As MAMA FM prepares to celebrate its longtime community service, a glimpse of the community radio manifestation is cordial to the journey yet achieved! “At the time of my joining in 2002 as a trainee, this Radio Mast wasn’t there, Mama FM would tap signal from the UBC radio national mast in Naguru. Everything you […]
“There should be reemphasis of linking the discussion of gender sensitivity to the journalism principles of diversity, truth and balancing stories. Let’s change the narrative to equitable equality. Where it is a 50% for male, so should it be for females and at worst 50-49%,” said Dr. Patricia Litho, UMWA Board Chair
The 2020 GMMP report released by UMWA observed that there was a low women visibility in news media, only at 24% as news sources and subjects compared to their male counterparts. And yet, only achieved at a 6% rate over a ten year-period of time and a staggering progress as of the March-June 2022 gender responsive media monitoring engagements.
