General News of Monday, 15 April 2019Source: ghananewsagency.orgFemale Journalists urged to strive for challenging positions in their organizationsParticipants of the workshopLinda Asante-Agyei, Vice-President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), has asked female media practitioners to upgrade and equip themselves with skills that would push them into higher positions of challenging tasks, in their respective organizations. Mrs. Asante-Agyei was addressing female Journalists and Photographers at a two-day workshop, on Gender Safety and Equality Workshop, organized by the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), in Collaboration with the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ). The GJA vice Chair, advised female journalists to take up precautionary measures in their line of duty and make sure that they were always alive to tell their story. Mrs. Alice Tettey, an IFJ trainer and the Central Region Chairperson of the GJA, urged female Journalists to make sure they were safe both inside and outside the newsroom. She said female journalists, in particular, must not be discriminated against on the grounds of gender.

Source: GhanaWeb April 15, 2019 17:37 UTC