Tag: gender equality

AWiM Online Magazine

The Publishers’ Perspectives Over the last few years, African Women in Media has engaged in various work that led us to focus the AWiM23 conference theme on ‘Media and Gender Violence’. Firstly, a joint Fojo Media Institute/AWiM research into the barriers women journalists face in sub-Saharan Africa found sexual harassment to be the second-most shared […]

PRESS RELEASE: Kigali Declaration Adopted at AWiM23

5 December 2023   Kigali, Rwanda   The Kigali Declaration on Gender Violence in and through the Media    On 1 December, a declaration on media and gender violence was adopted at the African Women in Media Conference (AWiM23). The Declaration addresses both representation of gender-based violence (GBV) in news media content and news media organisations.   It acknowledges […]

Vacancy: Training and course development consultant on Developing and implementing gender responsive policies in media organisations

Organization: African Women in Media (AWiM)  Location: Remote (Nigeria) About African Women in Media (AWiM) African Women in the Media is an international non-governmental organization with the aim to positively impact the way media functions in relation to African women. Our members are African women from a diverse range of media backgrounds. Our vision is that one-day African women will have […]

Fighting the digital gender gap through media

There are two different realities people across the world face when it comes to digitalisation. On one hand, the expansive and transformative landscape of digital technology provides new systems of life that are leading economic development and new ways to socially interact with people continents apart. Online platforms like social media have become the day-to-day […]

Detoxifying masculinity: a pathway to gender equality

In a world where men are termed as behaving like women when they choose to remain calm amidst disagreements and women are termed as behaving like men when they react violently, one may wonder if a certain mode of reaction is specially designed for men and another for women. As children, boys are trained to […]

North African newsrooms: disability and gender

Both disability and gender have historically been factors in stigma and prejudice. In the MENA region, women with disabilities remain particularly marginalised. Poverty, healthcare bias, and cultural attitudes often mean that women with disabilities face more hurdles in getting their voices heard. Access to education and the formal workforce is also less prioritised for women […]

Equal inheritance rights is a panacea for national development

Earlier this year, 35-year-old Nnenaya Onu was reported to have lost her life to men alleged to be her cousins who beat her up, strip her naked, dismembered and burnt her alive in her father’s compound. Her only crime was demanding a share of her late father’s properties. News of her death which occurred on […]

Win for women in Kenya’s first woman chief justice

Looking back at Justice Koome’s career, one can’t help but feel hopeful about what her term might mean for women’s legal rights and justice in Kenya, writes Mercy Gakii   The name Martha Koome, may or may not ring a bell if you are not from Kenya, but she just made history after being appointed […]

Equal representation still a dream for women in Uganda

When the 11th Ugandan Parliament is sworn in next month, it will have more women than the previous one, maintaining the country’s above-average rank in gender equity in politics. While currently ranked at number 37 out of 193 countries in the Inter-Parliamentary Union’s list, this above-average performance belies the stagnation that has choked the move […]

What can we do about the missing voices of women in the news?

Gender inequality is entrenched in Africa: In governments, in organisations and even in media. In newsrooms, women are underrepresented at every level, as well as in news coverage. A report released in December 2020 revealed the marginalisation of women’s voices in news coverage around the world. In The Missing Perspectives of Women in News, study authors audience strategy expert Luba Kassova and AKAS […]