IWD 2023: WOJAG Want Gender Equity In Gambian Media, Others

By Sheriff Saidykhan The Women Journalist Association of The Gambia (WOJAG) joins the rest of the world to mark this year's International Women's Day yesterday under the THEME “DigitAll. Innovation and Technology for Gender equality”. While the theme is putting spotlight on women and girls who are championing the advancement of transformative technology and digital education, WoJAG believes it’s important to highlight the gender inequalities that exist in the Gambian media. The media in The Gambia is operating in a patriarchal society with unequal power relations between men and women which put women at the lowest rungs of the socioeconomic ladder and render them vulnerable to different forms of rights violation. While women journalist play pivotal roles in the development of the Gambian media, working as reporters, presenters, editors, producers, technicians, managers and media proprietors, they continue to face challenges such as; gender inequality, sexual harassm