[ecrea] CFP African women in the media (UK)

*/African women in the media (UK)/*

*A Women’s Network Event Funded by MeCCSA Women's Media Studies Network*

*and*

*Birmingham Centre for Media and Culture Research (BCMCR), *

*Birmingham City University*

*Proposals are invited for a one-day symposium at Birmingham City 
University, *

*on Thursday 27^th July 2017*

The symposium aims to bring together African women working in the media 
in the UK, and, academics in the field of media and communications 
concerned with media, diaspora, race, gender, and representation. The 
objectives are to engage in debates on issues affecting African women in 
the media, provide an opportunity for the exchange of ideas between 
academia and industry, and opportunities for networking. With a focus on 
news media, the central questions the symposium will seek to answer are:

  * What challenges do African women working in the British media face?
  * How are these challenges being addressed? How might they be?

The symposium is timely in Brexit Britain, and the rise of right-wing 
populist politics, particularly in relation to debates around the 
representation of race and immigration in the news.

Several studies have demonstrated a lack of gender equality and 
diversity in the journalism industry in the UK. The IWMF’s Global Report 
of the Status of Women in News Media (2011:13) found that although 
female journalists made up 45% of the UK’s news media industry, “women 
face a glass ceiling that seems fixed at the junior professional level”. 
A 2016 report by City University London also found that only 0.2% of 
journalists in the UK are black.

Ethnic, diasporic and transnational media can and are helping to address 
issues around the alienation of ethnic groups in the mainstream media 
(Georgiou, 2004; Cottle, 2005; Cohen, 2008). However, the representation 
of women is still limited.

Therefore, we welcome proposals for papers from both academic and 
industry speakers, and practice presentations. Perspectives may include, 
but are not limited to:

  * News, gender and power
  * Intersectionality
  * Diaspora
  * Representation
  * Race
  * African feminism
  * Gender politics and production practices
  * Equality and diversity in the news media
  * Identity
  * Transnational and ethnic media
  * Media Entrepreneurship
  * Fame
.

The long-term aim is to establish a permanent, action orientated, 
supportive, and, empowering network that bridges academia and industry.

*Keynote speaker:*

I am delighted to confirm Minna Salami as our Keynote Speaker. Minna 
Salami is the founder of MsAfropolitan <http://www.msafropolitan.com/>, 
a journalist, writer and speaker on African, Diaspora and feminist issues.

*PhD Bursaries:*

We will be offering a small number of travel bursaries for PhD students 
(up to a maximum of £50). If you would like to be considered for the 
bursary, please let us know.

Please send abstracts of 150 words including a short bio by Wednesday 31 
May 2017 to:

Dr Yemisi Akinbobola ((yemisi.akinbobola /at/ bcu.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(yemisi.akinbobola /at/ bcu.ac.uk)>)


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