UN urges media to focus on women leaders in peace process

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UN Women Director urges Journalists to focus on women leaders in decision making than only covering victimized females.
 
Paulina Chiwangu was speaking to Journalists during a five-day training that started in Juba on Monday.
 
She says journalists should tell stories of female leaders who played crucial roles in the peace process and other achievements in the country.
 
Dr Chiwuga discloses that UN Women Strategic Plan wants to ensure that voices of women leaders and victims are clearly heard.
 
She recalls that for a long time, conflict reporting ignored gender balance or only focused on stereotyped system.
 
Doreen Loboka, National Communication Specialist in UNESCO expresses her organizations’ commitment to continue supporting media in South Sudan.
 
She calls on journalists to be ambassadors of peace.
 
General Secretary for Union of Journalists of South Sudan, Edward Lodu Terso says the union is concerned about the portrayal of female journalists in the country.
 
The officials spoke during the opening of the workshop of enhancing gender reporting on Monday in Juba.