Author: Margaret Gallagher

MARGARET GALLAGHER is an independent researcher who has published widely on gender, media, and communication rights. She started her career at the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) before moving to the Open University, where she was Deputy Head of the Audio-Visual Media Research Group. She has consulted for the United Nations, the European Commission, the Council of Europe, as well as international development agencies and broadcasting organizations. She serves on the editorial boards of International Communication Gazette, Feminist Media Studies, and Media Development. AIMÉE VEGA MONTIEL is a researcher at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Sciences and Humanities at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). She is Co-Chair of the UNESCO UNITWIN on Gender, Media, and ICTs, and Chair of the Global Alliance on Media and Gender (GAMAG). She is a past Vice-President of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) and has served as an expert for the Council of Europe Recommendation of Gender Equality in the Audiovisual Sector.