Stories
Our stories examine the ways that race, religion, class, dis/ability, age, gender and sexual identity issues intersect with major topics in the media, and aim to bring new perspectives to light.
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Celebration of Diversity amongst Women in Armenia
Date: 8 March 2016 Country: Armenia “Women are different.” That was the main slogan Armenia’s Feminist Platform group chose to …
MDI at the World Journalism Education Congress
Dates: 14-16 July 2016 Country: New Zealand The fourth World Journalism Education Congress (WJEC) gathered leading journalism educators from around …
Women Seldom a Topic in Political Shows in Morocco, MDI Study Shows
Date: 8 March 2016 Country: Morocco Gathering more than 200 media decision makers, journalists, editors, directors of public media services, …
Lawyer Attacks Gay Man on Armenian TV
Published: 29 February 2016 Country: Armenia During a popular TV show in Armenia, a gay man and his mother were …
The Main Targets of Hate Speech in Kyrgyzstan: Russians, Chinese and C...
Published: 29 February 2016 Country: Kyrgyzstan Muslims, different ethnic groups, and LGBT people are the main target of hate speech …
MDI Joins the No Hate Speech Movement
Published: 29 February 2016 Region: Europe The Media Diversity Institute has joined the No Hate Speech Movement, the Council of …
Debating Diversity With Postgraduate Students in Agadir
Dates: 8 – 10 February 2016 Country: Morocco Who is the most stereotyped in the Moroccan media – HIV positive …
MDI to Combat Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Brussels
Date: 25 February 2016 Region: Europe In the past few years antisemitic incidents have risen in Europe, culminating in fatal …
The Foreign Students of the Mahadhra in Mauritania courted by Jihadist...
This is the Anna Lindh award-winning article by Meimouna Saleck that was published on Dune Voices in 2015 The Mauritanian Mahadhra, …
Dune Voices Journalist Wins a Prestigous Anna Lindh Award
Published: 24 February 2016 Countries: Libya, Algeria, Morocco, Mali, Mauritania Maimouna Saleck had been fascinated by journalists since her childhood …
