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Although many newsrooms are more committed than ever to ethical, diverse, and inclusive journalism, research reveals startling gaps in who is featured in the media. Just over 20% of experts featured in the media are women. When it comes to topics of conflict and crisis the gap is even larger. InterviewHer seeks to change that.

Women are frontline agents of change, they bring unique and insightful expertise.

InterviewHer is a database designed for journalists, connecting them to women experts around the world. The experts include activists, analysts, researchers, lawyers and many others, covering a range of topics on conflict, security, human rights and democracy.

Through our Find an Expert page, journalists can locate experts by country, region or more than 20 topics.

“We were once told that we couldn’t participate in the peace negotiations because there weren’t enough chairs in the room. We’ve heard the most ridiculous excuses.”

Muna LuqmanInterviewHer expert from Yemen

When the news we read, hear and watch does not fully represent the voices in our societies, it paints an inaccurate picture of our world. It misinforms how citizens and decision-makers respond to challenges globally.

Studies show that men are quoted as experts in news stories far more than women. The Global Media Monitoring Project in 2020 found only 24% of expert voices in the news are women. That was a notable increase from 19% in 2015, thanks to media diversification efforts and initiatives like Interview-Her.com to connect media with women sources.

Studies have  shown that when journalists have handy lists of experts for interviews and talk shows, they will use them. In newsrooms that purposefully set out to increase women’s voices and images, it works. BBC’s 50:50 The Equality Project is a good example.

A study of six countries published by the International Women’s Media Foundation in 2020 found men remain the vast majority of quoted experts and sources in news coverage in India, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States. Among the recommendations in the report, The Missing Perspectives of Women in the News, is the creation of databases to encourage journalists to seek out women authorities.

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