Feminist Contributions to Global Communications Governance and Policy

Session Submission Type: Paper Session

Abstract

While some critical scholars lament the lack and/or marginalization of communications governance and policy-making that is receptive to gender advocacy and equality, feminists increasingly are engaging with communications governance domains and creating new centers and de-centered arenas of policy debate. In response, this panel illustrates that feminists have, and are, offering examples and analyses of research and practice that recognize feminist scholarship, specifically forward-looking and gender-aware work in global communication governance and policy.

Sub Unit

• Feminist Scholarship

Chair

• Lisa M. McLaughlin, Miami U - Ohio

Individual Presentations

• The Global Alliance on Media and Gender and Communication Governance and Policy: A Window to Open - Medley Aimee Vega Montiel, U Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

• Women, ICT for Development, and Multistakeholder Partnerships: Individualism, Collectivism, and Neoliberal Flexibility - Lisa M. McLaughlin, Miami U - Ohio

• Gender and E-Health: Communicating and Implementing HIV/AIDS Policies in Kenya - Nancy W. Muturi, Kansas State U

• Public Service Media Under Austerity Rules: A Feminist Approach - Katharine Sarikakis, University of Vienna