Media needs to dig deeper on gender inequality, child rights issues

Karen de Souza

While declaring the local media environment to be “chaotic,” human rights activist Karen de Souza says more needs to be done to tackle issues such as women and gender inequality and to examine policies and practices.

de Souza, coordinator for Red Thread, which advocates for the rights of women and children, said last week that there was “… not too much investigation, not too much responsibility for what is printed or what is said on the television,” She was at the time delivering a presentation, ‘Reporting on Family and Gender Issues