Women remain barely visible in news media
In Saudi Arabia, there has been considerable progress for women in leadership positions in the media. (AFP)
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As much as many things have changed in global news media, some things remain the same. The Global Media Monitoring Project 2025 report, supported by UN Women and the UN Correspondents Association, released earlier this month contained some surprising results. Apparently, the status quo of gross underrepresentation and misrepresentation of women in media content has persisted since the report first came out in 1995. The report monitors gender equality in news media across 160 countries, and is released every five years. After a slow and steady rise in women’s share of visibility and voice in news, progress began flatlining in 2010 and has remained so until today, with little change. In 1995, women were seen, heard or spoken about in 17 percent of the total content in print and broadcast; in 2025, the figure is only 26 percent, a nine-point change in 30 years, with a two-point increase from 2020 to 2025. However, women are marginally more likely to be featured in stories published online on websites dedicated to news.
