La Brève Online wins UNFPA prize for best online production
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on ACI
The coordinator of Congolese outlet La Brève Online, Diane Brègie M’Pambou-Mboyo, received the first prize for "Best online production" from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Brazzaville. Her investigation into family planning concludes that it is a commitment shared between spouses, according to the ACI.
Diane Brègie M’Pambou-Mboyo, coordinator of the Congolese outlet La Brève Online, received the first prize in the "Best online production" category, awarded by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), in Brazzaville, according to the Congolese News Agency. The prize rewards her investigation into family planning. It was presented to her at a ceremony recognising journalistic excellence in covering population, sexual and reproductive health, gender and development issues.
The investigation sought to identify the reasons, prejudices and sociocultural obstacles that hold back men’s involvement in family planning. "The aim was to inform public opinion about what is at stake in the couple’s responsibility within the family for the health of the woman and child," the journalist explained. She concludes that family planning is not the responsibility of women alone, but a commitment shared between spouses.
Diane Brègie M’Pambou-Mboyo described the prize as a tribute to the whole editorial team and to all media professionals, not as personal recognition. Launched in 2018, La Brève Online is among the first Congolese digital media outlets led by a woman.
