Media personalities have been advised to give balanced and adequate reportage on violence against women during the 2023 polls.
A resource person, Miss Moyinoluwa Ogundowole gave the advice in Ado-Ekiti during a day training organized by a Non Governmental Organization, “Woman Situation Room Nigeria, WSRN for media practitioners in Ekiti State.
Miss Ogundowole stressed the need for Journalists to be accurate in reporting cases of violence against women, especially during elections.
According to her, there have been cases of violence against women as a result of crisis that usually associate with the conduct of elections, which should be stopped.
Earlier in her welcome address, one of the Coordinators of the NGO in Ekiti State, Mrs. Mercy Aluko said the WSRN was created to promote and improve on women participation in politics.
Mrs. Aluko appealed to media Professionals to embark on more sensitization of members of the Public on the need to stop violence against women in the society, mostly during elections.
In their goodwill messages, the Chairperson, Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, NAWOJ Ekiti State Chapter, Mrs Fatima Bello and the Vice Chairman, Raido Television and Theater Art workers Union, RATTAWU, Ekiti State Chapter, Mrs Amaka Igwe commended the NGO for fighting the course of women in the society, adding that such will promote gender equity.
Mrs. Bello and Igwe promised to continue to embark on publicity that could lead to the growth and development of women in the society.
Media Professionals who participated in the training however gave suggestions and recommendations on how violence against women could be stopped through improved publicity.
