Media professionals in Nigeria have been urged to be fair, equitable and report justly, especially when reporting about minorities, especially as these categories of people usually do not have a voice or strong enough voice to tell their stories.
Urging the media to tell stories with fairness, empathy and accurately reflect the voices of the minorities concerned, Dr Marian Nwaokolo said though social change is not comfortable, it is an obligation everyone has to work towards.
Revealing that marginalised people face twice as much oppression, brutality, abuse and deliberate targeting from state and non-state actors, she revealed that police tend to violate and further abuse vulnerable women, especially sex workers and begged the media to help amplify their voices. “Criminalising vulnerable people only puts them in harm’s way and promotes quackery. Take for example, mental health, which has not been properly explored till date. There is so much stigma surrounding it and is mostly linked to spiritual attack or drug use. We need to hold government accountable for not putting in place, laws that help and protect marginalised people and the media must write stories that force these conversations.
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