{"id":5714,"date":"2025-08-29T16:41:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T14:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/?p=5714"},"modified":"2025-08-29T16:41:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T14:41:42","slug":"training-workshop-in-juba-urges-female-journalists-to-embrace-gender-sensitive-reporting-and-promote-womens-representation-in-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/?p=5714","title":{"rendered":"Training Workshop in Juba Urges Female Journalists to Embrace Gender-Sensitive Reporting and Promote Women&#8217;s Representation in Media"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Juba \u2013 Al-Wadi Newspaper<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Josephine Achiro<\/strong>, Chairperson of the Association for Media Development in South Sudan (AMDISS), has called on female journalists to adopt a more balanced and inclusive approach in their reporting by ensuring equal representation of both women\u2019s and men\u2019s voices, in line with the principles of gender-sensitive journalism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Achiro made the remarks during the opening of a two-day training workshop held in Juba on Thursday, which brought together female journalists from various media institutions. The workshop, organized by <strong>Journalists for Human Rights (JHR)<\/strong> in collaboration with <strong>Global Affairs Canada<\/strong>, aims to strengthen the capacity of female journalists to report in a way that reflects gender perspectives and ensures fair representation of women in media content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen we talk about conflict-sensitive and gender-sensitive reporting, we are not saying focus only on women\u2019s stories,\u201d Achiro emphasized. \u201cWhat we mean is achieving balance\u2014making sure everyone\u2019s voice is heard.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Describing the gathering as \u201ca dream come true,\u201d Achiro encouraged participants to challenge newsroom norms often dominated by men and actively create space for women\u2019s voices in their coverage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you notice that women\u2019s voices are missing in your newsroom, don\u2019t wait. Be proactive\u2014bring new stories to the table that reflect reality and offer a balanced narrative,\u201d she urged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mary Ajith<\/strong>, Program Manager at JHR South Sudan, highlighted the journalist\u2019s role in driving change by covering stories that impact everyday lives. She noted that local issues such as school dropouts among girls or women struggling to support their families are powerful human-interest stories that deserve media attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cJournalism isn\u2019t just about covering official events,\u201d Ajith said. \u201cIt\u2019s about telling the stories of real people. These stories can make a real difference if told well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, <strong>Mustapha Dumbuya<\/strong>, Director of African Programs at Journalists for Human Rights, commended the resilience of female journalists working in a male-dominated profession, stating that their work goes beyond journalism to amplify marginalized voices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFemale journalists are uniquely positioned to tell women\u2019s stories with depth and authenticity, because they experience many of these challenges themselves,\u201d Dumbuya said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The training workshop aims to equip South Sudanese female journalists with tools to produce more inclusive and equitable media content that challenges stereotypes about women and supports the creation of a more aware and equitable society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">#Photo: The Down Newspaper <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Juba \u2013 Al-Wadi Newspaper Josephine Achiro, Chairperson of the Association for Media Development in South Sudan (AMDISS), has called on female journalists to adopt a more balanced and inclusive approach&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5714"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5716,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5714\/revisions\/5716"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}