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Africa-Press<\/a> – Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>With policies [on sexual harassment] journalists will know that at least there are regulations in place to protect them<\/p>\n

The Minister for Information and Communications Technology, Ms Judith Nabakooba has urged media houses to put in place strict policies against sexual harassment to protect female journalists.<\/p>\n

Speaking to the media during celebrations to mark the World Press Freedom Day on Thursday, Ms Nabakooba urged media owners to take this as an urgent matter.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith policies [on sexual harassment] journalists will know that at least there are regulations in place to protect them. For us as partners from government, we are committed to work with the media industry and we have seen the launch of the Uganda Media Sector Working Group for the media houses to work together and ensure that the Media Council is vibrant,\u201d Ms Nabakooba said.<\/p>\n

She added: \u201cWe have heard that journalist are sexually harassed online and offline, meaning that we need to have strategies in place to address those challenges before the situation worsens.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ms Emily Marathi, the vice chairperson of Uganda Media Women\u2019s Association (UMWA), said this year\u2019s celebration aims to tackle sexual harassment in the media fraternity<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have launched this Mission 2025 with the aim of removing the monster from Uganda\u2019s media because safety and security threats and attacks against female journalists are the main issues which have stopped female journalist from doing their duty,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Ms Marathi added that female journalists lack security and a voice in the mainstream of media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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