Quote This Woman+  closing the gender gap in who makes the news

QW+ is a resource of over 700 women+ individually vetted experts, activists and thought-leaders from both South Africa and other parts of the continent with expertise on many topics in the news cycle, from agriculture to xenophobia, and many election related topics.

The PLUS in the name is because beyond women, the database contains other experts overlooked in mainstream news, whether for their gender, sexuality, location (rurality) poverty, or as experts living with disability.

Beyond the database itself, QW+ sends out fortnightly media alerts profiling women+ experts able to speak on trending news issues. And: if you hit a wall finding the right person to interview to add depth to your news reporting, the team at Quote This Women+ will help you find the sources you need – from their network of women+.

– Sign up for the QW+ media alerts and gain access the full database of experts

– Send a media query via WhatsApp (+27846888980) or email ([email protected]) to QW+’s Kath Magrobi.

– Website (that will also take journalists to the database sign-up page) www.quotethiswoman.org.za