The annual fellowship which started in 2017 is tagged Female Reporters’ Leadership Programme (FRLP).
Speaking at the opening ceremony of the four day training in Lagos State, Motunrayo Alaka, the Executive Director of WSCIJ, said that the FRLP was organised for issues on ethics, equity, equality and sustainability to be upheld in the media.
“We noticed that there were very few editors in chief that were females in Nigeria. We saw that voices in news were mostly male. Women are scarce as sources of news and experts. We had to conclude that women were underrepresented and misrepresented,” she said. Asides the highlighted, she noted that women are often projected as victims and while perpetuators of crime are hidden, the survivors, particularly females are splashed all over the media.Consequently, the fellowship will focus on violence against women and girls, she said noting that culture and religion “are the big elephants while reporting related issues.”
Ms Alaka called on media houses to create a policy that ensures women occupy a certain percentage of leadership positions in the newsroom.
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