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Gender Politics: The Media Framing of a Leadership Race: July 21, 2020

Gender Politics: The Media Framing of a Leadership Race: July 21, 2020

Gender Politics: The Media Framing of a Leadership Race: July 21, 2020 Gender Politics: The Media Framing of a Leadership Race: July 21, 2020, 42.48 MB
Tuesday, July 21, 2020

With the announcement last week that Judith Collins will lead the National Party as Leader of the Opposition into the upcoming election, Jemima Huston has been thinking about gender politics. Jemima speaks to political commentator, Jennifer Curtin, about how the media frames women politicians. They talk about the media coverage of Collins and Ardern going "head to head" for leadership with a comparison to Helen Clark and Jenny Shipley in 1999.