Photos: Milena Pafundi

Luchadoras MX and Agencia Presentes invite you to participate in two free, in-person training workshops in Mexico City.

Both activities will take place at Casa Creatura: Popocatépetl Street #18 – Hipódromo Condesa neighborhood – Mexico City, from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Spaces are limited and workshops require application. Registration is open until November 29th . The list of selected participants will be published on the last day of this month.

Requirements 

-The workshop on how to cover LGBT+ news is aimed at journalists who work in media outlets and who wish to deepen their knowledge about how to cover these topics. 

They can be journalists in dependent employment or also those who work independently. 

One requirement for applying is to commit to publishing or producing a note on this topic within 3 months of the workshop. 

-The workshop for activists requires membership in a feminist and/or LGBTQ+ organization. This workshop does not require a commitment to publication. 

Workshop Content

Workshop for journalists: how to cover LGBT+ news

The objective of this workshop is for journalists to be able to produce content on issues of sexual diversity with a focus on gender and human rights. 

Some of the topics to be developed: 

• Activist journalism
• Human rights approach: framework and definitions 
• Human rights situation of sexual diversity in the country and the region
• How the media covers LGBTI and gender news and issues
• Main problems and mistakes to avoid
• Data checking/Use of sources
• Building good practices
• Social media outreach and transmedia strategies
• Online violence: strategies 

Communication tools for sexual diversity activists.

The aim of this workshop is to share communication tools with activists so they can influence the media agenda and public debate, and to create networks for exchange to achieve this. 

Some of the topics to be covered: 

• Strategic communication: key messages, audiences, channels and resources. 
• Journalism and activism today
• Scenarios and challenges
• Building reliable communication
• Working with sources and with journalism
• Data verification
• Use of social media

How to apply

To apply, send us an email with this information to mpafundi@agenciapresentes.org

NAME AND SURNAME: 

EMAIL: 

AGE: 

CELLULAR PHONE: 

CITY: 

MEDIUM/ORGANIZATION:

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Who we are and why we do it

From its inception in November 2016,

Agencia Presentes The outlet emerged at a time of increasing violence against LGBTIQ+ people in Latin America, yet also at a time when this violence receives very little journalistic coverage and space on the agendas of mainstream media. In some cases, when news stories do reach the media, they often reflect stigmatizing perspectives that promote discrimination and hate speech. It is proven that hate speech significantly contributes to the increase in violence, as is the case during election campaigns.
 

Luchadoras is a feminist collective in Mexico that uses technology to advance the fight for gender equality; telling stories of warrior women in the digital space, and working for an Internet free of violence.

The project was born in 2012 with the aim of challenging gender stereotypes in the media that reproduce gender inequalities through sexist narratives such as revictimization or the predominance of images of women associated with the imposed reproductive role.

Both initiatives share the conviction that the practice of narrative journalism plays a crucial role as a tool for social change, and through this collaboration they seek to mutually enrich each other by exchanging feminist and sexual diversity perspectives to strengthen both media outlets, and also extend their tools to a group of Latin American journalists.