GENDER INEQUALITY IN THE PRACTICE OF JOURNALISM

Abstract

Journalism is considered an exclusive preserve of men with salutation phrase of ‘Gentlemen of the press’ an indication of gender discrimination or men profession only. Religion, culture, gender disparity, role as mother and insecurity among others are factors influencing the performance of women journalists in Nigeria. The core objective of the research is to appraise the gender inequality in the practice of journalism with a case study of Enugu State National Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ). Survey research method was used while 200 copies of questionnaires were administered to 200 respondents who were purposively selected with 100respondents from the print media and another 100 from broadcast media respectively.