The Role Of Print Media In Women Emancipation. Case Study: 'New Vision'and The Daily Monitor' News Papers.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS ..................................................................... i

DEDICATION .............................................................................. iv

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .................................................................... v

LIST OF ACRONYMS ..................................................................... vi

CHAPTER ONE ............................................................................ 1

INTRODUCTION ........................................................................... 1

1.0 Background ............................................................................ 1

1.1 Statement of the problem ........................................................ 3

1. 2 Purpose of the study .............................................................. .4

1.3 Objectives of the study ............................................................ 4

1.3.1 General objectives; ............................................................. .4

1.3.2 Specific objectives ................................................................ 5

1.4 Significance/ Justification ........................................................ 6

1.5 Scope of the study .................................................................. 6

1.6 Research questions ................................................................. 7

CHAPTER TWO ........................................................................... 8

LITERATURE REVIEW .................................................................... 8

2.0 Introduction ........................................................................... 8

FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION IN KAPCHORWA DISTRICT. .............. 11

CHAPTER THREE ...................................................................... 17

METHODOLOGY .......................................................................... 17

3.0 Research design ................................................................... 17

3.1 Population description ........................................................... 17

3.2 Sampling strategies .............................................................. 17

3.3 Data collection methods ........................................................ 17

3.4 Data quality control ............................................................... 18

3.5 Measurements ...................................................................... 18

3.6 Data analysis ....................................................................... 18

3.7 Ethical consideration ............................................................. 19

3.8 Limitations of the study ......................................................... 19

3. 9 Delimitations ........................................................................ 20

CHAPTER FOUR ........................................................................ 21

DATA ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION ........................................... 21

4.1 FINDINGS ............................................................................ 21

4.1.1 The "New Vision" ............................................................... 21

Table 1: Women Presentation at the "New Vision" News Paper ......... 22

4.1.2 History of the "Daily Monitor" Newspaper .............................. 23

Table 2: Women representation in the Monitor news paper publications

(1996) ...................................................................................... 24

4. 2 Societal expectation of women ............................................... 27

4.3 Working Women ................................................................... 28

4.4 Man as a decision maker in domestic affairs ............................. 29

4.5 Media portrayal of women ...................................................... 30

Table 3: Position of Women in decision making in Uganda (1993) ..... 32

4.6 Features section ................................................................... 32

4.7 Analysis ............................................................................... 33

CHAPTER FIVE ......................................................................... 36

SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ..................... 36

5.1 Summary of findings ............................................................. 36

5.2 Recommendations ..... ,, .......................................................... 37

5.3 Conclusions .......................................................................... 40

REFERENCES ............................................................................. 41

APPENDICES .............................................................................. 43

Appendix I: Questionnaire ........................................................... 43

Appendix II: Financial plan (budget) ............................................. 46

Appendix III:Time schedule ......................................................... 46