By Sarah NEGEDU
Female journalists in Nigeria are calling for urgent action to end what they described as an “apparent normalization” of gender-based attacks in the media, warning that harassment, intimidation, sexual violence and cyberbullying are driving women out of the profession.
In a communique adopted at the end of a two-day workshop on the safety of female journalists held in Abuja, participants said the growing trend of unpunished assaults on women in the media is eroding press freedom and undermining Nigerians’ right to information.