Hey, this is a really good thing to respond to by 27th of July regarding women in advertising. The report is a pdf and is available online at www.women.vic.gov.au. This is found through a newspaper advertisement: http://www.women.vic.gov.au/owa/owasite.nsf/pages/projects#outdoor The Portrayal of Women in Outdoor Advertising On International Women's Day, 8 March 2001, the Minister for Women's Affairs, the Hon Sherryl Garbutt MP, announced the establishment of an advisory committee to examine the portrayal of women in outdoor advertising. The committee represents the first part of a broader commitment to examine the portrayal of women in the media and advertising industries generally. The committee is made up of people with a wide range of experience in the media and advertising industries who bring their extensive knowledge to this project. The advisory committee members are: Judy Maddigan, Deputy Speaker, Parliament of Victoria (Chair) Tonya Roberts, broadcaster on ABC Radio (3LO), who has recently completed research on the portrayal of women's sport; Christine Barnes, former Managing Director of Whybin TBWA (Melbourne advertising agency), founder of a women in advertising networking group, and a board member of the Advertising Federation of Australia; Phil Treyvaud, advertising managing director and immediate past Victorian Chair of the Outdoor Advertising Association of Australia; Jo Pearson, Director, Media Strategies (media consultancy) with nearly 20 years experience as a senior prime-time television newsreader, journalist, producer and reporter; Brandon Mack, Manager, Public Transport Projects, Department of Infrastructure, and; Lauren Reader, Office of Women's Policy, Executive Officer to the committee. The committee are to provide the Minister with advice and recommendations by 30 September 2001 on: 1. the impact of outdoor advertising on community perceptions of women; and 2. strategies to achieve improved representation of women in outdoor advertising. The release of a discussion paper represents one aspect of the committee's work in meeting its terms of reference. Details on making a submission can be found in the paper. The paper can be downloaded in pdf format here <http://www.women.vic.gov.au/owa/owaimages.nsf/Images/outdoorpaper/$File/outdoorpaper.pdf>. The file size is 44KB. Hard copies of the paper are also available in Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Greek, Italian, Spanish, Turkish, and Vietnamese. To obtain a copy of the paper in a language other than English, please contact the Office of Women's Policy on (03) 9651 0530. For further information on any of these projects contact: Office of Women's Policy Level 3, 1 Treasury Place Melbourne, VIC 3002 Phone: (03) 9651-0530, Fax: (03) 9651-0533 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Postal Address: Office of Women's Policy GPO Box 4912VV, Melbourne VIC 3001 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Coalition Against Trafficking in Women - Australia <http://www.skyboom.com/catwa> Address your posting to this list to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To manage your list participation: <http://www.nwjc.org.au/avcwl> ------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
