Give ‘more emphasis’ to stories featuring women

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BY JUN AGUIRRE
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KALIBO, Aklan – Stories featuring women and development must be given “more emphasis” in all forms of media, according to the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW).

By giving “more emphasis,” PCW means that the number of stories featuring women must also be at par with the number of stories featuring men.

“We are regularly monitoring news sites in all media platforms including film, lifestyle section of newspapers and even magazines. We have found out that men are still prevalent sources of news,” said PCW commissioner on education Crsitita Triufante, adding that there are also a lot of “news-worthy stories involving women.”

Triufante was in this capital town to speak in a gender sensitivity training for media members in Aklan.

“We already have many Filipino women journalists who are gender sensitive. However, there are still many (men and women journalists) who need to be trained, especially in the countryside,” Triufante said. “Women in politics, business and even households still need their voices heard.”

She added that the PCW is coordinating with the Department of Education to ensure that books in schools are gender sensitive.

For his part, Engineer Roger Esto, provincial planning and development office chief, said the gender sensitivity training was a part of the province’s campaign against violence against women and children.

The training was held at the PGO Conference Hall in the provincial capitol.

Mass communication students of the Northwestern Visayan College and members of the Aklan Public Information Officers Association also attended the training./PN
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