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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>The 2023 Gender Media Monitoring Report by Uganda Media Women Association (UMWA) has revealed that women make only 25 percent of sources quoted by different platforms.<\/b><\/p>\n

Released March 1 in Kampala, the report showed that women were sidelined in news sourcing especially by radio and television stations in 2023.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn print, women were only 27% visible and 18% both in radio and television,\u201d reads part of the report.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the release of the report, the executive director of UMWA, Margret Ssentamu, said these disparities rooted in various factors, including knowledge gaps in gender-sensitive reporting, non-specific media laws, insufficient gender mainstreaming in media training, and patriarchal tendencies in newsrooms among others remain prevalent over the rampant marginalization of the media.<\/p>\n

\u201cBridging gender gaps in media is not just a moral imperative but a strategic necessity for fostering equitable development and societal progress. However, the media is marginalized in a way that for-example when you go to the schools of journalism one doesn\u2019t study required gender equity subjects, you are just taught the five Ws &H,\u201d she observed.<\/p>\n

Ssentamu further added that the expectancy of the media coverage is too wide as compared to about 3000 journalists reporting on about 46 million Ugandans amidst limited government funding.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are talking about 46 million people covered by about 3,000 journalists, this is quite a big ratio, even without the government or other organizations investing in the media,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She therefore urged all stakeholders must team up efforts to encourage media but also hold the government accountable for formulating and implementing better policies to enable media report more gender responsively.<\/p>\n

The report findings were released at a forum that brought together media stakeholders in an event themed \u201cRoad to Gender Equality and Women\u2019s Empowerment: Reflecting on the Unfinished Business.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking at the forum, Radio Ssimba editor Dick Nvule called for continuously putting female journalists in charge of promoting gender equity.<\/p>\n

\u201c…while they get to these positions they should walk the talk because as an editor, I will only put you in the news because your content is newsworthy but not on the basis of merely being a woman,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

UMWA Board Chairperson Dr Patricia Litho held that irrespective of challenges, the media should concentrate on pursuing the \u2018unfinished business\u2019 in the pursuit of attaining gender equality and women empowerment.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe as media own the unique responsibility in shaping narratives and driving society change. We must examine the exclusivity of media education in ensuring that gender equality is an integral component of our curriculum,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Uganda. The 2023 Gender Media Monitoring Report by Uganda Media Women Association (UMWA) has revealed that women make only 25 percent of sources quoted by different platforms. 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