Gender equality: Media suffocates women voices and issues

As a gender equality and women empowerment advocate and journalist, I have long been disturbed by the manner in which media suffocates women voices and women issues.

I was, therefore, pleasantly surprised when a male senior editor of this newspaper not only engaged me about a recent TV news feature I hosted on this subject, but also, challenged me to publish a written opinion as well.
“Story za wamama“, as my male colleagues in the industry call them, are often broadcast as an afterthought and slotted at the tail end of TV news broadcasts when viewers have either gone to sleep or switched channels. Newspapers, on the other hand, carry something so tiny that you could miss it altogether even when you own a vintage magnifying glass.