ABSTRACT

This study explores pressures on civil society organizations (CSOs) that promote gender equality in and through the media. By using cases from five countries- Cyprus, Ethiopia, Hungary, South Africa and Spain, this study maps out the different ways in which media and gender equality CSOs are experiencing shrinking in the communicative space in which they operate at national contexts and leapfrogging to transnational communicative spaces. Through semi-structured interviews with women holding decision-making positions at five well-established media and gender CSOs and a review of the legal environment the organizations operate within, this paper identifies several intersecting challenges facing the case study CSOs. These include financial constraints, legal restrictions, persisting cultures of prejudice and stereotyping towards feminism and women’s rights, and limited political back up. The study indicates that the implications are far-reaching and difficult to estimate if the challenges remain unaddressed.

摘要

本研究探讨了在媒体中和通过媒体促进性别平等的民间社会组织 (CSO) 面临的压力。通过使用来自五个国家（塞浦路斯、埃塞俄比亚、匈牙利、南非和西班牙）的案例，本研究描绘了媒体和性别平等公民社会组织在国家背景下运作的交流空间缩小并跨越跨国界的不同方式交际空间。通过对在五个成熟的媒体和性别 CSO 中担任决策职位的女性进行半结构化访谈，并审查这些组织在其中运作的法律环境，本文确定了案例研究 CSO 面临的几个交叉挑战。这些包括财务限制、法律限制、对女权主义和妇女权利的偏见和陈规定型文化持续存在，政治支持有限。该研究表明，如果挑战仍未得到解决，其影响将是深远的，并且难以估计。