Journalists From Rwanda

"Female journalists are afraid of exposure"

"There is a lot of progress in terms of content ."

"Women (working at RBA) were few in the past years and they used to work in conditions that weren’t conducive because of people’s mindset, but this has changed ."

"We can access a variety of information right now because of the different programmes, whether it is entertainment or politics, we have access to all of this. Also, it is now easier for one to follow their favourite show because of a more consistent schedule, which is now more organised compared with the past years ."

"Beauty pageants are good with diversity. They also serve as a good platform to promote Government policies related to youth, business and the creative industry, among others. But we need more creativity in the organisation and management of selected beauty queens ."

"About sexual harassment, this for sure is going to have an impact because if we understand the issue, then we stand to contribute in the fight against it. The #MeToo campaign is about understanding the issue, knowing your power and using it by contributing to the rest of the world because you know that you can ."

"Our priorities this year will be focused on improving the knowledge of women in media, giving them training and giving them chances to be active stakeholders in the industry.We will also empower them on women affairs so that they can champion for women rights and affairs better."

"The main role is to get together and build the capacity of women in their journalism practices and their everyday roles at work. We get together to empower each other to improve our practices. We look out for each other."

"It requires shrewdness for example when reporting about it, we will have to study well the information received and the source of the story and prevent ourselves from being biased."