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The National Strategic Plan for the Advancement of Women for 2013-2022 adopted by the
government in 2013 includes a number of commitments relevant to these issues:
To research: disparities in wages (12.a.7); reporting on women in the media (15.a.7);
portrayal of women in the media (16.a.1); media professionals’ acknowledgement and
acceptance of gender stereotyping and discrimination against women (16.a.2); the media’s
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