Events
PAST EVENT: WOW Scotland and Engender Think In
It’s time to have your say on WOW Scotland 2023! Our WOW Think In is an informal online session to tell us who and what you would most like to see this year.
This special Think in is hosted in collaboration with Engender and have a focus on Media Culture and Scotland. Everyone is welcome, regardless of age, gender or experience so bring your friends and join in!
Every WOW Festival starts with Think Ins-from New York to Afghanistan, Istanbul to Rio de Janeiro, Australia to Pakistan and more,-you’ll be joining thousands of people of all genders who’ve got together to think about what they want their festival to be like
Engender are collaborating with WOW Scotland to explore how plans for WOW festivals and events in Scotland can contribute to and platform the conversation around Scottish Media, Culture and Sport, building on the NACWG recommendation, the work of the GEMS Development Project, and the proposed new Equal Media and Culture Centre for Scotland.
Please come along and hear from our guest speakers Assa Samaké-Roman, Professor Karen Boyle, Dr Francesca Sobande and layla-roxanne hill before having your say on WOW Scotland festivals.
When: 6 March 2023, 15:00 - 16:30 GMT.
Where: Online via Zoom.
PAST EVENT Chisholm '72 - Film Screening and Discussion
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In 1972, Shirley Chisholm became the first African-American candidate for a major party's nomination for President of the United States, and the first woman to run for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination. Now almost 50 years later as we witness another US presidential election between two white men, here in Scotland we have still never seen a woman of colour elected to Holyrood.
Join Gender Equal Media Scotland for a free film screening of the documentary Chisholm '72, followed by a discussion of the media representations of women of colour involved in politics with speakers:
- Assa Samaké-Roman, journalist
- Dr Sarah Liu, Lecturer in Politics and International Relations
Free and open to all. The film will have subtitles, and if there's anything we can do to make it easier for you to attend, for example by providing BSL interpretation, please let us know by emailing info@engender.org.uk.
If you've already seen the film, feel free to just join us from 7.30 for the discussion!
PAST EVENT: In our own words: women of colour in Scottish media
To coincide with Black History Month, GEMS are thrilled to be profiling the work of women of colour who feature on BBC's 'the Social on Wednesday 23rd October, 2019 at the University of Strathclyde.
PAST EVENT: Knock Down the House: screening and discussion
To coincide with Black History Month, GEMS are thrilled to be hosting a screening of the award-winning documentary 'Knock Down the House', at 5.30pm on Wednesday 9th October, 2019 at the University of Strathclyde.
Scottish Student Journalism Awards 2019
The annual Scottish Student Journalism Awards offer student journalists across Scotland a chance to showcase their work. On 30 May 2019, GEMS joined the SSJA at their awards ceremony for a night of celebration of Scottish student journalism.
This year, GEMS were thrilled to sponsor an award that looked to highlight the importance of treating women equally - as employees, as contributors and as subjects of media attention - to a new generation of journalists.
The 2019 GEMS award was presented by MP Mhairi Black to Laura Webster (Glasgow Caledonian University), for her excellent article on Category is Books: The queer bookshop helping Glasgow's LGBTQ community.
Highly commended for the GEMS award were Kaitlin Easton (University of Stirling) for The Perfect Victim and Steven Mair (University of Strathclyde) for Period Poverty Success Stories.
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