The Organization of Young People Committed to Citizen Participation and Sustainable Development (OJEPC) organized a training workshop to build the capacity of 25 media men on Sexual and Reproductive Rights and Health ( DSSR) and the fight against gender-based violence (GBV), on August 22 and 23, 2023 in Ouagadougou. This workshop was organized with the support of the NGO Médecins du Monde (MdM)
"We are organizing this training for men and women in the media because we believe that in order to advance and assert sexual and reproductive health rights and also the promotion of gender, the fight against gender inequality, it It is imperative to involve everyone, all the actors”, indicated the president of the OJEPC, Stevie Reine Yaméogo.
For Ms. Yaméogo, it would be very effective to be able to achieve the various promotional objectives precisely through the various media and journalistic discourses.
According to her, the contribution and commitment of media people in this fight will help to break down prejudices around the theme of SRHR and GBV.
"Journalists are expected to play more of their role as citizen watchdogs in the application of laws on sexual and reproductive health and also in raising public awareness," said the president of the OJEPC.
In the opinion of the coordinator of the OJEPC, David Koné, the state of play of SRHR and GBV is not entirely reduced in Burkina Faso.
This has worsened with the security context and the social and cultural constraints where the issue tends to be relegated to the background or even forgotten by the populations.
He called for working so that people can change their mentality on the approach.
The coordinator of the Association of Journalists and Communicators in Population and Development (AJC / PD), Boureima Sanga, invited his colleagues to have an impact through their productions, to bring about positive change in society.
“Communication is really showing journalists that we also have the power to change things. We also have the power to participate precisely in development” and also “by ensuring that the productions we produce are quality productions”.
Source: Burkina Information Agency