The Palgrave International Handbook of Women and Journalism

Front Matter....Pages i-xxviii
Introduction....Pages 1-10
Factors Affecting the Status of Women Journalists: A Structural Analysis....Pages 11-23
Front Matter....Pages 25-25
Bulgaria: Cinderella Went to Market, with Consequences for Women Journalists....Pages 27-38
Estonia: Women Journalists and Women’s Emancipation in Estonia....Pages 39-50
Finland: Women Journalists, the Unequal Majority....Pages 51-65
Russia: Women Journalists and the Engendered Transition....Pages 66-77
Sweden: Women Reach Parity but Gender Troubles Persist....Pages 78-91
South Africa: Newsrooms in Transition....Pages 92-106
Front Matter....Pages 107-107
Canada: The Paradox of Women in News....Pages 109-121
Israel: Women Still a Minority, but in a Better Place....Pages 122-136
Norway: The Uncomfortable Gender Gap in News Media....Pages 137-150
Poland: Women Journalists and ‘The Polish Mother’ Mentality....Pages 151-163
Spain: Many Women, Little Power....Pages 164-175
The UK: Equal Opportunities in Theory, but Not Practice....Pages 176-190
The US: Social Contradictions Also Seen in Newsrooms....Pages 191-207
Front Matter....Pages 209-209
Brazil: Need for National Debate on Women in Journalism....Pages 211-225
Chile: Female Journalists Without Access to Power....Pages 226-237
France: A Nuanced Feminization of Journalism....Pages 238-252
Germany: Parity Number-wise, but Women Face a Glass Ceiling....Pages 253-265
Kenya: ‘A girl may not sit on the father’s stool’....Pages 266-283
Front Matter....Pages 209-209
Mexico: Structural Challenges for Women in News Media....Pages 284-300
Namibia: Women Make Strides in Post-independence Newsrooms....Pages 301-314
Uganda: Women Near Parity but Still Leaving Newsrooms....Pages 315-329
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Australia: A Case of Systemic Inequity for Women Journalists....Pages 333-345
Bangladesh: Gender Inequality Results from Policy Inequity....Pages 346-357
China: Women Journalists, Chinese News Media and Historical Shifts....Pages 358-370
Ghana: Women in Decision-making — New Opportunities, Old Story....Pages 371-383
India: What You See Is Not What You Get....Pages 384-403
Japan: Why So Few Women Journalists?....Pages 404-418
Jordan: Toward Gender Balance in the Newsrooms....Pages 419-431
Lebanon: Women’s Struggle for Gender Equality and Harassment-free Newsrooms....Pages 432-448
Front Matter....Pages 449-449
Conclusion: Journalism and Women’s Broader Struggle....Pages 451-460
Back Matter....Pages 461-477