@CHRISTABEL I agree with you on that definition of gender: SOCIALLY CONSTRUCTED roles and resposibilities assigned to individuals based on their biological sex
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Good morning to all, I’m Eric Opa Doue the Manager of Echo Radio (Liberia):
Gender can also be referred to ‘roles and responsibilities’ society places on an individual base on the person’s biological make-up. This is different from one society to another.
My question is: Why is it important to take gender concerns into account in programme design and implementation? …
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Happy New Year Every body.My name is John Kabambala, I am a journalist and children’s program organizer.
I work with UN Radio here in Tanzania.
Gender equality many years ago was not considered and was not given priority as a matter of importance as well.
As the days go by the understanding and distinction of this phenomenon is seen in society, the biggest victims of this gender right are women of all ages.
At this time girls can now stand up in their communities and articulate the need and demand their rights, girls and women are given leadership positions at various levels in government and non-governmental organizations.
This is the result of various stakeholders fighting for human rights, especially women.
So gender equality is the equality given to and shared in everything that a human being deserves, regardless of gender.
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Hello Erita
We welcome you to the discussion platform. We are glad you joined us. Thank you for sharing your understanding of gender and gender equality. We have noted your question:
Our resource person @somedshahadu will respond to it.
Cheers
Hello @John2
Happy new year to you too. We are glad you joined us. Indeed long time ago people knew nothing about gender equality, they just followed tradition of understanding that men had more rights than women. Things are changing nowadays but even so, there is still a lot to learn.
We are looking forward to learning more from you through sharing experiences on your work especially regarding gender issues.
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First of all Happy New Year every body. My name is John Kabambala, am a journalist works with UN Radio -Swahili Unit in Tanzania.
Mostly am prepared children’s Radio Program about Sustainable Nutrition, etc, the media in collaboration with the agricultural community will be very helpful to the farmer, how to prepare the field, seeds, to know the climate change and even how to better distribute, fish or other livestock.
For example, in my program, when I prepare a topic on the importance of focusing on nutrition for children and pregnant mothers.
In this topic should find a nutritionist, Dr. maternal and child health, as well as the agricultural officer because Nutrition starts in the field, so that the education provided here is reliable and good partnership to help the community. So the benift of broadcasters is see his/her program successfully and emprovement in the community.
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Thank You Busi,
Am happy to join the discussion this year.
My name is Brenda Mugwisagye a presenter and producer at Voice of Kigezi FM in Uganda. I join this discussion because i produce and host an Agriculture program called B’omugaiga. Knowledge is priceless, i am looking forward to sharing with the thousands of colleagues participating this year.
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Hello @pprincehasevi91
Welcome to the discussion on gender. We are delighted to have you here. I believe we will learn a lot from you as you have gender equality projects already.
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Gender equality issues need also to be tackled through our schools especially basic and high schools, the need to educate both students on how to develop oneself irrespective of our biology makeups, through career development or curriculum. It is all about knowledge acquisition and resources available
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I am Emmanuel Asamoah from Ghana
I work with Radio1 as the Head of Programs
Gender Equality is about given all gender an equal opportunity in all aspect of our world.
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I like the point of engaging both sexes when it come to gender. The word gender deals with both sexes first before women and children.
Now if we want to deal with one aspect of gender which is women then we can do that and see what affect one element of the gender (women)
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Hello. Im Elizabeth Ntwaiyalum Sati, A presenter with Silverbird Communications, Jos Branch, Nigeria.
To me, simply put, providing a level playing ground for everyone, irrespective of their gender.
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Hello @Owura
We are glad you have arrived, we are looking forward to engaging with you in this discussion.
Cheers
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Hello everyone,
My name is Isaac Kwesi Mintah - a journalist, working as Radio Craft Officer for Farm Radio International in Accra, Ghana.
I am glad I find myself here as a participant on gender-related issues.
Gender Equality, from my perspective, refers to how any given environment makes available a level playing field for both women and men to participate in decision-making and develop their potentials. In other words, a system that ensures that no girl or boy, man or woman is looked down upon, relegated to the background or discriminated against, on grounds of their biological make-up.
I look forward to picking vital lessons from the contributions of others.
Thank you.
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Hi Gideon,
Great to find you here. I look forward to interesting discussion with you and other participants.
Cheers!
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I am the person of Dokurugu Alhassan from Yizesi in the North East Region of Ghana but stays in Walewale as a reporter at Eagle FM94.1, Walewale.
I am looking up to your discussion and other views and opinions from my colleague participants.
Gender equality is where everyone (both the male and female) has the opportunity to access which is meant for him or her, be it Political, economy or other resources equally.
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Thank you, Madam Busi
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Permit me to welcome you, as facilitator, Shahadu,
Knowing your background as a one-time media practitioner — which is in sync with mine — excites me, and I believe interesting perspectives would be shared around gender and its related topics.
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Hello @imintah
We welcome you to our discussion platform, we are glad you have joined us. We are all on a learning journey and not even one person leaves without adding a thing to the knowledge they had before.
Enjoy the ride!
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This is an interesting angle to the topic, Erita. But, I keep asking always…who assign these concepts/roles (masculinity and femininity), and what is the basis for such classification to women and men. It is an area we all need to interrogate.
How justifiable are roles assigned? And more often than not, one would realise that the table tilts against girls and women. Why the suppression? Why not a level playing field for all to develop and thrive? I believe forums like this, serve as the rallying point to cause change.
And I would not be surprised if we all become agents of change after this Gender session.
Thank you.
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