Dinfin Mulupi and Dr Lindsey Blumell, Author at AWiM News

Dinfin Mulupi and Dr Lindsey Blumell

Dinfin Mulupi is a Journalism Studies Ph.D. student at the University of Maryland, College Park, USA. Her research interests focus on women’s rights, particularly on sexism within the news industry in Africa, and the representation of sexual and gender violence in the media. She can be reached via dmulupi@terpmail.umd.edu Dr Lindsey Blumell is a senior lecturer at City, University of London. She specializes in human rights representation in news, with a special emphasis on gender. She has largely focused on how sexual violence against women is portrayed in traditional and new media. Dr Blumell can be reached via Lindsey.blumell@city.ac.uk

Covid era uncertainty could exacerbate sexual harassment

Dinfin Mulupi and Dr Lindsey Blumell6 years ago6 years ago06 mins

As we think about the safety of journalists, let us also consider the risks of sexual harassment and abuse that women journalists encounter at work. More than six months since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared Covid-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020, we remain in a state of uncertainty grappling with the loss…