Women invite media into gender discussion

She said the media is supposed to be the voice of the voiceless and not just concentrate its efforts in the media conferences where speeches are read. Alexander also complained that HIV/AIDS and gender-based violence issues coverage has gone down, urging that they should be at the top of the agenda. "Our media workshops do not translate into deliverables. Maybe we need to find a better methodology to bring out results," she said.

Meanwhile media representative, Kaombona Kanani of Echo said some women are reluctant to comment on issues claiming that they are too sensitive. He said at one time it took him three hours to get a comment from a woman who was reluctant to be quoted on a story he was writing.