Female IDPs Continue to Suffer Starvation and Sexual Abuse in Nigerian Camps

ABUJA – In September 2016, a study on Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) conducted in Nigeria by NOI Polls reported that access to food, water, medicines and relief materials remain big issues to most IDPs; and sadly, women are mostly at the receiving end. About 85 percent of the IDPs interviewed, at the time, said they […]

Shaping the Mind of the Girl-child with Storytelling

“Eze Ada, you are meant to be a boy”- this is a phrase that has been said way too many times to me by mother and I have always wondered why; was it because of the way I walked- as a fast walker, did that mean I didn’t possess the grace that a woman was […]

How to Use Your Instagram as a Calling Card

Let’s face it; Instagram is like fufu, mieliepap, ugali or banku – you either like it and indulge all the time, or you don’t. But what none of us can deny is that Instagram is indeed one of several meals that enrich the soup called social media. Whether you have 500k followers or 50 followers, […]

Three Ways To Maximise Your Time on LinkedIn

There are so many social media platforms today, you would be forgiven if you thought all that you can possibly do there is to tell your immediate circle of influence what you are doing, and how. But they can do more. Social media platforms not only put the world at your fingertips, they can help […]

AWIM 2018: A Tale of The Gathering of Media Doyennes and Doulas

The two-day African Women in the Media conference which had its theme as “Visibility” and held at UI conference centre, could be described as an engaging, stimulating and refreshing forum which knitted many African women leaders in the media into an atmosphere inspired by passion and colourful values. Despite a late start on Thursday (June […]

AWIM 2018: A Tale of The Gathering of Media Doyennes and Doulas

The two-day African Women in the Media conference which had its theme as “Visibility” and held at UI conference centre, could be described as an engaging, stimulating and refreshing forum which knitted many African women leaders in the media into an atmosphere inspired by passion and colourful values. Despite a late start on Thursday (June […]

DR. YEMISI AKINBOBOLA

C.E.O & Co-founder, AWiM

Dr Yemisi Akinbobola is an award-winning journalist, academic, consultant and co-founder of African Women in Media (AWiM). AWiM’s vision is that one-day African women will have equal access to representation in media. Joint winner of the CNN African Journalist Award 2016 (Sports Reporting), Yemisi ran her news website IQ4News between 2010-14.
Yemisi holds a PhD in Media and Cultural Studies from Birmingham City University, where she is a Senior Lecturer. She has published scholarly research on women’s rights, African feminism, and journalism and digital public spheres. She was Editorial Consultant for the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 commemorative book titled “She Stands for Peace: 20 Years, 20 Journeys”, and currently hosts the book’s podcast.
She speaks regularly on issues relating to gender and media. In 2021 she was recognized as one of 100 Most Influential African Women.