BBC reporter Nanchanok Wongsamuth says that she did not give gender balance in her stories much thought until an editor approached her about the lack of women sources in a story she was working on. “That made me realize I wasn’t representing female voices enough in my articles and from then on I made it a mandate that in all of my articles, I would include at least one female voice.”
Most of the journalists who responded to a recent informal UNESCO survey said they would like to do the same, but find it difficult to do so in their deadline-driven environment without having immediate contacts at hand.
UNESCO launched the Women Make the News – Thailand database one year ago to respond to this challenge and offer journalists a quick means to connect with some of Thailand’s top women experts in Media, ICT & Innovation; Cultures & Histories of ASEAN; and Environment & Climate Change.
Nanchanok is one of the journalists featured in this video just released on WMN Thailand, which provides an inside look at why UNESCO initiated the database and how media professionals and experts view this important resource:
