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International Labour Day: SJS survey shows precarious working conditions for Somali journalists
By Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) LISTEN
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SJS Gender Affairs Secretary, Hinda Jama and Radio Warsan journalist Shukri Bidhan during SJS visit to Baidoa, South West State Somalia. | Photo/ SJS.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, 1 May 2021 – On the International Labor Day 2021, the Somali Journalist Syndicate (SJS) calls for better working conditions for Somali journalists, as a new SJS survey shows precarious working conditions, low wages, a lack of employment contracts, while almost all respondents lacked occupational safety and health.
Over the past three months, SJS has spoken to 112 journalists across Somalia who have expressed how, like other professions, the COVID-19 pandemic is having a negative impact on their earnings. From the onset of the outbreak in the country, media workers have been particularly vulnerable and many journalists have been i