Luanda - Journalist Paulina Kangola, of the provincial delegation of the Angolan Public Television (TPA) in Zaire Province, won on Friday in Luanda the Journalist of the Year Award of the Forum of Women Journalists for Gender Equality (FMJIG).
The journalist was awarded for her work on the life of a rural woman who sells peanuts.
Through this activity, the seller changed the life of her family and her community, in the city of Mbanza Congo, Humpala commune, Zaire Province.
The winner received from the hands of the secretary of State for Mass Media, Nuno Caldas, a cheque valued at one million kwanzas and a certificate of merit.
At the time, Paulina Kangola said she was happy to win the prize, which she dedicated to all Angolan journalists, especially to her colleagues in Zaire and to the female class of the field.
During the ceremony, journalist Josefa Lamberga was also awarded the Career Prize and she received from the hands of the secretary of State for Family and Women Promotion, Alcina Kindanda, a cheque valued at one million kwanzas and certificates of merit.
The journalist said that the prize represents a little of almost all Angolan journalists.
“I am not the best, there are many good journalists in this huge Angola and many other women to be honoured, so this prize, this recognition is ours”, she concluded.
On the occasion, secretary of State Nuno Caldas encouraged the Women Journalists Forum to continue doing the work of recognition of journalists, because these initiatives will stimulate the professionals to give their best.
The award which is now in its third edition, aims to encourage journalists to make investigative reports or deeper approaches on the social reality of communities and social inclusion of women, as a way to encourage discussion of these issues and the search for solutions.
The Forum of Women Journalists for Gender Equality (FMJIG) is an Angolan civil society organization, which brings together women journalists from public and private media outlets
It was founded in 2009, with the aim of carrying out actions to fight domestic violence and gender-based violence, in addition to seeking respect for women´s rights.
