Summary:
- Tumuheirwe advised female journalists to reject any inappropriate advances from male colleagues while working in the field and serving Ugandans on airwaves.
KABALE: The Executive Director of Kigezi Women in Development, Florence Tumuheirwe, has warned female journalists in the Greater Kabale District against engaging in activities that may harm their professional reputation.
Tumuheirwe advised female journalists to reject any inappropriate advances from male colleagues while working in the field and serving Ugandans on airwaves. She emphasized that such behavior could jeopardize their careers.
Tumuheirwe made these remarks on Monday during a one-day workshop organized by Climate Women Media Action aimed at empowering them in climate advocacy and enhance their reporting to focus on accurate and factual news about climate issues at the New Hilltop Hotel in Kabale Municipality. She urged the journalists to remain self-driven, committed to their profession, and to avoid any actions that might undermine their careers, despite the challenges they may face.
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The Director of Climate Women Media Action, Arinaitwe Hedwig, highlighted the importance of training female journalists in artificial intelligence and data visualization.
Arinaitwe explained that the decision to train female journalists arose from the noticeable absence of their voices in climate storytelling.
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