

Welke antwoorden geven mails uit 2011?
De eerste bijdrage die ik gebruik, is geschreven door Ronald Kleverlaan op Frankwatchting. Hieruit blijkt dat mijn vraag gaat over 'doneren' of 'support': geld ophalen bij particulieren voor 'n goed doel of voor 'n project en daar 'n (kleine) tegenprestatie voor krijgen. 
Door latere bijdrage van Irma Borst op Frankwatching begrijp ik 't verschil tussen crowdfunding en crowdsourcing activiteiten. Bij crowdsourcing geef ik mijn eigen tijd en kennis aan sociaal-maatschappelijke activiteiten voor vrouwenrechten NGO en politieke partij. 
Grappig is dat de eerste mails uit september 2011 blijken te gaan over 'n (niet uitgevoerd) maatschappelijk project waaraan ik toen werkte ... mijn vraag "is crowd funding van individuele of organisatorische benefactors in uren ook mogelijk? Hoeveel Euro's zijn een uur inzet ...? want de internationale vrijwilligersorganisatie IAW en haar leden zijn 'not a big or wealthy organisaton'." In mijn project van toen ging 't dus vooral om 'doneren' en crowdsourcing. 
De vijfde en laatste mail ging over 'n crowdfunding project voor de prachtige publicatie 1001 Vrouwen (noot 1), die ik in 2012 cadeau kreeg bij afscheid als penningmeester van lokale politieke partij in Amsterdam Oost.

Welke antwoorden geven mails (events) van eind 2014?

Medio november neem ik deel aan de Crowdfunding Secrets training door Nisandeh Neta en team van Open Circles Academy. Initiatiefnemer Nisandeh maakt duidelijk dat voor 'n entrepreneur crowdfunding een ultieme marketing activiteit is. De waardevolle inhoud van zijn training is gebaseerd op een leren door te doen activiteit: eigen research naar crowdfunding en uitgevoerde campagne! Ik zie vooral meerwaarde in de combinatie van offline events plus online netwerken bij eigen crowdfunding campagne i.o.

Tijdens de Nationale Vakdag Fondsenwerving '14 ga ik naar de gezamenlijke presentatie van Derk Bosker (Ubbo Emmius Fonds Rijksuniversiteit Groningen) en Marc Schoutens (Mobillion). Het gaat hier om crowdfunding voor Non-Profits en daarvan ontvang ik later per mail 'n Whitepaper, samengesteld door Mobillion (online fondsenwerving) en Douw&Koren (crowdfunding consultancy). 
Zowel de training als de presentatie zijn een geweldige combinatie van informatie en inzichten gebaseerd op de theorie & de praktijk van crowdfunding en de presentatoren delen vele, vele nuttige do's & don'ts. 
In de laatste mail attendeerde ik een vriend op Qracht 500, een multimediaal project om mensen die onder de armoedegrens leven een stem en gezicht te geven. Een particulier initiatief van journalist Annemiek Onstenk. De werfactie op Voordekunst voor ´n eenmalig magazine bereikte in oktober 2013 104%.  

Social media inzet door (Baby) Boomers kan en moet beter!
Professionals, bestuurders of entrepreneurs die maatschappelijk betrokken zijn, geven geld en/of tijd aan projecten of doelen die emotie opwekken en relevant zijn. Daarbij zorgt de goede inzet van social media als Facebook, Twitter, Blog, LinkedIn en Google + bij crowdfunding voor meerwaarde. Social media zijn persoonlijk en maken 't voor sponsoren of donoren mogelijk om 't verhaal door te vertellen en te vragen: doe jij ook mee? En social media maken 't voor jou als entrepreneur en projectmanager mogelijk om contact te houden met hen. 
Er liggen hier prachtige social media (eSkills) kansen, want Marc Schoutens van Mobillion twittert en Derk Bosker van de RUG twittert (nog) 'protected'. Uit mijn blog over de Vakdag Fondsenwerving 2013 toen ik social media voor (baby)boomers miste: medio 2013 maken Boomers een kwart uit van de totale groep gebruikers op LinkedIn, Facebook en Twitter. (noot 2) 

Wat wordt doel of project e-skills voor 2015?

Mijn doel of project in ontwikkeling heeft 'n sociaal-maatschappelijke meerwaarde, is een persoonlijk & sexy door te vertellen verhaal, is urgent en kan online en offline gepromoot worden. Het opgehaalde bedrag laat ik door 't maatschappelijk betrokken project terugvloeien in de samenleving. De keuze van platform is die tussen Oneplanetcrowd of IndieGoGo.
Mijn crowdfunding ambitie voor 2015 - 20 jaar na Beijing - is me fysiek en digitaal te verplaatsen binnen Nederland om (12) verhalen te verzamelen van vrouwen die net als ik na 1995 zijn gaan internetten en e-mailen voor vrouwenrechten: de internet pioniers van toen. Hoe gebruiken zij nu social media? En hoe leerden / leren zij deze internet, e-mail en social media vaardigheden? (noot 3) Deze reis en verhalen worden een onderdeel van een multimediaal project i.o.

Wat kan ik voor jou doen of jij voor mij: call-to-action?
- Advies over hoe jij social media met meer resultaat kunt gebruiken;
- Acties op social media om het bereik van je project of crowdfunding campagne te vergroten;
- Wil jij supporter of donateur worden van mijn crowdfunding campagne - doe jij (ook) mee?
Zo ja, wil je 'n e-mail sturen met je vraag of aanbod aan arina.angerman [at] gmail.com ? 

Noot

1. Interessant filmpje van 't Crowdfunding project uit 2012 voor de in 2013 verschenen publicatie 1001 Vrouwen uit de Nederlandse geschiedenis door Els Kloek en Irma Boom. (ontdekt in ZIJspreekt Nieuwsbrief van juli 2012)
2. Social Media voor Boomers op Vakdag Fondsenwerving gemist? http://angermaneuropa.blogspot.nl/2013/11/social-media-voor-boomers-op-vakdag.html
3. (Baby) Boomers leren een leven lang: NU social media e-skills leren
http://angermaneuropa.blogspot.nl/2014/09/boomers-v-leren-een-leven-lang-nu.html

Connecting feminists by social media: IAW Board Meeting, EWL Policy Committee and #Beijing20

IAW Board Meeting: equal rights = equal responsibilities

logo of IAW is Justice Woman in yellow

In october 2014 24 members of the extended IAW Board met in Sion, Switzerland. The International Alliance of Women (IAW) is an international NGO comprising of more than 40 member organisations involved in the promotion of women's human rights and gender equality, and of the empowerment of women and girls around the world. 
IAW is a non-political and feminist organisation founded in 1904 and based in Geneva. Subtitle of IAW is Equal Rights - Equal Responsibilities. IAW has general consultative status in ECOSOC (Economic and Social Council) since the beginning of the UN - 1947. Since October 2013 IAW has a new website www.womenalliance.org According to president Joanna Manganara the website is 'face and voice to the world'. (note 1)
 
Do you want to help IAW at Facebook and Twitter?
On Facebook news from IAW is published and news from other NGO's, newspapers or individuals is shared in accordance with the focus of IAW. At the time of writing this blog Facebook IAW has 550 likes. Womenalliance at Twitter has 240 followers. According to Lene Pind, head of Communications Unit, 'It is a rather informal medium, but very effective and very fast'.
Result of my inventarisation: 11 of the women attending the Board Meeting are using Facebook and 5 are using Twitter. 
International Alliance of Women as a NGO has a glorious past and has to work on getting a glorious future. The individual members and their organisations are encouraged to like, share, post, comment, follow and RT (ReTweet)! 'The board ... decided that the further development of these social media was to be pursued.'

New Policy Committee of European Women's Lobby 
130 ´Phenomenal Woman´ members of EWL, representing EU countries and European-wide organisations, attended the General Assembly in Lisbon in October. European Women's Lobby (EWL) is the largest umbrella organisation of more than 2000 women's associations in the European Union (EU), working to promote women's rights and equality between women and men.

Arina Angerman (left) of IAW an European-wide organisation from Amsterdam was elected as representative to new Policy Committee / Board of Administration and Marion Boeker (right), Vice-President for IAW European Membership from Berlin is alternate. Arina continues the representation at EWL of Joanna Manganara, president IAW, from Athens. The new Policy Committee of EWL has 38 elected members.

Beijing20
The international community will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action, a fundamental human rights instrument for women and girls adopted in 1995. Marion and I attended the launch of EWL's Beijing+20 report in Lisbon.

EWL demands as actions a.o. women as agents of change for a sustainable people-centred world. IAW too wants emphasis on women as agents of change in their essential contribution to solutions of problems. European Women´s Lobby is posting or sharing every day at Facebook and already has 17500 likes!

Goal of IAW representative at EWL will be 
--- to share information and spreading knowledge by Twitter or Facebook in order to strenghten the visibility of IAW and EWL at social media by posting or sharing at least twice a week (social media mobilisation)

--- From Words to Action 2015 Beijing20 Calendar of EWL ...
let´s make 3 months to take action from words by writing a blog 
** European´s Women´s Voice publication on women´s Economic Independence in Times of Austerity (blog published at Febr 22th) note 2
** Connecting generations of feminists by using modern technology - blog published at May 28th (we work on capacity building and mutual learning = lifelong learning)
** Campaign For A Europe free from violence against women (International Day to End Violence against Women Nov 25th)

Call to a doable action!? Please join
 International Alliance of Women or European Women´s Lobby or Arina Angerman or Marion Boeker at Twitter in order to follow, share and engage with their activities for Gender Equality or Equal Rights = Equal Responsibilities F/M or Social Media + Women´s Rights = The Future!

   note 1. in Reports for IAW Board Meeting Sion, Switzerland 2014 Compiled by Lene Pind, head of Communications Unit

note 2. From Words to Action: launched on 26th of January 2015 a special edition of the EWL magazine 'European Women's Voice: Women's Economic Independence in Times of Austerity'