The GMDC is a physical and virtual resource centre based in Southern Africa, with linkages in Africa and across the globe. The centre envisages media that are diverse, representative, responsive, and professional, and a citizenry, women and men, who are empowered to engage critically with their media. It facilitates the collection, connection and dissemination of information and resources relating to gender, media and diversity. The centre also collaborates on research, education and training. Read more  

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Job Opportunities: The Institute for the Advancement of Journalism (IAJ)
The IAJ South Africa’s premier provider of media training for working journalists and media practitioners, was established in 1992. Our mission is to uplift the standards of professionalism in media in South Africa and on our continent. Read  more..   

For immediate release: The clock is ticking for gender equality, activists warn SADC Heads of State
Kinshasa 10 September: While there has been some visible progress in attaining gender equality in the fifteen countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), notably in education and political decision-making, there is still a long way to go to achieve the 28 targets of the SADC Protocol on Gender and Development. Read more..

Political struggles worth it for Zimbabwean politician
Zimbabwean politician and trade unionist Lucia Matibenga has experienced discrimination and violence at the hands of male politicians from both her own political party and the ruling party. Matibenga recounts how the personal intra-party squabbles forced her to engage with the media while at the same time picking up vital political survival skills where men dominate and often resort to setting women against each other and violence to gain a political upperhand. Read more..