Welcome to WIB Web Site!

WIB is an organisation of broadcasters who work in public and private radio and TV stations in Ghana.

This media advocacy group supports women and children's social and political development and human rights.

Background

WIB was formed in 1995 following national and global concerns over gender imbalances in the mass media particularly the elctronic media. A number senior editors who had attended several training prorammes on gender and the media, came together to form WIB.

Our Philosophy
To ensure that both men and women have equal access to the opportunties that radio and televison offer. We believe affirmative action should apply in the media sphere. For every five persons that participate in radio or television programmes, two must be female.

Objectives

We aim at enhancing access and participation of women and children to radio and television. In this regard, we:

• We work to change the negative representations and images of women on television
• We work to ensure a positive portrayal of women in the media
• We work towards increasing women and children's participation in national and local debate on radio and television.

Our basic strategy is the rights-based approach. Apart from enhancing acces of target group, we empower them to take advantage of their right to free expression and protection against negative media practices as contained in th Children's Act and the National Media Commission on Broadcast Standards.