Africa-Press – Lesotho. Women In News 2024 results confirm women only make 10 percent of business leaders in the countries it accessed.
This was revealed by Media Parity Facilitator, Ms. Pamela Dube when addressing Botswana and Lesotho journalists at the five-day workshop held at Gaborone in Botswana on Wednesday.
She said 9 percent of women in Africa are holding business leadership positions while 33 percent of women are holding Editorial leadership.
Furthermore, she stated that 7 percent of women in business leadership is evident within the Arab region and 22 percent highly marked for editorial leadership.
Talking about Southeast Asia, she said 16 percent of women hold business leadership while 36 percent are holding editorial leadership positions.
The facilitator said women should focus on their development and straight forward career path and leverage an opportunity to build influence.
Referring to the use of visibility and advocacy, Ms. Dube said women leaders in media must often take up space, be visible in leadership roles and advocate for systematic change.
Echoing the same sentiments, the CEO BAM Group of Companies Mrs. Nts’epeng Ts’ita Tikiso urged the women journalists to do their work to the best of their ability.
In addition, she said though employed, to achieve their best and adhere to a successful journey in journalism they should imagine the platforms being theirs, whereby they work hard and excellently.
She said they should navigate and engage in different roles within the organisations as another way of improving their capabilities.
The workshop highlighted that barriers to women advancement in media leadership include gender bias, work life balance constraints and limited access to professional networks.
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