Gendering war and peace reporting : some insights - some missing links

The stories told of history, war, defeat, victory and glory spring mainly – and more manifestly than other discourses – from masculinised memory, ambitions, humiliation and hope, told mainly by males in power positions and male reporters (Yuval-Davis 1997; Tickner 2001). It is obvious that things have changed nowadays – in societies, in politics and in media. Today, women are present and visible (though in the minority) as generals, officers or soldiers, and as high-ranking politicians dealing with security issues; and in many countries women’s presence as journalists and war reporters seems to be taken for granted. Women are now prominent among war reporters.