To promote inclusivity, media must be gender-sensitive

The history and meaning of gender and its representation in the media, in the context of Kenya’s highly competitive and emotive politics, are interesting but rather polemical.

The meaning is especially contested because gender has structured our thoughts and perceptions about the place of women in politics, and their participation and inclusion in the political process. In the current campaign period, gender has become an issue because the way female politicians are often covered and represented in the media is at times scandalous.