Women in decision-making - what the Charlie Hebdo march photoshopping really showed us

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A HuffPost review - Annie Thomas

           This is a really interesting article. These publications were released following the Charlie Hebdo tragedy, and focus on the political identities featured in the Paris march. 

           Moving past the political elements of the separate publishers’ decisions to release the images, the pictures alone highlight the absence of female political leaders in governments and decision-making roles today.            The troubling reality of the unequal and low representation of women is shown brutally in the first image, and truly highlights the problems faced by professional women in a male-dominated society.

           However, the controversial act of the HaMevaser Israeli newspaper cutting out the women from the photograph seems only to have drawn attention to the women’s cause, in contrast to what its image would have purported, that NO women have a role to play in federal legislation within governments.

           The satirical images that follow, in particular the one showing the ‘Million Merkel March’ is, in a feminist’s eyes, hyperbolic genius in protest to these narrow-minded newspapers, and fits the purpose of gaining ever-increasing support for the advancement of women’s professional and political involvement at higher levels.

           If you have a chance to read it, it’s an interesting visualisation of where women stand internationally in decision-making positions, and also gives an insight into different media’s interpretations on the roles of women to boot.