tanzania: Media Still Treats Women as Sex Workers, Mothers, Wives

The lack of women's voices and limited portrayal of their roles in the media may soon change if a new plan to correct those anomalies is implemented in Tanzania. "If the two-year plan is fully implemented, on time, I am optimistic that a lot of positive changes will occur," says Rose Haji, director of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Tanzania Chapter. The plan, says Haji, will involve media watchdogs monitoring how both women and men make news to promote gender equality in, and through, the media.