| | Taken from a presentation by Patricia McFadden, a feminist activist who is working in Harare, Zimbabwe. She presented it during a seminar on 'Women and the Media in Africa' , hosted by nisaa and Lola-Press in November 1997 in Johannesburgh, South Africa. McFadden was born in Swaziland 46 years ago and works mainly in the Southern African region, teaching. training and doing feminist advocacy. The presentation has been shortened and edited for publication.
I want to start by arguing that the notion of democracy is categorised by three elements which are similar to those of the media.These three elements show themselves clearly in the political definition of democracy and also within our experience with what we call the media. They are exclusion, privilege, and maleness. |
