Here is a short explanation about Women News Network and my work there.
Journalists
Eva Fernández Ortiz – foreign affairs journalist / UK – Western Europe – Middle Africa A native of Barcelona,Spain, Eva Fernández has an M.A. in journalism from Cardiff University, U.K. with a specialty in women and gender, current affairs and international development. As a WNN reporter she is also a broadcast and video producer. In 2010 Fernández finished an in-depth study on the women of Cameroon on female self-mutilation in “‘Why breast ironing’? – Women’s Rights and Gender Inequalities”.
About WNN:
“Reporting on women – Educating the world”
Using the highest standard in journalism WNN – Women News Network is dedicated to bringing you in-depth international women’s news not found in our current public media stream. Starting from a writing assignment to cover global women’s news for the UN Commission on the Status of Women in 2006, director Lys Anzia saw the vital need to report the many times hard and suffering stories of women. WNN news stories have appeared on UN affiliate and agency publications through WUNRN – Women’s UN Report Network and UN-INSTRAW, the United Nations Institute of Training and Research for the Advancement of Women.
Receiving recognition by UNESCO is a news network showing, “Professional Standards and Code of Ethics.” Our approach to journalism has been included in a new UNESCO program launch to help train East European news media the importance of greater transparency and quality in reporting.
Chosen as a partner in The Guardian News – Global Development Network, WNN is dedicated to reporting news on global women that will educate the world.
