University students discussed gender in media at the Gender Responsive Media Training workshop

More than 40 university students gathered at the Gender Responsive Media Training workshop within the project “Gender Equality in Political Leadership and Participation in Turkey”, funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), to discuss gender equality, the portrayal and representation of women in media, the language used in media, with focus on the coverage of women politicians. Finally, they discussed the reproduction of gender stereotypes within media and linguistics as main barriers towards gender equality and women’s rights.