The Hungarian Women's Media Lobby helps media-women's professional improvement through professional meetings and training. We believe that the promotion of female journalists is the key to a profound visualization of women's realities and the development of a feminist public in Hungary.
With the exception of women's magazines, the majority of media texts are produced by men for men from male perspective.
Violence against women is the only area where significant change has been achieved, and as a result of our campaigns in 2003, the media environment became much more women-friendly. Still, gender parity has not been reached in media leadership and women's health, labor and human rights issues still do not get adequate coverage.
Our aim is to achieve fair representation and more frequent appearance of women in the media in non-stereotypical roles.
The Media Lobby association was founded by 20 prominent female media personalities, communications researchers and PR experts in September 2003 in order to help achieve equal access for women in the media and through the media. Our founding members include Ilona Mélykuti (senior journalist from MTV, Hungarian National Television), Krisztina Bombera (reporter and evening news anchor person, TV2 commercial television station), Ágnes Féderer (journalist, Népszabadság, Hungary's largest daily), Mónika Mátay (faculty, ELTE Communications), Judit Spielberger (PR expert), Ágnes Karácsony (editor-in-chief, 168 óra political weekly), Ida Csapó (president of Minok), Rimma Dalos (MONA) and Éva Monspart (formerly of Nők Lapja). Our supporting members include Ágota Kovács (editor-in-chief, Tilos Rádió, independent radio station), Viktória Szíj (PR expert), Sonia Jaffe Robbins (Village Voice, NEWW), Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs.
Our new members include media personalities working for the largest daily newspapers and TV evening news as journalists, photographers or editors as well as PR experts and human rights activists. The Media Lobby, a rapidly growing, dynamic organization, is run by volunteers.
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2006 March |
UN 50th General Assembly on Women - reporting |
| 2006 February | Launch of CEEW News Agency |
| 2006 February | Open Society Institute, New York - Gender Justice conference, participation |
| 2005 September | New York University - Network of East West Women lecture series, New
York Lecturing on Hungarian women's movement and the EU accession |
| 2005 March | United Nations 49th General Assembly on women, New York - Advocating women's rights and reporting to Hungary, representing Hungarian women's organizations |
| 2005 March | Open Society Institute, New York - participation at regional conference on women's rights |
| 2004 July | "Frauem in Neuem Europa" - Patricia Eszter Margit book chapter editor,
contributing writer Milena Media, Vienna |
| 2004 March | "Women say the news" - national campaign for women's equality in and through the media with the participation of the 30 largest national editorial teams funded by the UNESCO and the Hungarian Ministry of Equal Opportunities. We have also created a website for the event and appeared on national television several times. |
| 2004 summer | "Media literacy and minorities" - Developing and teaching an on-line
course for high-school teachers Monika Matay and Patricia Eszter Margit
Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) University Media faculty, Budapest |
| 2004 June | "Women in the enlarged Europe" - Milena Media conference, Vienna City Hal |
| 2004 March 7 | "Media Women's Day" - national conference and up-scale event for female media professionals opening the `Women make the news' campaign of UNESCO. Conference was followed by reception with over 100 TV stars, PR and communications experts, journalists, editors and the Minister of Equal Opportunities, Budapest |
| 2003 June | "Networking to promote women's and gender topics in the media" Milena Media, Vienna City Hall |
| 2003 October | "Violence and gender" Gender Conference - Media section organizer and
Lecturer Corvinus Univeristy of Economics (BKAE), Budapest "Women in the media" - BBC Independent Media Center, Budapest. Monthly lecture-series featuring the most respected Hungarian professional guest-speakers and open discussions of female professionals |
| 2003 | "Trapped by humiliating words: prostitutes in the media" - Patricia Eszter Margit Médiakutató, media studies journal, Budapest |
| 2003 | Hungarian Women's Lobby (Női Érdek Szövetség) - head of the media working group. Advise non-profit organizations on PR and marketing strategies, organize press conferences and strengthen their media relations. |
International Women's Media Foundation, USA
European Women's Lobby - EU gender-policy umbrella organization, Belgium
Magyar Női Érdekérvényesítő Szövetség - Hungarian Women's Lobby - umbrella organization of 60 non-profit organizations of different fields, Hungary