Women journalists called to fight for difficult positions in their organizations

General News of Monday, April 15, 2019

Source: ghananewsagency.org

2019-04-15

Linda Asante-Agyei, Vice President of the Ghana Association of Journalists (GJA), asked media practitioners to develop and develop skills that would inspire them to take on more challenging positions in their field. respective organizations.

They must affirm and prepare to face the challenges of the profession, while being exceptional in the performance of their duties and protecting their rights as women in the profession.

Ms. Asante-Agyei addressed women journalists and photographers at a two-day workshop on the workshop on security and gender equality, organized by the Association Ghana Journalists (GJA), in collaboration with the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ).

The two-day event devoted to capacity-building on gender equality, which was held in Kumasi, was sponsored by the Norwegian Union of Journalists.

Journalists were made aware of the following topics: accepting differences and dealing with discrimination, the rights of journalists and gender agreements in the workplace, combating badual harbadment in the workplace and dealing with security in the field .

Ms. Asante-Agyei said that the GJA recognized the important role played by female journalists in the performance of the core functions of the journalistic profession, which was mainly composed of men.

She said the GJA has set up a legal team to defend journalists when their rights are violated.

The Vice President of the GJA advised women journalists to take precautionary measures in the performance of their duties and to ensure that they were still alive to tell their story.

Mrs. Alice Tettey, IFJ trainer and president of the GJA for the Central Region, urged women journalists to watch for their safety, both inside and outside the newsroom .

Ms. Tettey, Central Regional Director of the Ghana News Agency, also insisted that victims of badual harbadment should inform the higher authorities, the men who badually harbad them and not give in to their advances any by ensuring respect for their rights and privacy.

Ms. Georgina Ama Ankumah, regional justice secretary for the Ashanti region, also an IFJ trainer, told reporters that "journalists face discrimination," said journalists should not be victims of discrimination. arrests, detention or unnecessary torture.

She said women journalists, in particular, should not be discriminated against on the grounds of bad.

They must be given important roles and equal opportunities with their male counterparts.