University of Liberia’s Mass Communication Department, UNICEF Trained 30 Journalists from Seven Counties on Sexual Gender-based Violence ReportingParticipants being lectured by UNICEF Child Protection Officer, Madam Ina Christensen during the workshopFendall, Montserrado County – The Department of the Mass Communication of the University of Liberia in partnership with UNICEF has begun a two-day media training for 30 journalists from six counties on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, Harmful Practices and Sexual Exploitation and Abuse. The theme of the two-day media training is Media Empowerment: Key to Ending SGBV, HP, and SEA. She stressed that journalists need to be more proactive in reporting more sexual gender-based, harmful practices, and sexual exploitation and abuse. Mr. Coffey added that journalists reporting rape cases and SGBV issues must report with fairness. “In reporting rape cases, be accurate, balanced, credible and objective,” he said.

Source: Front Page Africa October 21, 2020 06:56 UTC