Research Volunteer for Discourse Analysis

Volunteering

Overview

Conduct discourse analysis to examine media representation of violence against women.

You have:

• Knowledge and expertise in gender and discourse analysis.
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to draft and communicate high quality clear and concise outputs.
• Capacity to set priorities, self-organize research work and to plan, prioritize and deliver tasks on time.
• Knowledge and use of computer office tools (word, database, spreadsheets, etc.)

Contract

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In support of the National Strategy for the Empowerment of Egyptian Women (NSEEW), UN Women is seeking a volunteer to work on a research paper to provide an overview of the media landscape in reporting on incidents of violence against women and girls using discourse analysis, map the existing evidence of the relationship between news media reporting of gender-based violence against girls and the normalization of violence, and showcase key existing frameworks and approaches that may help catalyze more gender-and-age sensitive reporting.

The main objective is to undertake a critical discourse analysis to examine how violence against women is represented in the media guided by the theories of News Framing Analysis and feminist theory.

Task description:

• Submit a detailed outline including the methodology to be used for data collection and analysis; summary of desk top review on the cases of violence against women and girls including those with disabilities and how they were reported in the different news channels.

• Incorporate feedback from UN Women

• Submit a draft research paper

• Incorporate feedback from UN Women

• Submit final paper

• Knowledge and expertise in gender and discourse analysis.

• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to draft and communicate high quality clear and concise outputs.
• Capacity to set priorities, self-organize research work and to plan, prioritize and deliver tasks on time.
• Knowledge and use of computer office tools (word, database, spreadsheets, etc.)

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