Unifying Global North and the Global South media approaches to address the violence against women crisis

The panel is based on our 2 recent books:

Violence Against Women in the Global South: Reporting  in the #MeToo era (Palgrave). 

Sexual Violence in the #MeToo Era  (Routledge).  

This panel examines how the media has reported on violence against women in the Global North and and the Global South and explores ways to improve that reporting. 

Chair of panel: Professor Jacqui True (Director of the Monash Centre for Excellence for the Elimination of Violence against Women)

Panel members of journalism scholars:  

• Dr Andrea Baker (Monash University, Australia)  
• Professor Celeste Gonzalez Bustamante (University of Texas at Austin, USA)  
• Professor Jeannine Relly (University of Arizona, USA)    
• Dr Nasya Bahfen (La Trobe University, Australia)    
• Professor Usha Manchanda Rodrigues, (Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India)
  
  Sponsors:  
  

• Our Watch
• Queen Victoria Women's Centre 
• School of Media, Film and Journalism’s Gender & Media Lab (Monash University) 
• Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence against Women (Monash University) 
• Catering (Drinks and nibbles) by the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre