Jun 9th, 2008
By Miren Gutierrez*
Two journalists at the recent FAO summit in Rome. Only one-third of the journalists working in Italian newsrooms are women.
Credit:Sabina Zaccaro/IPS
ROME, Jun 9 (IPS) – “We should not be all that surprised that we are stalled,” says Jane Ransom, executive director of the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF), referring to the absence of [...]
Jun 6th, 2008
By Miren Gutierrez*
Heavy duty. Women are often the face, but rarely the boss behind the news.
Credit:Sabina Zaccaro/IPS
ROME, Jun 6 (IPS) – Observe any summit picture — you won’t find many women. The mystery of female underrepresentation in the echelons of power persists: after so many decades of the feminist movement, why are women at the [...]
From 1990 until 1996, Miren Gutiérrez was based in Hong Kong as an EFE correspondent, covering the South East Asia, Korea and Pacific region, in charge of a group of contributors. She then spent five years in Panama in charge of the business section of La Prensa, the Panamanian newspaper of record. Miren coordinated or edited investigative business stories. Several of these stories were award-winners. A year of free-lancing in New York followed, writing for different media, such as El País, The Nation, UPI, Gatopardo and Offshore Alert. She covered the Sep. 11 attacks for El País. She joined IPS as Editor in chief in January 2003. She published her first novel in 2007.