Media needs policies that empower women: Mlambo-Ngcuka

Contributed by NAMPA.

By Maggy Thomas
TOKYO, 25 MAR (NAMPA) – The Executive Director of United Nations (UN) Women, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, has called on the media industry to ensure that there are policies in newsrooms that empower women to be leaders and decision-makers.
“Let us have policies that guarantee parental leave for both parents and have zero tolerance for violence in the newsrooms,” said the South African-born Mlambo-Ngcuka during the session 'Media and Contents' at the World Assembly for Women (WAW) and ...