‘Building a world where women’s voices are heard by all’

Women’s Views on News (WVoN) is the women’s daily online news and current affairs service, operating on a not-for-profit basis, providing up-to-date news on all the major national and international stories of the day… but with a focus on women.

We report news about women

We report how news will affect women

We report news from the female perspective

We also share our opinions on the news

But why focus on women’s news?

According to the most recent survey by the Global Media Monitoring Project (March 2010), women feature in only about a fifth of the world’s news headlines and just 10 per cent of all news stories.

Literally thousands of stories about, by and for women are never told sending a message that women’s experiences and opinions are just not as important or as valid as those of men. We challenge that approach and aim to redress the imbalance in women’s favour.

We want to give a voice to the women whose stories and experiences are all too often ignored.

And how do you provide the service?

WVoN is run by a volunteer collective of co-editors and marketeers headed up by WVoN founder Alison Clarke.

We give women a voice in two ways: by writing stories that the mainstream press ignores; and by acting as a central point for links to stories that they do publish about women – often giving a female slant to news reported with a male bias.

We also publish exclusive features by both WVoN co-editors and guest editors – who usually have expertise likely to be of interest to our readers.

We work on a rota basis with journalists allocated to post stories up onto the site between Monday and Friday.

I’m interested in writing for WVoN – how to I get involved?

Find out more about joining the voluntary collective that runs WVoN.

Charity status
Please note: Women’s Views on News refers to itself as a non-profit organisation, not a charity. This is because its low income means it is exempt from registering for charity status.