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The Monitoring & Accountability of Media Portrayals of GBV Community promotes responsible and survivor-sensitive media coverage by tracking, evaluating, and reforming how gender-based violence is portrayed across African media. The Community addresses widespread issues of bias, stereotyping, and silence surrounding survivors, which continue to normalize violence and hinder justice.
Its roadmap focuses on creating media monitoring tools and scorecards, developing training modules for journalists and editors, and aligning regional frameworks, such as the Kigali Declaration and AU Convention, with newsroom practice and national regulation. By building partnerships with media regulators, civil society organizations, and technology platforms, the Community aims to strengthen accountability, challenge harmful narratives, and reinforce the media’s duty to protect survivors’ dignity and promote equitable representation.
Note: This resource package is currently under review and will be updated as new materials are finalized.
A set of practical standards and training materials for journalists and editors on survivor-centered, non-stigmatizing reporting of gender-based violence.
Link to be confirmed or Access under development
Note: This resource package is currently under review and will be updated as new materials are finalized.
A prototype platform designed to track and evaluate media portrayals of GBV using scorecards, content analysis, and public accountability features.
Link to be confirmed or Access under development
March 6, 2026
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 an Associate Professor of Women’s Rights and Media Development. 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.
