Training for journalists from local areas The training on “Promoting Gender Equality in Media Content” for journalists from 21 provinces was organized in cooperation with the Local Media Association and the Local Television Association. The training was held on January 12 and 14, respectively, in Ulaanbaatar and Dornogovi province. A total of 50 journalists and editors from western, eastern, Khangai and central regions of Mongolia participated in these training. During the training, we discussed why we need gender lenses, ensuring gender balance of sources, stereotypes in the content of journalism, the consequences of hate speech, women's participation in decision-making, and making this topic a media agenda.  The head of the Local Media Association, S.Sharavdorj said that increasing gender equality and supporting women's participation in decision-making has been a pressing issue in our country for many years. It is one of the issues that is talked about at all levels, but nothing improved or progressed. Therefore, the main result of the training was the opportunity to understand the role of local journalists. After the training, Ch.Bayarsaikhan, head of the Local Television Association, shared his impressions: When there is a talk about increasing women's participation at the decision-making level, people usually understand it as only increasing the number of women politicians. But if we see it in the big picture, it's about increasing women's participation in social development. By attending the training, local journalists’ roles are important to eliminate social stereotypes about women and disseminate the effectiveness of women's role and participation in political and social development through the media to the public. |