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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 […]

Call for Papers: African Women in Media 2023 (AWiM23) Conference, Rwanda

Call for Papers: African Women in Media 2023 (AWiM23) Conference, RwandaTheme: Media and Gender Violence African Women in Media is calling for abstract submissions from media practitioners, academics, civil society, and policy actors, exploring the theme ‘Media and Gender Violence’ from various perspectives. Gender-based violence has reached pandemic proportions worldwide, and the media is both […]

Call for Papers: African Women in Media 2023 (AWiM23) Conference, Rwanda

Call for Papers: African Women in Media 2023 (AWiM23) Conference, RwandaTheme: Media and Gender Violence African Women in Media is calling for abstract submissions from media practitioners, academics, civil society, and policy actors, exploring the theme ‘Media and Gender Violence’ from various perspectives. Gender-based violence has reached pandemic proportions worldwide, and the media is both […]

Call for Papers: African Women in Media 2023 (AWiM23) Conference, Rwanda

Call for Papers: African Women in Media 2023 (AWiM23) Conference, RwandaTheme: Media and Gender Violence African Women in Media is calling for abstract submissions from media practitioners, academics, civil society, and policy actors, exploring the theme ‘Media and Gender Violence’ from various perspectives. Gender-based violence has reached pandemic proportions worldwide, and the media is both […]

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.