A Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) advocating for women’s health, Center for Communication and Social Impact (CCSI) in collaboration with Pathfinder International, has reiterated the need to amplify diverse voices in other to address issues on women’s health. This they said would ensure that current high maternal deaths are reduced through awareness creation on the promotion of healthy lifestyle among womenfolk. The technical advisor, CCSI, Oluyemi Abodurin, while addressing the role of media and the possible barrier that could hinder a well approached report on women’s health, at the capacity building for journalist on effective report on women’s health in Lagos, said, women face a lot of challenges ranging from maternal mortality, breast cancer, endometriosis to fibroids, among others.
To address these issues, Abodurin advocated collaboration between media and government. “There are different angles to health story, it depends on the approach. Journalists must partner with the government to achieve the needed changes we are all advocating for.
In addition, government must continually create and enforce policies to protect women’s rights and ensure their access to health care,” he noted. On her part, senior program advisor, Pathfinder International, Dr. Sakina Bello said media advocacy is a useful tool in actualising women’s health project in Lagos and other part of the country.
According to her, advocacy works wonders, “our media partners are here to re.
