I am now working on an edited research collection on journalism and gender in the Global South. Here is the call for chapters:
Title: Journalism and Gender:
Perspectives from the Global South
Editor: Margaretha Geertsema-Sligh
Potential Publisher: Routledge
Overview
To address gaps identified in my forthcoming textbook, Journalism
and Gender: Global Perspectives (Routledge, 2025), I invite contributions
to an edited research collection that focuses on the intersections of
journalism and gender in the academic peripheries of the Global South. This
volume seeks to advance the decolonization of scholarship on gender and
journalism by foregrounding narratives that have historically been marginalized
in dominant research discourses. By critically examining how gender influences
journalistic practices and how the news media represent gender, this collection
aims to provide a nuanced analysis of gender’s role in shaping journalism
across media landscapes in the regional and national contexts of countries in
Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Oceania. This project challenges hegemonic
frameworks and seeks to contribute to more inclusive and equitable global media
and gender scholarship.
Within the context of the Global
South, topics to be considered include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Theoretical perspectives on journalism and gender;
- Histories of women’s access to and participation in journalism;
- National/regional studies on the participation of women in news
production;
- Violence against women reporters;
- Newsroom cultures and newswork;
- News representations of gender in various contexts;
- Gender and media development projects;
- Gender and media activism; and
- Gender and journalism education.
Submission guidelines
Please submit an abstract of 250-300 words outlining
the proposed chapter’s scope and contribution to the field. Include a brief
author biography (100-150 words) with institutional affiliation and attach a
curriculum vitae. While the preference is for original research contributions,
other types of scholarship will also be considered. Completed chapters will be
about 6,000 words each.
Abstract submission deadline:
May 15, 2025
Notification of acceptance:
August 15, 2025
Full chapter submission deadline:
January 15, 2026
Submission & contact information:
Send abstracts and inquiries to Margaretha Geertsema-Sligh at mgeertse@butler.edu.
I look forward to receiving your proposals and contributing
to a critical dialogue on journalism and gender in the Global South.
