Within a joint funded project with the EU on “Promoting freedom, professionalism and pluralism of the media’” the Council of Europe (CoE) organises a workshop on gender stereotypes in media reporting for students studying mass communication at various local universities as well as active journalists.

During the event the CoE experts will review the definition of discrimination including the meaning of equality as well as case study notable the cases of stereotypes in Georgian Media. The existing standards of the Georgian charter of Journalistic ethics along with the best practices how to oppose the discrimination in media reporting will be actively discussed. Finally, the experts will suggest the list of the main principles which should be part of the media guideline on gender issues.

The event is organised within the framework of the joint CoE/EU Program “EU/CoE Joint Project Promoting freedom, professionalism and pluralism of the media”. The project was launched in January 2015 and aims to improve freedom, independence, pluralism and diversity of media, to review media legislation and regulation to bring these in line with European standards, including ethical standards for media professionalism as well as to support the implementation of legal frameworks, including remedial actions and to promote the safety of journalists.