Lister Namumba
@listernamumba
Human rights | Media | Creative Writer
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https://www.facebook.com/azambiangirl/ 30-09-2015 12:49:06
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Happening now. Panel on Gender and Media at The State of Gender Equality in #30yearsofdemocracy conference. Media Matters's William Bird is part of the panel hosyed by the Commission for Gender Equality
@MediaMattersZ s William Bird (on the need for Chapter 9 bodies to unite and speak up when an institution' s credibilty or an individual is being attacked online for doing their job) : "If we are all silent when one of us gets attacked, then when we get attacked, nobody is there
Up now our own Lister Namumba looking at Media 20. Access to data is key issue, cost to communicate is high. So can’t talk equality if it looking at access. Paula Miraglia Media Matters SANEF France in South Africa, Lesotho and Malawi
France in South Africa, Lesotho and Malawi Paula Miraglia SANEF Lister Namumba : Lister: we cannot talk about equality without looking at access to credible information
Cannot talk equality without addressing access. Says Lister Namumba some countries passing laws restricting & limiting access to information. Borders censorship & surveillance Paula Miraglia Media Matters SANEF France in South Africa, Lesotho and Malawi
France in South Africa, Lesotho and Malawi Paula Miraglia SANEF Lister Namumba Lister Namumba : Lister: there are issues which hinder or impact this access to data. Outside of infrastructure problems, cost is also an issue.
Need for for purpose laws that balance media freedom against online harms and legitimate desire to act l. Lister Namumba Paula Miraglia Media Matters SANEF France in South Africa, Lesotho and Malawi
France in South Africa, Lesotho and Malawi Paula Miraglia SANEF Lister Namumba : Lister: some countries are passing laws which are hindering the information ecosystem
France in South Africa, Lesotho and Malawi Paula Miraglia SANEF Lister Namumba : mental health, gender disinformation towards journalists are some of the issues that we haven’t talked about when it comes to media sustainability.
We need to think also about mental health of journalists and online gender based violence as issue of m20 says Lister Namumba Paula Miraglia Media Matters SANEF France in South Africa, Lesotho and Malawi Liezle Wilson
France in South Africa, Lesotho and Malawi Paula Miraglia SANEF Lister Namumba : if we are looking at reshaping policies and frameworks around media Intergrity , we all need to speak up from all parts of Africa. This falls under the theme “ solidarity” of the G20
We looking at building participation on inout to African guidelines on information Integrity Lister Namumba Paula Miraglia Media Matters SANEF France in South Africa, Lesotho and Malawi Liezle Wilson
France in South Africa, Lesotho and Malawi Lister Namumba : access to credible information and credible journalism should be treated as a right like any other rights we have in SA.
Forum on Information & Democracy @Brand_SA SANEF ALT Advisory Lister Namumba MMA : we now see that a lot of social media platforms have removed fact checking , and so when you use a platform you are more likely exposed to unverified information. This is also a contributing factor to climate change disinformation.
