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Female Journalists in Pakistan: A Study of Gender Discrimination in Media Organizations
Abida Sarwar
Abstract:
Organizations are arranged around two major human resource, male and female. Media industry is one sector in which the two genders work together in a common work environment. Nevertheless, female journalists face a lot of issues and discrimination, and it is commonly believed that they cannot overcome the phenomenon of glass ceiling. Moreover, the concept of the sticky floor is linked to women in the workforce where women are likely to have a negative vertical mobility in the promotion ladder despite the frequent horizontal movements across jobs. With the burdens of family and childcare, sexism, discrimination, and women seem not to have enough organizational support to overcome the situation, not to mention that it may deter and even negate their willingness to stay in the journalism profession. The study seeks to examine the prejudice of female journalists in the Pakistani media by survey, which is quantitative research method. The sample that was collected was seventy five samples gathered using a convenience sampling method. The print and electronic media have identical problems. The gender-based inequalities that face the female journalists in Pakistan are the gender wage difference, disparity in the working assignment of various gender, lack of opportunities, not giving adequate training opportunities, biased promotional policies, and gender-based behaviors within the working environment.
Keywords:
Discrimination, Female Journalists, Media Organizations, Organizational Support, Work Environment, Empowerment
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