AMI publishes book on gender and media

TIRANA, Feb. 1 – The Albanian Media Institute published in January the “Stereotyping: Representation of women in print media in South East Europe,” a publication featuring articles on media coverage of gender roles and issues. The book, published in English, is a collection of research papers on specific features of media coverage of women, gender roles, and gender relations, including articles from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, and Serbia. These articles try to offer an insight into the ways in which print media in these countries portray gender roles and relations, trying to provide an overview of the tactics and strategies of gender representation in print media in South East Europe. The book was published in the framework of a project implemented by Mediacentar Sarajevo, with the support of Balkan Human Rights Network, Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Neighborhood Program, Open Society Fund Bosnia and Herzegovina, and South East Network for the Professionalization of the Media.