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MINISTER of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Senator Monica Mutsvangwa has said late senior journalist Abigail Gamanya (49), whose experience cut across broadcasting, print and digital media, will be remembered for her contribution towards the elevation and empowerment of female journalists.
Gamanya (49) died at Dandaro Clinic in Harare on Monday.
At the time of her death, she was the executive director of Gender Media Connect.
Minister Mutsvangwa said the late journalist was a self-motivated media professional with vast experience in media freedom advocacy, media law, media development, gender mainstreaming, training and research.
“She was not only an experienced and strategic leader, but also a mentor of life skills whose work spanned from training female parliamentarians to journalists. She had been in the leadership of various media bodies in Zimbabwe, including Media Alliance of Zimbabwe (MAZ). For the last five years, Abigail has been the Zimbabwe National Coordinator of International Training Programme (ITP) on media development, sponsored by the Swedish International Development Agency,” said the Minister.
She said for many, Gamanya stood out as the voice of female journalists, fighting hard for gender equality and equity and recognition of women in media as competent enough to occupy top positions in media organizations.
“She did not only lament the absence of many women in senior leadership positions, but went the extra mile, working with the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services and other stakeholders, to push for the case of female journalists as deserving of top position as much as their male counterparts,” said minister Mutsvangwa.
“On behalf of the Government of Zimbabwe, my ministry and staff in the ministry and my own behalf, I want to express deepest sympathies to the Gamanya family on the sad loss. Abigail will be missed and remembered by all of us. May her soul rest in eternal peace.”
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