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n 2013, some of the key ways MISA built media
capacity around this issue and strived to give
children a voice in southern African media
included the following.

Training workshops for
journalists
MISA trained print and broadcast journalists from
both private and State-owned media houses in
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia
and Zimbabwe to increase their knowledge and
understanding of child rights and how to report on
these issues.

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Media Monitoring
Chapter offices in Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi,
Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe monitored their
countries’ major daily and weekly news publications
to study and document how the media in those
countries interacts with children’s issues.

Editors’ meetings
MISA held local and regional meetings of editors
to discuss and gain their cooperation on proposed
changes to in-house editorial guidelines on
reporting on children’s rights and issues. It was
the first time editors had come together under the
project to network and share their experiences on
children’s reporting in their respective countries.

Children reading newspapers at Soweto Market in
Katutura, Namibia.
Photo: MISA Regional Secretariat images, 2014.

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