AWIM17 The Highlights

The 2017 edition of the AWIM conference (#AWIM17) held at the Birmingham City University at a time that I was heavily pregnant with my third child. It was only 6 weeks to my due date. The conference focused on the kind of African women that work in British media, the issues around the representation of these women as regards content and the producers of British Media. It was a 1-day event and the panel was made up of people in Academics and the Media.

I am very particular about the synergy between what is researched and what happens in reality. The keynote speaker was Minna Salami popularly known as Ms. Afropolitan. The Head of Current Affairs from Channel 4 in the UK, Dorothy Byrne, hosted our first AWIM Pitch Zone. It went well, and feedback was very positive.

Check out the presentations slides here.

 

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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.