Looking at the past, there is something in this war in Ukraine that has also changed: there are more voices and views of women who are telling what is happening on the ground. women journalists who continue to break stereotypes of correspondents in conflict zones: in Ukraine, right now, there are female reporters from many parts of the world. This is the case of Ane Irazábal, a correspondent for ETB.
“We are breaking with the image of that alpha male war correspondent who seemed to even have powers,” Irazabal told laSexta, noting that she tries “tell things from a more human point of viewputting the focus on women’s stories”. Because there have always been war reporters, great pioneers and firms, but a new batch of them, many freelancers, are now blowing up differences from below.
“The war in Ukraine is a before and after. There is a huge number of women journalistsfrom Spain, Europe, Latin America, the United States”, Nuria Garrido, an international freelance reporter, celebrated. Journalists’ associations believe that this is due to their greater presence in non-conventional media. “In digital media or in the freelance world, we would be talking right now 60% of women”.
This has been highlighted by María Ángeles Samperio, gender spokesperson for FAPE. However, men still predominate. They, even if they are veterans, continue to be taught lessons and it remains to be fully accepted that risking one’s life to tell what these eyes say is an instinct that knows nothing about gender.
Source: Lasexta
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