Ms23.11

How It All Started. Discussion of Istanbul Convention in Latvian Daily Newspapers in 2016

https://doi.org/10.22364/ms23.11 | pp. 101-108 | PDF

Marita Zitmane
University of Latvia
 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1672-9520

Abstract. The Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence provoked very similar negative reactions in different countries. In Latvia, too, ratification of the Istanbul Convention is pending (second half of 2023) and is strongly opposed by several political forces, opinion leaders and non-governmental  organisations. The opponents of the Convention have been and continue to be actively engaged in public opinion building activities in support of their position. Media attitudes and actions have played and still retain a  key role in this process. The aim of this article is to examine the discourse on the Istanbul Convention in  the daily newspapers published in Latvia at the beginning of the negotiations.

Keywords: gender, anti-gender, media, discourse, gender-based violence

In: Media and Society, 2023. Proceedings of Scientific Papers = Mediji un sabiedrība, 2023. Rakstu krājums. Riga, University of Latvia, 2024. 108 p.