Under #EndStereotyping, the blog intends to redress the gender insensitive gap within media coverage as well as influencing the mainstream media towards gender equality through responsiveness to subject matter.
As the novel coronavirus infections surge at a 17% infection rate according to Ministry of Health, the media fraternity has its own increasingly getting infected and sadly lost in the 626 Covid-19 deaths registered so far in Uganda. These cut across various newsrooms.
After the Training of Journalists on Gender sensitive reporting conducted by Uganda Media Women’s Association, Byamukama Patrick, one of the participants and an editor at Liberty Fm in Hoima shared his experience. I had worked with the media for over ten years before getting an opportunity to participate in the UMWA training sessions on gender […]
