Workshop on Gender Sensitivity in the Media (23-25 June)

June 23rd, 2015

The workshop was aimed at training 14 (8 female and 6 male ) Bhutanese journalists to be well-prepared to promote a genuine and fair โ€จimage of Bhutanese women and to contribute to the goal of gender equality. Further, this workshop gave impetus to gender equality and womenโ€™s empowerment in and through all forms of media, irrespective of the technology used. Fourteen participants, including journalists/media professionals, officials from civil society organisations and autonomous government agency, were trained to produce improved quality of gender-based reporting and creating awareness on the issues.