Photojournalists' training to cover violence against women, children

Some 30 journalists from various areas of the Mainland and Zanzibar are today starting a two day training on photo coverage of acts of violence against women and children.

The training is being conducted in Dar es Salaam along with a photo exhibition at the National Museum.
The training and exhibition are spearheaded by Tanzania Media Women’s Associati
on (TAMWA) to raise public awareness on acts of violence against women and children.

The workshop is part of a 16 days global annual campaign (Nov 25 –Dec 10) campaign against Gender Based Violence (GBV).
The photo journalist will be taught how to take varieties of photos of gender violence cases as well as cases of female genital mutilation, rape and child marriages.

TAMWA will use various photographs to provide the realism of these events for women and children.

TAMWA also provided a journal that provides manual for writers when writing detailed news about violence against women.

Statistics from the United Nation Population Fund (UNFPA), which is funding the trainings and exhibition, indicate that from 2004 – 2010, there was a rise of 39.9 per cent in FGM practices in Mara Region alone and cited that the practice is also prevalent in Shinyanga Region.

The journalists at the training and exhibition are from Shinyanga, Simiyu, Dodoma, Mtwara, Tanga, Mara, Dar es Salaam, Iringa, Mbeya, Rukwa, Mwanza and parts of Zanzibar.