Women in the Media
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Matilda Aba Malm

Matilda Aba Malm is a single parent with two children, both girls. She is a Christian worshiping with St. Barnaba’s Catholic Church. As part of her work at TV3, she presents the morning show ‘START’, reads the news in brief, produces the Midday news and is a part of the Editorial Committee.

She started working at TV3 when she was a student of Ghana Institute of Journalism, reading a degree course in communication Studies. She finds it quiet challenging and requiring an extra effort, matching up to the standards in the newsroom, which is a male dominated area.

She was one of two females who went to Liberia to monitor the electoral process there, which was quiet security tight. However, it gave her a good start for international assignments and the responses she got from people concerning what she did, was very good.

She also did an issue with Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) at Afram plains where she stayed for five days. This gave her a lot of exposure in getting to appreciate better the life of the rural folk. Also getting involved with issues bordering on the economy of the country, gives her a notch above her colleagues.

She sees communication as a stepping-stone to development especially in her work and so to know that she has affected people’s lives positively inspires her to do more. In future, she hopes to attain a Master’s Degree in Communication studies, be an entrepreneur and help the needy.

She feels the women’s rights campaign is yielding very good results as women are now coming out of their shells and achieving a lot even though some women are exploiting the situation. She feels preferential treatment should be given women only when there is a need for it.

She wants to see women build up their capacities and tap into the resources made available to them. They must also continue to work hard at combining their social responsibilities with all other assignments. She hopes that parliamentarians and those in decision making in Ghana will pay attention to the projects being undertaking and put up monitoring strategies to ensure continuity.  She hopes when that is done Ghana can be where she hopes to be in the near future.