Directory of Women's Media - Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press - Reports From USA - Brief Article

WIN News, Spring, 2002 by Martha Leslie Allen

EDITED BY MARTHA LESLIE ALLEN, WIPF DIRECTOR // JANUARY 2002 PRINT EDITION

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PART I: INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MEDIA BY, FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN:

PART II: MEDIA PHILOSOPHY SECTION

CONTENTS:

"Introduction // PART I: Directory:. Women's Print Periodicals // Women's Internet Periodicals // Women's Publishers // Women's Media Organizations // Other Women's Media: News Services // Radio Groups // Film and Video Groups // Websites of News and Media // Selected Directories // Bookstores // Listservs // PART II: Philosophy: Six Point Communications Program for Restructuring the World's Communications System on the Basis of Democracy // Female Journalism is Something Different // The Eight Characteristics of Women's Media that are Different in our Media from Men's Media and the Five Categories of Women's News not reported by Mass Media // Women's Two-Level Communications System // A Radical Feminist Analysis of Mass Media // WIFP's Seven Realities for a Respectful and Peaceful Communications System.

ABOUT US

The Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press (WIFP) is a nonprofit, tax-exempt research, education, and publishing organization. Our organization was founded in 1972, by Dr. Donna Allen, to increase communication among women and reach the public with our experience, perspectives, and opinions. Women's contributions to society must be heard and be taken into account if femocracy is to function and the world's political decisions are to be viable.

WIFP operates as a national and international network of Associates: media women and media-concerned women, as well as some men who join us. Interns in our internship program undertake projects and engage in research and writing.

We seek to democratize the communications media by expanding freedom of the press (which includes its modern day electronic forms) to enable all people; rich and poor, male and female, to have the equal opportunity to speak directly to the whole public about their own issues and concerns. Access to the public constitutes political power and in a democracy it must be equal. Freedom of the press is a citizen right of democracy, it should not a right based on wealth.

WIFP encourages projects that move us toward these democratic communication goals. It is a place where new ideas about making communication more democratic are encouraged, examined, researched and published. WIFP sees a unique role for women as the majority in democracy: to build a communication system that permits everyone to be heard equally.

We publish the Directory of Women's Media, available at no cost on our website, and a booklet series on media democracy, as well as our Associates Newsletter, Voices for Media Democracy. Our website provides a means of communicating about media democracy issues. The women's media movement is strong and will be an important force in efforts to restructure the world's communications systems."

USA: TITLE IX LEGISLATION FOR EQUALITY IN SPORTS CELEBRATED

FEMINIST MAJORITY FOUNDATION; WEEKLY FEMINIST E-MAIL NEWSDIGEST

"Across the country in March women celebrate the 16th Annual National Girls and Women in Sports Day. Organized by the Girl Scouts of the USA, Girls Incorporated, National Association for Girls and Women in Sport, Women's Sports Foundation and the YWCA, National Girls and Women in Sports Day will focus on 'Celebrating 30 Years of Title IX.

Passed in 1972, Title IX prohibits discrimination against girls and women in federally funded education, including athletics programs. As a result of Title IX, women and girls have benefited from more opportunities and more equitable facilities. Fifty-five percent of the 'post-Title IX' generation participated in high school sports, compared to 36% of the 'pre-Title IX' generation. Because of Title IX, more women have received athletic scholarships and thus the opportunity for higher education than would have been possible otherwise. In fact, many female Olympic athletes credit Title IX for the opportunity to attend college through athletic scholarships and to participate in sports.

But the progress women and girls have made under Title IX falls far short of gender equity. From the start, the implementation of Title IX has been subverted. The Feminist Majority Foundation has partnered with the Women's Sports Foundation including coverage of the Winter 2002 Olympics." For news, see the Women and Girls in Sports section of the Feminist Majority Foundation website.: http://www.feminist.org Email:femmaj@feminist.org