Women journalists may face extra psychological harm, breach of privacy, loss of identity, limitation of mobility, censorship, and loss of property as a result of their work, according to a UNESCO study on freedom of expression in Africa published in 2018.
Hutokea kwa waandishi wa habari wanawake kukumbana na madhara zaidi ya kisaikolojia, ukiukwaji wa faragha yao, kuharibiwa utambulisho, upunguzaji fursa zao za kwenda huku na kule, udhibiti, na upotezaji wa mali kwa sababu ya kazi zao, kwa mujibu wa utafiti wa UNESCO kuhusu uhuru wa kujieleza barani Afrika uliochapishwa mnamo 2018.