Launched annually on the occasion of International Women's Day (8 March),Women Make the News (WMN) is a global policy advocacy initiative aimed at promoting gender equality in the media. This thesis introduces the origin of WMN,provides an review of its development. It is pointed out that WMN is an integral part of one of the two UNESCO global priorities,gender equality,and measures should be taken to deepen the influence of WMN and promote the gender equaliy in other areas via the realization of gender equality in media. <<