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Call for Papers: African Women in Media 2020 Summit (AWiM2020)
Reimagining Futures: Women in Media, Peace and Technologies
Johannesburg, South Africa
*Registration opens 28 February 2020
African Women in Media (AWiM) is pleased to bring you our fourth annual conference, which aims to bring together media practitioners, researchers, policy makers and CSOs.
In exploring the themes outlined below, AWiM2020 Summit welcomes paper, panel and workshop proposals from researchers, practitioners, CSOs and policy professionals in the following topical areas:
With the theme Reimagining Futures: Women in Media, Peace and Technologies, AWiM2020 Summit takes place in Johannesburg, South Africa on 29-31 July 2020. ‘Re-imagining Futures’ reflects innovation in media industries, and the growing drive to change the narrative of Africa globally, particularly as African countries work towards achieving a dominant global position, and urgent objectives like Silencing the Guns by 2020, Free movement of people, and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Issues around movement, immigration, peace and security, and the lived experiences, roles and insights of women in media practitioners, policy makers, CSOs and researchers make the AWiM2020 Summit a timely focal point to bring these stakeholders together.
AWiM2020 aims to explore three thematic areas:
- The prospects of free movement across the continent and the potential impact for female media professionals in Africa, and media and creative industries broadly;
- The lived experiences of women in media as participants of peacebuilding and conflict prevention; and,
- Emerging technologies and how Africa’s media might leveraging these to improve issues affecting female journalists.
Calls on the media, and particularly women in media in Africa, to utilise their profession to both raise awareness and mediate in conflict, gives rise to pertinent questions around the effectiveness of media-for-peace initiatives, the lived experiences of African women in the media in security reporting, and policy provisions in this regard. Understanding the lived experiences of African women in media is essential to guiding policy and advocacy agendas towards ensuring that countries and media organisations create the necessary enabling environment for women in media to effectively execute their work. Part of this initiative to create enabling environments constitutes a reliable tool for monitoring how well countries and organisations comply with women’s rights, and a means of obtaining data that will support journalists to perform their functions. Safety is however indispensable for bringing about these enabling environments.
Technologies have contributed both positively and negatively to empowerment of women in media. On the positive side, it has contributed to closing the gender gap of media ownership, with female media entrepreneurs setting up online media organisations. Social media enabled women only groups has provided spaces for women to share their stories and challenge existing narratives around women’s rights and gender equality. But it has also presented challenges, with the Committee for the Protection of Journalists (CPJ) reporting that “online harassment was cited as the biggest threat by 90%” of female journalists in the U.S. and 71% in Canada. What is the outlook across Africa?
As we consider how African countries will use the Fourth Industrial Revolution with emerging technologies like Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Virtual Realty (VR), Data Science, Robotics and Blockchain, how might we deploy these for women’s empowerment? How might we close the tech gender gap? How might we address cyber security?
Other questions for the Summit include:
Movement and Migration
How might easier movement between African countries improve the working conditions and opportunities for African women working in media? How might it improve economic contributions of media and creative industries, for example when we consider the flourishing music industries? What might we learn from examples like CariCom and the ERASMUS for journalist project? How might we reimagine journalistic conversations and representation of migration and displacement in Africa?
Peace and Security
What are the lived experiences of women in media reporting on peace and security in Africa? How might continental agendas provide for the participation of women in media? How might female media producers use their position and lived experiences to tell the stories in a way that empowers female survivors of conflict to speak out?
Emerging Technologies
How are global media responding to emerging technologies of Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Robotics and others? How can these technologies help the media better know and engage audiences? What can we learn about gathering, storage and access to data? What is the outlook for online safety of female journalists in Africa? What specific technologies can support specific needs of women in media in African countries?
In exploring these questions, AWiM2020 Summit welcomes paper, panel and workshop proposals from researchers, practitioners, CSOs and policy professionals in the following topic areas:
- Journalism
- Globalisation
- Fourth industrial revolution
- Media and film studies
- Intellectual property rights
- Global Agendas
- Discourse analysis and global implications
- Peace and security
- Global communication and technology
- Intercultural communication and public policy
- International conflict
- Feminist studies
- Migration and mobility
- Postcolonial studies
- Culture and media policy
- Participatory communication
- Audience
- Community media
- Access and Citizen Empowerment
- Cultural studies
- Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Machine Learning
- Blockchain, Empowerment and Media
- Communication and Development
- Communities and Networks
- Digital Empowerment
- Diversity and Inclusion
- Ethics and Trust
- Feminism and Political Participation
- Gender Mainstreaming and Policies
- International Law and Human Rights
- Religion and Conflict
- Representation, identity, ideology
- Terrorism
- Transmedia
- Sustainability and Environment
- Human capital flow
- Entrepreneurship
Guidelines for Submissions:
Abstract should be 150-300 words in English or French. It should detail the focus of your proposed paper, panel or workshop. Please include a 50 word bio, and detail your affiliations, and email addresses for all authors. All submissions should be sent to yemisi[at]africanwomeninmedia[dot]com with ‘AWiM2020 CFP’ in the subject line by 20 January 2020.
Registration for AWiM2020 will open 28 February 2020.
58 Responses
I am intetested in participating. Will try and meet up with the write-up before the deadline
I am intetested in participating. Will try and meet up with the write-up before the deadline
Dear Aminah, we shall be waiting for your write up. Please do not forget to sign up to our newsletter here so you get constant reminders about the deadlines and other opportunities that may be available in AWiM
We look forward to it
I’m zainab from Nigeria a journalist, please how can I register for this when it’s Feb 28?
I am interested to attend
Registration for AWiM2020 will open 28 February 2020
Thanks for the information.
I am interested to attend
j’aimerai participer a ce séminaire,comment peut on acheminer l’abstrait, c’est avant insciption ou après avoir être retenu?
Bonjour. Veuillez envoyer votre résumé avant le 20 janvier si vous souhaitez présenter un article, proposer un panel ou un atelier. Si vous souhaitez simplement y assister, l’inscription s’ouvrira fin février 2020. Merci
Dear Temitope,
Thanks for your interest in the conference. Registration opens in February, the end of February. Last year we had a few sponsorships. I would suggest that you subscribe to our newsletter here just in case we will have an opportunity and you will be among the first to know
I’m glad to know of this conference and interested to to attend.
Thank you. Registration opens end of February
I’m interested will try before the deadline
We shall be waiting for your abstract, Nobuntu
I’m zainab from Nigeria a journalist, please how can I register for this when it’s Feb 28?
This is very interesting!! I am Andrea Onuoha, a broadcast Journalist from Nigeria. I would like to attend this prestigious conference.
I’m glad to know of this conference and interested to to attend.
Thank you. Registration opens end of February
This is very interesting!! I am Andrea Onuoha, a broadcast Journalist from Nigeria. I would like to attend this prestigious conference.
Somali women Journalists Organizations is the biggest female Journalists Organization In Somalia we were registered more than 100 female journalists, we made a lot of activities to promote Somali women Journalists we requesting to attending this meeting because it seems good opportunities as Somali Women journalists we apparition if you give us this chance.
Thank you. Please do submit your proposal if you would like to organise a panel or workshop, or present a paper. Registration is open to all at the end of February.
Hello, my name is Temitope from Nigeria,a practising female journalist . May I find out if there will be sponsorship assistance to aid some attendance. Thanks
Dear Temitope,
Thanks for your interest in the conference. Registration opens in February, the end of February. Last year we had a few sponsorships. I would suggest that you subscribe to our newsletter here just in case we will have an opportunity and you will be among the first to know
Hallo, this is a great take for people who are working towards peace in the World.
My name are Dennis Onyango, am Kenyan and am much involved in peace and security, i have been involved in the disarmament process in Kenya and mainly in the city of Nairobi,also been trained on regional peace youth mediation.
This will be the best for me to take part if am able to, please advice me
looking to forward to your response.
Thanks.
Thank you Dennis. I look forward to receiving your proposal. If you would simply like to attend, registration will open end of February.
I’am NOELLA NDAYIKEZA
This is very interested,I would like to attend
Comment proceder?
Je suis interessé et j’ai deja participé dans une formation sur Peace building et conflict Resolution
Comment postuler?
Merci pour votre commentaire. Si vous souhaitez soumettre au CFP, veuillez envoyer votre résumé comme indiqué dans le CFP ci-dessus. Si vous souhaitez y assister, l’inscription débutera fin février
Hello I am called Rabiatou I am from Cameroon working for the Cameroon radio and television as a journalist. I am really interested to attend the summit because it will be the first time especially to acquire skills in the media for peace initiative, as a woman, so that I can help in one way or the other solve the internal conflict my country is going through.
Je suis interessé et j’ai deja participé dans une formation sur Peace building et conflict Resolution
Comment postuler?
I am interested to attend
I am interested to attend
I am interested to attend. My name is Jankey Touray, a television broadcaster at the Gambia’s state television GRTS
Thank you Jankey. Registration opens end of February.
Hello, my name is Temitope from Nigeria,a practising female journalist . May I find out if there will be sponsorship assistance to aid some of us’s attendance. Thanks
Hello my name is Jankey Touray, a female journalists at the Gambia’s state broadcaster GRTS and am interested to attend the conference
This is very interesting!! I am Andrea, a broadcast Journalist from Nigeria, I will like to attend this conference.
Hi, am Zenabia from Liberia. I report on violence against rural women and Girls in my County Bong, and my Country Liberia. This program is great, and I hope to have the opportunity to attend this fourth edition of AWiM 2020.
Hello i’m from burkina faso and i’m interested in peace building and conflits résolution researches.i don’t have a lot of experience i’m doing my best.will i be table to Apply?
Hello i’m from burkina faso and i’m interested in peace building and conflits résolution researches.i don’t have a lot of experience i’m doing my best.will i be table to Apply?
Hello i’m from Burkina faso. I’m interested in peace building and conflits résolution.i don’t have a lot of experience will i be table to apply?
This is very interesting!! I am Andrea Onuoha, a broadcast Journalist from Nigeria. I would like to attend this prestigious women conference. What are the requirements of attending, getting Visa and all.
I am Andrea , a broadcast Journalist from Nigeria. I desire to attend this conference. What are the requirements for the attendance?
Dear Andrea, thank you for your interest in our fourth conference, AWiM2020 scheduled to take place in Johannesburg. Registration for the conference will start in February and we shall provide all the information you require then. In the meantime, you can register for our newsletter here https://buff.ly/2rta0tk
We have also issued a call for papers in case you would be interested in presenting papers here https://africanwomeninmedia.com/cfpawim2020/
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My name is Hinda Dahir Jama
Iam Journalist and have Experience 11 years.
First I greet you, I hope to attend,because I have never attended (AWIM)
interesting.l am engaged in capacity buidling training for journalists in Zimbabwe on conflict sensitive journalism and this program to me is very important.
interesting.l am engaged in capacity buidling training for journalists in Zimbabwe on conflict sensitive journalism and this program to me is very important.
My name is Ikhlass Nimer from Sudan , I’m a journalist and activist. I would like to participate.
Hi, my name is saliha kadiri i have 24 years old,i’m a content maker of instagram , can i apply in this opportunity ?
interesting. I a m very glad to submit my request to your organization I m a senior Journalist I want to attend to the workshop of Women in Media, Peace and Technologies, AWiM2020 Summit takes place in Johannesburg, South Africa
Good Day Yemisi,
This is a must attend conference. We gladly will second our Editor as well as our Digital Content Editor and if its on ZOOM or digital space, incl. me as well. I am a Business Development Executive working with and for a women focused media corporate and publisher, running a vivacious cosmopolitan bi-monthly business women magazine, Woman To Woman Botswana. We would like us to explore possible value creation collaborations with your esteemed organisation as we have embraced the new normal and economy ushered in by the deadly yet passing COVID-19 pandemic. We are currently working on our next issue, July-Aug 2020: Women in STEAM, Women’s Month (in solidarity with our sisters in RSA) and SADC Month as seek to celebrate and appreciate African women in Botswana, the region and Africa wide who are pushing down barriers and boundaries in the Science, Technology Engineering Arts and Mathematics space. Each of our 6 issues a year is ensued and supported by an enthralling Power Business Breakfast session and the last we commemorated International Women’s Day and in that issue we also celebrated International Day of Women and girls in ICT. Kindly inbox me your full contact details for further info (gerald.d.moyo@gmail.com) and how we can push the foregoing matter forward. Thanks.
Good Day Yemisi,
This is a must attend conference. We gladly will second our Editor as well as our Digital Content Editor and if its on ZOOM or digital space, incl. me as well. I am a Business Development Executive working with and for a women focused media corporate and publisher, running a vivacious cosmopolitan bi-monthly business women magazine, Woman To Woman Botswana. We would like us to explore possible value creation collaborations with your esteemed organisation as we have embraced the new normal and economy ushered in by the deadly yet passing COVID-19 pandemic. We are currently working on our next issue, July-Aug 2020: Women in STEAM, Women’s Month (in solidarity with our sisters in RSA) and SADC Month as seek to celebrate and appreciate African women in Botswana, the region and Africa wide who are pushing down barriers and boundaries in the Science, Technology Engineering Arts and Mathematics space. Each of our 6 issues a year is ensued and supported by an enthralling Power Business Breakfast session and the last we commemorated International Women’s Day and in that issue we also celebrated International Day of Women and girls in ICT. Kindly inbox me your full contact details for further info (gerald.d.moyo@gmail.com) and how we can push the foregoing matter forward. Thanks.