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Learning Resource Kit: <strong>Book</strong> 2 Guidelines: Reporting sexual and reproductive health, including voluntary interruption of pregnancy 1. Contextualize the story to facilitate understanding. On many occasions, regions or countries that are the source of a news story have special characteristics such as distinct cultural norms specific to the locality that are not replicated elsewhere. 2. Provide sex-disaggregated official statistics or data from non-governmental organisations. Seek qualitative and quantitative data, further disaggregated by economic status and social class. 3. In cases where access to statistics about voluntary interruption of pregnancy is limited, look for data about other vital statistics, for instance, related hospitalization and maternal deaths. 4. Instead of providing bare statistics, also tell stories that will raise awareness about the topic and its effects on women’s lives. Where an individual cannot be named, use a pseudonym or initials. 5. When describing the woman or girl, be careful in the characterization: avoid stereotyping or victimizing her. Give due weight to institutional responsibility and the lack of much needed public policy. 6. Network with female professionals specializing in women’s health at hospitals or clinics who can be an important source of information and who may be more sensitive to women’s realities. 7. Seek out and network with women’s and community organizations that work on issues of women’s access to sexual and reproductive rights in the locality and the region. 8. Generate good sources of information by working with researchers and academicians to publish research that is useful as a reference for your articles. 9. Use a diversity of voices from different faith traditions and schools of medical practice in order to demonstrate the diversity of positions on particularly contentious topics. 10. Create a folder of files and alerts with key words regarding the topics usually addressed, in order to have studies or publications readily available for inclusion in an article. 11. Never present a woman based on her family or civil status since this delegitimizes her role as a citizen and as an independent participant of her society beyond her family roles. 12. Incorporate a male view of paternity and responsibility for sexual and reproductive health as a construction of both sexes and not only of the pregnant woman or the woman who has contracted a sexually transmitted disease. 13. Study legal frameworks at an international, regional and national level, and their application in different cases. 34
Guidelines on gender-ethical reporting 14. Interview and include the view of women who are experts on the topic. 15. Be mindful of the images that will accompany the article. In the case of stories on interruption of pregnancy, do not use images of ultrasounds or of women in advanced stages of pregnancy because it creates confusion. Use images that evoke the impact upon women’s lives or a problematic situation. Interrupting a pregnancy is a painful decision with immediate and long-term consequences. Show the pain of the situation without being morbid. 16. Provide details about places or hotlines where the public can receive information about the topics addressed. 35
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