Covid-19 in the lives of Zimbabwean women media workers
Video by Tinashe Nyaruwanga and Gender Media Connect (GMC)
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Disruption in newsrooms, finding new ways of working & dwindling advertising income are among the effects of Covid-19 experienced by these Zimbabwean women media workers. A unique video documentary about how the coronavirus has impacted this southern African country and its media.
The three-year programme ZimMedia21 strengthened independent media, increased marginalized communities’ access to reliable information, and contributed to positive changes in media policy.
2022-09-22, Bangladesh, Rwanda, Somalia, Sverige, Zimbabwe, Gender
Gender equality is a public interest issue, upheld in international norms and most national Constitutions as a fundamental human right, with laws prohibiting discrimination.
The clip is from the launch of country reports of in-depth investigation in Bangladesh, Rwanda, Somalia, Sweden and Zimbabwe.
At a hospital in Zimbabwe, local women were forced to pay a bribe when approaching the hospital for help in giving birth. When the local radio, Community Radio Harare (CORAH) found out, they helped bring about change by giving the victims a voice and exposing the practice.