Africa-Press – Lesotho. The Media Parity Project Facilitator and Coach, Ms. Pamela Dube says the media remains conveyer belts of information who have capacity to act proactively against Sexual Harassment (SH).
Ms. Dube who is the Botswana-Lesotho Facilitator aimed at ensuring that the project whose target is to reach out to journalists in Southern Africa, educate them on gender sensitivity reporting, advocate for safe workspace environment by building and formulating SH policies in the media amongst others said this during awareness workshop in Maseru on Tuesday.
She stipulated that in-spite of bottlenecks as well as resistant systems, the media should always find a way to navigate around gender and SH issues, inform and educate the society about the laws related to these matters so that the rights of all despite their sexual orientations are respected.
Over and above that, she mentioned that considering the less privileged including the youth most of whom prefer technology, it is important that messages are also communicated though modern technologies including making use of Artificial Intelligence so that they access information easily.
“There is a need for the Agency to start the processes right away as a pilot media house in this project.”
In the same vein and in closing the first session of the workshop with staff, Lesotho News Agency Director, Mrs. Moroa Mopeli reaffirmed the Agency’s commitment, stating that they welcome the project as it has gone a long way in strengthening the skills of reporters, thus meeting government halfway especially during this period of budget constraints.
Meanwhile, the team currently in Lesotho received a token of appreciation (gifts) from LENA Director, after today’s session with staff, they will be meeting with Informative Newspaper so as to establish the work on the ground. This project is supported by the French Media Development Agency – CFI together with the Southern African Women’s Rights Organisation Gender Links. The project also operates in Malawi, Zambia and Mozambique.
