Gender inequality in the media sector in the Netherlands

Contains fulltext : 200128.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)In this paper the situation in the Netherlands concerning the positions women hold in the media sector and how this relates to the position of women in the Dutch labour market will be assessed. Subsequently, the existing research on the numbers of women and the ways they are depicted in the media is discussed. The section on policy debate, discusses the position and policies of the Dutch government and other actors on gender inequalities in the media, including relevant good practice examples. The final sections concludes, which policies and initiatives could be interesting to transfer.MLP in gender equality seminar - Women and the media - France, 12-13 November 201

Websites for women: New routes to digital inclusion

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Evaluations - Worlds Apart: Exclusion-Processes in DDS

Item does not contain fulltextMore and more interfaces are designed for 'everybody', instead of with a specific user-group in mind. In practice, most of them are still used by the 'typical Internet-user', the highly educated, white young male with extensive computer and Internet-experience. Amsterdam-based digital city DDS is no exception to this rule. In this article, the interface of DDS is studied with the help of ten first-time users with a more diverse background. Did they face any barriers in using DDS? And what kind of work did they need to perform to use the interface? This study shows that the most serious problems the first-time users faced were not caused by a lack of skill, but by the different technological frame they had. Thus, a script-analysis with the help of 'outsiders' seems to be an effective way to uncover some exclusion-processes of a digital city.14 p

One size fits all? Onderzoek naar initiatieven om vrouwen in de informatiesamenleving te betrekken

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Social learning and self-inclusion through women's web magazines

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Gendered user-representations

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