media professionals in Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
The source specified that "This project employed two methods for data collection: a survey of media personnel, distributed online, and in-depth interviews with media executives conducted online through video calls."
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Prevalence of sexual harassment among media professionals in Africa 2020, by type
According to a survey conducted in 2020, around ** percent of the media professionals in Africa were victims of verbal sexual harassment in the workplace. Physical sexual harassment was instead experienced by approximately ** percent of the respondents. In general, women were more likely to be victims of sexual harassment than men.
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