Uganda Media Women’s Association (UMWA), an umbrella of female journalists in Uganda suggests that reflection on stakeholder key roles, functions and responsibilities would address the existent deficiencies.
The Project observed that female journalists are increasingly facing a double burden of attacks based on the profession and gender as a result of being journalists and women. These attacks present both in the physical and online spaces within which they execute their duties and are perpetrated by both media colleagues, duty bearers/powerful figures, sources and general public.
“Naye nyabo wali olabwe ko namagonye omukade? Okimanyi nti abo baffa batto. Nze nkubulila, kumweka kyendiko simulabanga” (But madam have you ever seen an old person living with albinism? Do you know that they die young? Me I tell you that at my age, I have never seen one.)
