Abstract
As women worldwide fight for that equal chance in the newsroom or boardroom, others are building their own media to make their voices heard. Critical questions are being raised: Will women's equal participation change the nature of journalism? Is women's news fundamentally different from men's? Are "women's pages" a pink news ghetto or a needed remedy for historic neglect? Do mainstream women's media have to be apolitical and marketing-driven? We will try to answer these questions in two points. First we will study the participation of women in the media and then the consequences of this, that is to say the representation of women in the media. Though women make up more than half the world's population, men routinely decide what news they should hear and read. What is the impact on all of us when the news is constantly reported from a male point of view?
