Women are Almost Invisible in Cambodia’s News Stories, UNESCO Report Found

Women are vastly underrepresented in news stories produced by Cambodian media, with an exclusively women presence found only in 5% of all stories.

Phnom Penh 12 December 2023. Women are vastly underrepresented in news stories produced by Cambodian media, with an exclusively women presence found only in 5% of all stories. In comparison, the stories that feature only men, make half of all the news published and broadcasted in Cambodian media. This is one the key findings of UNESCO’s report “Who makes the Cambodian news?”, an assessment of women’s presence and portrayal in Cambodian news, which was launched by UNESCO on 12 December 2023 in Phnom Penh.

In full: https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/women-are-almost-invisible-cambodias-news-stories-unesco-report-found

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