NAWOJ, IPC, others, Partner to Build Capacity for Women Journalists
The National President of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, (NAWOJ), Hajia Aisha Bura, has called on women journalists to amplify women's voices and issues in their various medium.
Aisha Bura stated this in Port-Harcourt, Rivers state, during a Consultative forum tagged IPC and NAWOJ Consultation; Advancing Female Journalists’ Impactful Reporting of women issues in education and democracy.
The National President represented by the Deputy National President, Dr Lilian Okonkwo-Ogabu, said NAWOJ was collaborating with the International Press Centre, IPC, the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers GOCOP and other partners to build the capacity of female journalists.
Bura said that the training would caught across female editors, producers, presenters and senior media executives from print, broadcast and online platforms, adding that the training was also a way of achieving one of the core values of NAWOJ.
She urged female Journalists across the country to amplify women’s voices and issues in their various medium.
The National Secretary of NAWOJ, Dr Wasilah Ladan urged women Journalists not to be discouraged by cultural or religious norms that might limit them.
Ladan appealed to female journalists to work and change the narrative in their style of reporting female candidates and women related issues.
She noted that it would go a long way in increasing women visibility and representation in both political processes and governance.
The Executive Director, IPC, Mr Lanre Arogundade, noted that the consultative forums were part of IPCs strategic efforts to empower women Journalists as key agents for broader gender empowerment and political inclusion.
He said the programme was part of efforts to enhance democratic participation and elevate women’s voices in Nigeria’s political landscape, aimed at strengthening professionalism amongst female Journalists.
A senior lecturer at the University of Port Harcourt, Dr Titilayo Osuagwu, also highlighted the need for women's recognition in politics, noting that female journalists had a duty to promote women in their reports.
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