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 Posted - 12 Sep 2007 : 23:05:29
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Journalists Capacitated
By Annia Gaye
Madi Ceesay, the President of The Gambia Press Union, said that the role of the media is to give correct information to the public and also from one person to another. He noted that giving out wrong information to the public brings problems and creates damages.
Mr. Ceesay was speaking at the opening ceremony of a one day sensitization workshop on Gender Sensitization and Capacity Building Training of Trainers programme for journalists organised by PRO-HOPE International, The Gambia on Friday 7 September. He challenged journalists to cross check their information before publication. He thanked PRO-HOPE for organizing such programs for journalists and urged them to continue. He noted that PRO-HOPE has taken the media as partners.
He observed that the issues of Gender are very important in our society and challenged journalists to publish the issue of Gender in their Newspapers.
The Programme Officer PRO-HOPE International Sira Bah gave a brief history about pro-hope International. She said PRO-HOPE is a voluntary organisation and its main goals are to promote Gender Sensitivity and sexual reproductive Health in The Gambia and also the protection of the rights of individuals in vulnerable circumstances. She noted that their reason for choosing Gender base violence is to fight the violation of women in our society eg, domestic violence, early marriage and low education attainment for women and girls. She revealed that their main strategies are sensitizing women in the community on women on economic empowerment and also give out scholarship to deserving and needy students.
Other speakers at the workshop were Musa Sheriff, who delivered a presentation on Gender Analysis. Nyima Jallow of Gambia Teachers Union on the Analysis of Gender violence in the Greater Banjul Area and Fatou Touray of the Gambia daily.
Source: Foroyaa Newspaper Burning Issues
Issue No.107/2007, 12-13 September, 2007
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