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Apr 2022
12m 43s

Why are many women harassed in newsrooms...

Bbc World Service
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Warning: Please be advised that this episode contains open and frank discussions about topic listeners might find distressing.

Across Africa’s newsrooms, sexual harassment appears to be rife. That’s according to research by Women in News - a media development programme.

Half of all the women surveyed said they’d been harassed at work - and only a third had reported it.

So, despite all the progress with the #metoo movement, why is sexual harassment still so widespread? And what’s being done to stop it?

Hosted by Alan Kasujja Guests: Mary (not her real name) and Molly Chimhanda, senior manager at Women in News.

#AfricaDaily

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