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Celebrating International Women’s day
and the current situation of Somali Female
Journalists |
Mogadishu, Somalia March 8, 2010 ::The
Somali Journalist Rights Agency (SOJRA) would like to
take a part the ongoing efforts for the Celebrating
Women’s day and would and at this point SOJRA would like
to describe the current condition of Somali female
journalists.
SOJRA counted and investigated a quite a lot of cases
with fear and against media women’s rights in across the
country. The female reporters in Somalia are always
under stigma and discrimination and both female and male
reporters have not equal opportunity and equal payment
during on their duty.
Some female reporters became sexual victim for their
bosses as there is no good payment and heavy
unprofessional duties or even fear of job discharge
(Dismissal) as well as Some media owners demand sexual
deal before they employ poor Somali girls who are in
need of jobs, thus many media owners enjoy this
opportunity regularly.
The acts of sexual violence committed with complete
impunity, Inequality, obstacles to access to work and
the persistence of such discrimination is in the heart
of SOJRA and would like to eliminate it in due course.
Since the collapse of President Siad Barre regime only
one female journalist was killed in
Somalia
although some others wounded as well as there are some
female journalists forced to leave the country.
A journalist Duniya Muhyadin Nor, who worked for radio
Hornafric based in Mogadishu was shot to death on June
5, 2005 while covering a protest in Afgoye, about 18
miles (30 kilometers) from Mogadishu.
The late female journalist was covering a blockade by
commercial drivers on the Mogadishu-Afgoye main road
while after the drivers were protesting the
proliferation of militia roadblocks.
However, SOJRA requests all parts concerned to end the
serious discrimination that continues to target women in
the media. Being a female journalist anywhere in the
world can be challenging, but deciding to become a
journalist in Somalia requires a great deal of courage
at moment.
For the past year, SOJRA was active member of a Task
Force that was set up among the Human Rights and Gender
Working Group at a meeting held on the 17th
day of February, 2009, (which comprises of
representatives from UNDP, UNPOS, UNIFEM, EC, COSPE, FAO,
IIDA/SWA, OCHA, ISRA, SOJRA, FAHRO, SEDHURO/ SOSCENSA)
proposed to run the following activities in Somalia to
commemorate the International Women’s Day. For more
information for this please go at the following link;
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