Lara Whyte: Feminist Investigative journalism is interrogating the patriarchy
The well-known journalist from Northern Ireland talks about women on the frontlines, the far-right and investigating patriarchy.
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In TV news where I pitched a lot of stories about women’s rights or tried to work on stories about women’s rights, editors were like “this isn't the story.”
It is not accurate to only watch men take part in stuff because women have always been part of movements.They have always been part of wars.
So I went to the army thinking one thing and, as always, the grey comes out. It is always grey. It is never black and white.
Journalism doesn't have to do anything with me. It is about other people.
I think in post-conflict societies what you have is a very deep understanding of catastrophe and trauma and how it manifests through generations.
We are told we need to respect culture and religion and we should. But culture and religion also need to respect women, as well as men.
Dafina Halili
Dafina Halili is a senior journalist at K2.0, covering mainly human rights and social justice issues. Dafina has a master’s degree in diversity and the media from the University of Westminster in London, U.K..
This story was originally written in English.